The ruling on eating with five fingers and leaving the Sunnah out of laziness
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The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Is there any harm in eating mansaf, which is a dish made with mansaf, using five fingers, contrary to the hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to eat with three fingers?
The Shaykh : Since you know the hadith, why are you asking?
The questioner : Because it has become a discussion among the Shi'ah; they say they do not know how to eat except with five fingers.
The Shaykh : If they do not know, they must learn.
The questioner : Yes. They say, "The good deeds of the righteous are the bad deeds of those brought near to Allah."
The Shaykh : What do you mean?
The questioner : What is the ruling on one who leaves the Sunnah not out of denial, but out of laziness? That is, he does not deny the Sunnah and acknowledges it, but due to his laziness, he does not do anything of it. For example, what do we rule about him?
The Shaykh : We rule that he is deficient.
The questioner : Deficient in religion.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this mean that for every matter of the Sunnah, if one leaves it, the ruling is the same, as we were taught in the schools that one who does not do the Sunnah is not punished for it? Or are there matters of the Sunnah that reach a higher degree, such as being obligatory or fard? This requires a long discussion, but what is the summary?
The Shaykh : What is a Sunnah, all of it has the same ruling. But if it rises to the level of obligation, then leaving it is a sin.
The questioner : We are going. Are there any matters of the Sunnah that rise to the level of obligation?
The Shaykh : Of course, eating with the right hand, for example, drinking with the right hand, giving with the right hand, and taking with the right hand; these are all obligatory Sunnahs.
The questioner : Okay. Okay, do we declare the groups other than the Sunnah to be disbelievers? No, what do you mean by disbelief? I mean the other groups, like the Shi'ah and the like, who are far from the Sunnah. We do not exaggerate. May Allah honor you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. And you. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : Is there any harm in eating mansaf, which is a dish made with mansaf, using five fingers, contrary to the hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to eat with three fingers?
The Shaykh : Since you know the hadith, why are you asking?
The questioner : Because it has become a discussion among the Shi'ah; they say they do not know how to eat except with five fingers.
The Shaykh : If they do not know, they must learn.
The questioner : Yes. They say, "The good deeds of the righteous are the bad deeds of those brought near to Allah."
The Shaykh : What do you mean?
The questioner : What is the ruling on one who leaves the Sunnah not out of denial, but out of laziness? That is, he does not deny the Sunnah and acknowledges it, but due to his laziness, he does not do anything of it. For example, what do we rule about him?
The Shaykh : We rule that he is deficient.
The questioner : Deficient in religion.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this mean that for every matter of the Sunnah, if one leaves it, the ruling is the same, as we were taught in the schools that one who does not do the Sunnah is not punished for it? Or are there matters of the Sunnah that reach a higher degree, such as being obligatory or fard? This requires a long discussion, but what is the summary?
The Shaykh : What is a Sunnah, all of it has the same ruling. But if it rises to the level of obligation, then leaving it is a sin.
The questioner : We are going. Are there any matters of the Sunnah that rise to the level of obligation?
The Shaykh : Of course, eating with the right hand, for example, drinking with the right hand, giving with the right hand, and taking with the right hand; these are all obligatory Sunnahs.
The questioner : Okay. Okay, do we declare the groups other than the Sunnah to be disbelievers? No, what do you mean by disbelief? I mean the other groups, like the Shi'ah and the like, who are far from the Sunnah. We do not exaggerate. May Allah honor you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. And you. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 1358 في قناة «تسجيلات الإمام الألباني - محمد أبو ليلى الأثري» — youtube.com (2:07)
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