Do not talk while eating, as it is one of Allah -azwj ’s Graces and Sustenance for which you should thank and praise Him -azwj . [38] أحسنوا صحبة النعم قبل فواتها فإنها تزول و تشهد على صاحبها بما عمل فيها Thankfully acknowledge bounties (of Allah -azwj ) before they vanish and testify against you (for your lack of consideration in the Hereafter).
[39] An Intellectual will be Thankful: يَا هِشَامُ إِنَّ الْعَاقِلَ الَّذِي لَا يَشْغَلُ الْحَلَالُ شُكْرَهُ وَ لَا يَغْلِبُ الْحَرَامُ صَبْرَهُ (Imam Musa e Kazim -asws advised his companion) O Hisham! The intellectual is the one whom the Permissible do not pre-occupy him from thanking Him -azwj , nor do the Prohibitions overcome his patience….. (an extract).
Ali bin Muhammad, from Salih Bin Abu Hammad who said, ‘I asked the knowledgeable one -asws about the sneezing and what is the reason in (saying), ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj ’, upon it.
So he -asws said: ‘For Allah -azwj has Favoured upon His -azwj servant regarding the health in his body and safety of his body parts, and the servant tends to forget the Mention of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic upon that; and when he does forget, Allah -azwj Commands the wind, so it goes through his body, then exits from his nose, so he Praises Allah -azwj upon that, and that praise of his during that would happen to be a thankfulness to what he had forgotten’ .