Ruling 2655. A number of things are considered to be etiquettes of drinking:

1. to drink water by sipping it;

2. to drink water during the day while standing;

3. to say ‘bismillāh’ before drinking water and ‘alḥamdu lillāh’ after drinking it;

4. to drink water in three gulps;

5. to drink water when one desires it;

6. after drinking water, to remember His Eminence Abā ʿAbdillāh [Imam al-Ḥusayn] (ʿA) and his household, and to curse his killers.