The Ruling on Using Newspapers and Journals as Tablecloths or for Wrapping Bread
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible to use newspapers and journals as a tablecloth or for wrapping bread, and so on?
Answer:
No. Newspapers and journals are never free of the Name of Allah, never free of a verse, never free of a hadith, never free of the words of the scholars. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible to use newspapers and journals as a tablecloth or for wrapping bread, and so on?
Answer:
No. Newspapers and journals are never free of the Name of Allah, never free of a verse, never free of a hadith, never free of the words of the scholars. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفلاسفة لا تختص بأمة من الأمم بل هم موجودون في سائر الأمم — islamhouse.com (1:16:46)
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