Manners of Drinking Water

There are certain acts which are Mustahab while drinking water, they are as follows:

(a) Water should be drunk slowly as if it were sucked.
(b) During daytime, one should drink water while standing.
(c) One should say Bismillah, before drinking water and Al-Hamdulillah after drinking water.
(d) One should drink water when one feels thirsty.
(e) After drinking water, one should remember Imam Husayn (a.s.) and his Ahlul-Bayt (a.s.), and curse their murderers.

Note: It is unworthy to drink too much water; to drink water after eating fatty food; and to drink water while standing during the night. It is also unworthy to drink water with one’s left hand; to drink water from the side of a container which is cracked or chipped off, or from the side of its handle.