The ruling on eating a date thrown on the road
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. This questioner asks: He says: Does the hadith of Anas, may Allah preserve you, indicate that it is a sunnah (recommended practice) for one who finds a date on the road to take it and eat it? And is this hadith a declarative or an action-based sunnah?
Answer:
This hadith indicates that the date should not be eaten, and the lesser option is that he eats it, provided there is no harm in it, and he eats it, acting on the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “Were it not for the fear that it might be from charity, he would eat it.” So if he has no obstacle preventing him, he eats it. This is the safest course. If he wants to place it in a clean spot, or bring it to someone, or give it to a beggar, there is nothing wrong with that. The important thing is that he does not leave it to be trampled on the road.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. This questioner asks: He says: Does the hadith of Anas, may Allah preserve you, indicate that it is a sunnah (recommended practice) for one who finds a date on the road to take it and eat it? And is this hadith a declarative or an action-based sunnah?
Answer:
This hadith indicates that the date should not be eaten, and the lesser option is that he eats it, provided there is no harm in it, and he eats it, acting on the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “Were it not for the fear that it might be from charity, he would eat it.” So if he has no obstacle preventing him, he eats it. This is the safest course. If he wants to place it in a clean spot, or bring it to someone, or give it to a beggar, there is nothing wrong with that. The important thing is that he does not leave it to be trampled on the road.
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