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Using newspapers as eating mats/spreads
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Question: What is the ruling regarding eating and drinking from daily newspapers and (in particular) those who use them as (eating) mats/spreads for their food (considering) there are Qur.aanic verses and noble ahaadeeth on them?

Response: If you find on a newspaper anything from the verses (of the Qur.aan) or from the Names (and Attributes) of Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala), then remove them from it (the newspaper) and burn it, bury it or (simply) place it in a clean and elevated place, then use the newspaper. And if the newspaper does not have any (Qur.aanic) verses or ahaadeeth or (any) mention of (the Names and Attributes of) Allaah ('Azza wa Jall) within it, then there is no prohibition in using it, ripping it up and disposing of it or eating from it.

Shaykh Saailh ibn Fowzaan
al-Muntaqaa min Fataawa Shaykh Saalih al-Fowzaan - Volume 2, Page 299, Fatwa No.266