Is a person’s refusal to eat uncovered food considered taking an omen as a bad sign, or is it acting on the causes?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person refrains from eating uncovered food out of fear of being harmed by something, is this the taking of an omen as a bad sign that is prohibited, or is it acting on the causes?
Answer:
This is not taking an omen as a bad sign. This is leaving off something that involves danger. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Al-Baqarah 2:195] This is avoiding harm. This is avoiding harm.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person refrains from eating uncovered food out of fear of being harmed by something, is this the taking of an omen as a bad sign that is prohibited, or is it acting on the causes?
Answer:
This is not taking an omen as a bad sign. This is leaving off something that involves danger. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [310 -954] هل امتناع الشخص عن تناول الطعام المكشوف يعد من التطير أم أنه من فعل الأسباب؟ — youtube.com
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