Ramadhan Reminder ..

Now that Ramadhan is so close & many different types of food will be prepared, remember this:

It is from the Sunnah of our Messenger صلى الله عليه و سلم to allow the food to cool before eating it: It has been authentically reported from Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه that he said:

 “One should not eat the food until its steam goes away.”
  [Sunan al-Baihaqee] and graded as “Saheeh”

by Sheikh Nasirudeen al-Albaanee (رحمه الله تعالى) in al-Saheehah (1/748)
Whenever Asmaa’ bint Abu Bakr رضي الله عنها prepared food, she used to cover it with something till its boil went away (and it had cooled down), and she used to say: I heard the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم  saying:

“It is for a greater blessing.”
  {Saheeh Ibn Hibaan & Mustadrak of al-Haakim] graded as “Saheeh”}

{Sheikh Nasirudeen al-Albaanee رحمه الله تعالى in al-Saheehah (392, 659)}