What is the ruling on eating at a dining table, and is there a report from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he ate on a chair?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on eating at a dining table? And is there a report from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he ate on a chair?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Eating at a dining table, whether one is sitting on the ground or on a chair, there is nothing wrong with it, there is no prohibition. It is not obligatory for him to sit on the ground; he sits on whatever is convenient for him. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on eating at a dining table? And is there a report from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he ate on a chair?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. Eating at a dining table, whether one is sitting on the ground or on a chair, there is nothing wrong with it, there is no prohibition. It is not obligatory for him to sit on the ground; he sits on whatever is convenient for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [411 -954] ما حكم الأكل على طاولة الطّعام، وهل ورد عن النبي ﷺ أنه أكل على كرسي؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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