Chapter 201
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 201
The desirability of talking whilst eating
Context
ON THIS SUBJECT is the hadith of Jābir which we have already cited, in the chapter on praising food. Imam Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī said in al-Iḥyā’, “Part of the etiquette of eating is to speak about good things while eating, and to talk about the stories of righteous people concerning food and other things.”