Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "The one who serves the drink drinks last."
Hadith Referenceمعجم صغير للطبراني / كتاب الأطعمة و الأشربة / 639
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه البخاري فى «صحيحه» برقم: 595، 7471، ومسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 681، وابن خزيمة فى «صحيحه» برقم: 409، 410، 989، 990، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 1460، 1579، والنسائي فى «المجتبیٰ» برقم: 614، 615، 616، 845، والنسائي فى «الكبریٰ» برقم: 921، 1595، وأبو داود فى «سننه» برقم: 437، 5228، والترمذي فى «جامعه» برقم: 177، 1894، والدارمي فى «مسنده» برقم: 2181، وابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 698، 3434، والبيهقي فى«سننه الكبير» برقم: 1794،وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 22982، والطبراني فى«الكبير» برقم: 3271، 53، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 6423، والطبراني فى «الصغير» برقم: 871، وابن أبى شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 4789، 24708»
Abu Qatadah said: The Prophet ﷺ was on journey. The people became thirsty, and they went quickly. I guarded the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on that night. He said: May Allah guard you for the reason you have guarded His Prophet!
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues: This detailed hadith is found in Sahih Muslim (Sahih Muslim, Al-Masajid, Hadith: 281). The prayer made by the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam for Abu Qatadah radi Allahu anhu, due to his protection of the blessed person of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, gives hope that similar virtue can be attained for protecting the Shari‘ah brought by the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his ahadith. As is explicitly mentioned in another hadith: “May Allah keep happy and prosperous that servant who heard my saying, remembered it, and conveyed it just as he heard it.” (Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi, Al-‘Ilm, Hadith: 2658)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5228
´It was narrated from Abu Qatadah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “The oen who serves water to others should be the last one to drink from it.”
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues: This matter is included among etiquettes. That one should drink last oneself; similarly, if distributing something, one should take their share at the end. However, doing so is not obligatory.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3434