Floor seating can be seen all over the muslim world.
Sitting on the floor to eat islam.
The only requirement of the qur an is washing of one s hands and face with pure earth if water is not available.
We most muslims eat and drink by sitting on the chairs in front of the table together with their family or sitting on the floor or cushion because based on hadith we are not allowed to eat and drink while standing if there are chairs.
It is narrated that the prophet ﷺ said.
The question was posed to two different people here both knowledgeable one of them.
1 kneeling with the feet upright resting on one s heels.
Two knowledgeable men in usa said two different things.
Abu ya la sahih eat with three fingers.
Ka b ibn malik states.
I heard that sunnah is an action that if you do it you are rewarded and if you don t do it then there is no sin upon you.
A sunnah is any practice by the prophet mohammad peace be upon him.
I eat just as the slave eats and i sit just as the slave sits.
End quote from fath al baari.
Islamic toilet etiquette is a set of personal hygiene rules in islam followed when going to the toilet this code of muslim hygienical jurisprudence is known as qadaa al haajah.
The prophet ﷺ used to eat with three fingers and lick his hand before he wiped it sahih muslim.
These are the three postures for eating.
It is a muslim practice to sit sleep and even eat on the floor within rules because it is a sunnah.
I have a confusion regarding sunnah.
What is mustahabb when sitting to eat is to kneel down with the top of the feet resting on the floor or to sit with the right knee up resting on the left foot.
Eat on the floor.
5 years ago allowed.
So about the issue of following the prophet in details such as sitting on the floor to eat.
Sahih al bukhari and muslim.