The Ruling on Using the Utensils of the People of the Book
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The questioner:
Our Shaykh, if Allah wills, if a person is in the land of an enemy or in the lands of the disbelievers and enters the Shaykh's restaurant, is he allowed to order them to wash the utensils in which they serve him food?
The Shaykh:
He does not eat the food of the People of the Book; he eats from their food, whether it has been washed or not. Allah is with us; the food of the People of the Book and their food is in their utensils. But if you find clean utensils and you want to use them, wash them. As for the utensils known for food, eat from them, and no one...
The questioner:
I seek forgiveness from Allah for you, O Shaykh, regarding the question of Abu Thalhah about the utensils: are they used by the People of the Book, or are they used?
The Shaykh:
They are used in their utensils from their hands. Yes.
Our Shaykh, if Allah wills, if a person is in the land of an enemy or in the lands of the disbelievers and enters the Shaykh's restaurant, is he allowed to order them to wash the utensils in which they serve him food?
The Shaykh:
He does not eat the food of the People of the Book; he eats from their food, whether it has been washed or not. Allah is with us; the food of the People of the Book and their food is in their utensils. But if you find clean utensils and you want to use them, wash them. As for the utensils known for food, eat from them, and no one...
The questioner:
I seek forgiveness from Allah for you, O Shaykh, regarding the question of Abu Thalhah about the utensils: are they used by the People of the Book, or are they used?
The Shaykh:
They are used in their utensils from their hands. Yes.
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (6:08)
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