If some people want to eat, they throw away the first bite out of fear of the evil eye. What is the ruling on that?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If some people want to eat, they throw away the first bite, saying this is out of fear of the evil eye, or out of fear of their own eye.
Answer:
I seek refuge in Allah. This is a bad belief, and it is not permissible to throw away food. In fact, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If some people want to eat, they throw away the first bite, saying this is out of fear of the evil eye, or out of fear of their own eye.
Answer:
I seek refuge in Allah. This is a bad belief, and it is not permissible to throw away food. In fact, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
If any of you drops a morsel of food, let him pick it up, wipe off whatever is on it, and eat it, and not leave it for Satan.
إذا سقطت لقمة أحدكم فليأخذها وليمط ما عليها من الأذى وليأكلها ولا يدعها للشيطان
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [549 -939] إذا أراد بعض الناس أن يأكل رمى بأول لقمة خوفا من العين، فما حكم ذلك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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