Kissing bread or dates that have fallen on the road
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a man finds a piece of bread or dates on the road, he picks it up, kisses it, and then moves it out of the way of the road. Is this kissing prescribed?
Answer:
I do not know that kissing it is prescribed. However, he should remove any harm from it and lift it from the road to a place where birds or animals can eat it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a man finds a piece of bread or dates on the road, he picks it up, kisses it, and then moves it out of the way of the road. Is this kissing prescribed?
Answer:
I do not know that kissing it is prescribed. However, he should remove any harm from it and lift it from the road to a place where birds or animals can eat it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الجواب عما احتج به أهل الوسواس — islamhouse.com (1:01:25)
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