The ruling on using newspapers as a tablecloth for food
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on using newspapers as a tablecloth for food, or for eating? And if it is not permissible, what should be done with these newspapers after reading them?
Answer:
Newspapers that contain something of the Qur'an, or something of the hadiths, or something of the words of the scholars and the rulings of the Shari'ah must not be degraded by being used as a tablecloth on which to eat. As for newspapers that do not contain any of that, there is nothing wrong with using them. Yes.
Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on using newspapers as a tablecloth for food, or for eating? And if it is not permissible, what should be done with these newspapers after reading them?
Answer:
Newspapers that contain something of the Qur'an, or something of the hadiths, or something of the words of the scholars and the rulings of the Shari'ah must not be degraded by being used as a tablecloth on which to eat. As for newspapers that do not contain any of that, there is nothing wrong with using them. Yes.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء - الفوزان 27-04-1438هـ — youtube.com (25:56)
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