[746] عن أَبي جُحَيْفَةَ وَهْبِ بن عبد الله قال : قَالَ رسولُ الله : « لا آكُلُ مُتَّكِئاً » رواه البخاري .قَالَ الخَطَّابِيُّ : المُتَّكئُ هُنَا : هُوَ الجالِسُ مُعْتَمِداً عَلَى وِطَاءٍ تحته ، قَالَ : وأرادَ أنَّهُ لا يَقْعُدُ عَلَى الوِطَاءِ وَالوَسَائِدِ كَفِعْل مَنْ يُريدُ الإكْثَارَ مِنَ الطَّعَام ، بل يَقْعُدُ مُسْتَوفِزاً لا مُسْتَوطِئاً ، وَيَأكُلُ بُلْغَةً . هَذَا كلامُ الخَطَّابيِّ ، وأشارَ غَيْرُهُ إِلَى أنَّ الْمُتَّكِئَ هُوَ المائِلُ عَلَى جَنْبِه ، والله أعلم . كان النبي لا يأكل متربعًا ، ولا على جنب ، فأما الأكل متكئًا على جنب فهو فعل أهل الكبر وهو مكروه ، والأكل متربعًا جائز .
746. Abu Juhaifah Wahb bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "I do not eat reclining (against a pillow)."
[Al-Bukhari].
Commentary: What is meant by reclining? There is a difference of opinion on it. Some say that it means leaning on one side, whether right or left, or against the wall. Imam Al-Khattabi takes it in this sense that somebody should lay out a mattress and sit on it comfortably as one sits cross-legged. Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to take hardly an adequate meal. Ibn Hajar says that one should sit with the right knee drawn up and the left one bent down.
[747] وعن أنس قال : رَأَيْتُ رسول الله جَالِساً مُقْعِياً يَأكُلُ تَمْراً. رواه مسلم . « المُقْعِي » : هُوَ الَّذِي يُلْصِقُ أَلْيَتَيْهِ بالأرض ، وَيَنْصِبُ سَاقَيْهِ . الإقعاء : هنا الاحتباء . وفيه : تواضعه غاية التواضع .
747. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw Messenger of Allah (PBUH) eating some dates while sitting on his buttocks, with his legs raised.
[Muslim].
Commentary: This Hadith sheds light on another sitting posture of Messenger of Allah (PBUH). But it betrays his uneasy state. In fact, when he was in a hurry he would be eager by eating a few dates so that he might be free to attend to some more important business. Also a report of Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) quoted by Muslim explains this state of mind of Messenger of Allah (PBUH).
