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the manners of eating
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Question:
After finishing eating food, a person takes to fruit; he picks
it up with his right hand, and as a result some food remains
(from his right hand) fall on the fruit, and the people dislike
this. So is there any harm in eating this fruit with the left
hand?
Response:
It is not permissible for a person to eat with his left hand,
as the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said to the young boy:
((O
young boy! Mention the name of Allaah and eat with your right
hand, and eat of that which you can chew)).
So,
if he fears some food remains from his right hand will fall
on the fruit, then he should pick up the fruit with his left
hand and eat it with his right hand.
And
this is what the people of knowledge have dictated. And Allaah
knows best.
Shaykh
'Abdullaah ibn Humayd
Fataawa ash-Shaykh Ibn Humayd - Page 276, Question No.291
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