and he graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ (sound and authentic).

771 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ forbade a man to drink while standing. Qatādah said: “So we asked Anas, ‘What about eating?’ He replied, ‘That is even worse, or more repugnant.’” Narrated by Muslim. In another wording Muslim records: “The Prophet ﷺ sternly rebuked drinking while standing.”

772 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “Let none of you drink while standing; if anyone forgets, let him vomit it out.” Narrated by Muslim.

[Commentary]
The author—may Allah have mercy on him—states: “Chapter: Clarifying that drinking while standing is permissible, though the more complete and preferable way is to drink while seated.” The preferable manner for both eating and drinking is to do so while seated, for this was the practice of the Prophet ﷺ: he neither ate nor drank while standing. As for drinking while standing, authentic reports show that the Prophet ﷺ forbade it. When Anas ibn Mālik was asked about eating (while standing), he replied, “That is even worse and more repugnant,” meaning that if drinking while standing is prohibited, then eating while standing is even more deserving of censure. However, in the ḥadīth of Ibn ʿUmar, which al-Tirmidhī related and declared authentic, he said: