The Meaning of Food Maintenance: Is It to Be Cooked?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the meaning of food maintenance that it must be cooked, or is that not required?
The Shaykh:
That is, he goes and gets it for him from a restaurant, whether each person gets it cooked or uncooked; the important thing is that he brings him food that is fit to eat, whether it is cooked or uncooked. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, she says.
The Shaykh:
According to the custom of the country. If the custom of the country is that they bring cooked food, he brings cooked food. If their custom is to bring uncooked food, he brings uncooked food. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
But now, the office workers and the well-off women do not cook for anyone but themselves. They make something and eat it, and then they are done after they sit down. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the meaning of food maintenance that it must be cooked, or is that not required?
The Shaykh:
That is, he goes and gets it for him from a restaurant, whether each person gets it cooked or uncooked; the important thing is that he brings him food that is fit to eat, whether it is cooked or uncooked. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, she says.
The Shaykh:
According to the custom of the country. If the custom of the country is that they bring cooked food, he brings cooked food. If their custom is to bring uncooked food, he brings uncooked food. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
But now, the office workers and the well-off women do not cook for anyone but themselves. They make something and eat it, and then they are done after they sit down. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 086-كتاب النفقات - 10-10-25 هـ — archive.org (16:35)
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