سَأَلَ بَشِيرٌ الدَّهَّانُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ فَقَالَ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَأْكُلُ مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَأْكُلُ مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَ لَا عَلَى يَسَارِهِ وَ لَكِنْ كَانَ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ تَوَاضُعاً لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.
Translation
Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Mhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Ahmad Bin A’iz, from Abu Khadeeja who said, ‘Bashir Al-Dahhan asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, and I was present, so he said, ‘Did Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> used to eat whilst leaning upon his<sup>saww</sup> right, and upon his<sup>saww</sup> left?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> was not eating leaning upon his<sup>saww</sup> right and upon his<sup>saww</sup> left, but he<sup>saww</sup> was sitting the seating of the slave’. I said, ‘And why was that?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As a reverence to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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