Reading from the Islamic Culture material for the first year of secondary school: "In the matter of the etiquette of the gathering, the one who pours the drink should give it to the one among them who is best in knowledge or oldest in age, even if he is not on his right."

The reader: It says in the hadith that among the etiquettes of the gathering is that the one who pours the drink gives it to the one among them who is best in knowledge or oldest in age, and then he starts with the one on his right?

The Shaykh : Yes, I do.
The reader: He prefers the right side after that.

The Shaykh : And the right side, if you start from the middle.
The reader: From the right side, I mean. If you want, I can show you the excerpt. This is in the Islamic Culture material for the first year of secondary school.

The Shaykh : What you mentioned is well-known in all Islamic countries, but this is contrary to the Sunnah. Who is the one who established the curriculum?
The reader: There is no god but Allah, there is a lot of weakness in the curriculum.

The Shaykh : And who is the one who established the curriculum?
The reader: The author says: "And among ignorance is that the one who pours the drink starts with the right side of the gathering".

The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest!
The student: This is the end of time, in which the Sunnah has been turned into religious innovation and religious innovation into the Sunnah.
The reader: "And it is better that the one who is oldest in age in the gathering [be given first], even if he is on his right, even if the one on his left is better than him in knowledge".

The Shaykh : All of us, by the grace and mercy of Allah, agree on a correct creed, the summary of which is His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . It has come, and the time is tight and does not allow for expansion, but we will address the topic from the closest path. It is mentioned in *Sahih al-Bukhari* from the hadith of Anas ibn Malik with a chain, and from the hadith of Sahl ibn Sa'd with another chain: This is the wording of Anas's hadith, and the wording of Sahl's hadith is: Now, if a question is directed: Why did the one who poured the drink start with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? The answer is: Because he asked for it. Therefore, it is not correct to use this hadith as evidence for starting with the eldest of the people, because the starting was because he asked for water. If the eldest of the people or the youngest asked for water, it is obligatory to give it to him because he is the one who asked. Second, and here is the strong argument: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) drank and there was a remainder in the cup, he looked to the person on his right and found him to be a young boy who had not yet reached puberty, Ibn Abbas, and on his left was Abu Bakr. If the one who pours the drink started with the eldest, he would not have had the right to ask permission from the young boy on his right; he would have given it to the one on his left because he is the eldest of the people. But we found that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not start with him [Abu Bakr] until after asking permission from the one on his right. When he did not give permission, he gave it to him [Ibn Abbas] and made it clear to those present that it should not be a source of distress in any of your hearts: Why does he leave the venerable elder and give to the small child? The answer is: He gave them in advance , and in the other narration: This is the text of the hadith.