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Eating and drinking with the left hand is disliked (makruh) as a matter of disapproval (tanzihi); how do we understand the command in the hadith, "O boy, eat with your right hand"?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If eating and drinking with the left hand is disliked (makruh) as a matter of disapproval (tanzihi), how do we understand the command in the hadith
O boy, eat with your right hand?يا غلام كل بيمينك؟


Answer:
It is understood as a recommendation (mustahabb). "O boy, eat with your right hand" is understood as a recommendation (mustahabb). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [470 -954] الأكل والشرب باليد اليسرى يكره كراهة تنزيه فكيف نحمل الأمر في حديث "يا غلام كل بيمينك"؟ — youtube.com

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