Chapter: Clarifying that drinking while standing is permissible, while the more complete and preferable way is to drink while seated. Included here is the earlier ḥadīth of Kabshah.
767 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: “I served the Prophet ﷺ water from Zamzam and he drank it while standing.” Agreed upon.
768 – An-Nazzāl ibn Sabrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: ʿAlī (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the gate of the courtyard, drank while standing, and said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do just what you have seen me do.” Narrated by al-Bukhārī.
769 – Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: “In the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we would eat while walking and drink while standing.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ (sound and authentic).
770 – ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drink both standing and seated.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, who said: