Eating from a single dish with separate utensils

Question:
The first question: Our honorable Shaykh, he says: Suppose there is a single dish in front of the family containing a type of food, and each person takes for himself with a separate utensil from this dish. Does this contradict the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) such that they all eat from a single dish? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
I do not see a difference between eating from the dish with your hand or scooping from it into a utensil and eating from it; I do not see a difference in this. However, if each person were to have his own separate dish, that is what should not be done. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: I do not see any harm in it, but what is prohibited is imitating the disbelievers, because we see in hotels, parties, or feasts that the food is placed in a location where each person takes a dish, serves himself, isolates himself, and eats alone. This is imitating the disbelievers, and it involves the separation in eating that is forbidden. But if the eating is done together, with the food in front of them and they are gathered around it, then it is the same whether they eat with their hands or as the questioner mentioned. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.