The operative cause of the prohibition against pairing two dates
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Question:
And may Allah bless you. This questioner, Abu Ibrahīm, also asks: The prohibition is mentioned regarding a person eating two dates in one go, or pairing dates. What is the operative cause of that?
Answer:
If he is with people who are eating, he should not pair two dates, because this reduces the dates available to the others. However, if he is alone, there is no harm in doing so. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
And may Allah bless you. This questioner, Abu Ibrahīm, also asks: The prohibition is mentioned regarding a person eating two dates in one go, or pairing dates. What is the operative cause of that?
Answer:
If he is with people who are eating, he should not pair two dates, because this reduces the dates available to the others. However, if he is alone, there is no harm in doing so. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/140 — archive.org (3:48)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.