And what is the authenticity of the hadith: "If two people drink from the same vessel, they will be forgiven or enter Paradise"?
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The questioner : And what is the authenticity of the hadith: "If two people drink from the same vessel, they will be forgiven or enter Paradise"?
The Shaykh : I do not know of this, but I do not think it is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). There is nothing wrong with two people drinking from the same vessel, and there is no blame in it. Being scrupulous about such a thing is difficult. If a person were to be scrupulous about every vessel in which someone else had drunk, he would face severe hardship. His body would have no immunity against the microbes that are present in many people, from which he is free. The wealthy used to be very careful about this matter, meaning they were careful not to drink from a vessel in which someone else had drunk, and as a result, they suffered from more illnesses than others. What a person should do is not to make things difficult for himself with such precautions, because they bring hardship, and because his body remains without immunity, and thus he is affected by the slightest cause.
It has reached me that many people in the developed nations of this world have returned from this extreme caution to the natural state that many people are in, where a person does not make things difficult for himself with such extreme caution.
Yes, if it were assumed that one of the people is afflicted with a plague that is customarily contagious, then it is not recommended for a person to drink from the vessel in which this afflicted person drank, which is customarily contagious, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 16:270.
But with this, it is obligatory for us to believe that contagion is not contagious by its own nature, but it is contagious by the permission of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for Allah the Exalted has made a cause for every thing.
The Shaykh : I do not know of this, but I do not think it is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). There is nothing wrong with two people drinking from the same vessel, and there is no blame in it. Being scrupulous about such a thing is difficult. If a person were to be scrupulous about every vessel in which someone else had drunk, he would face severe hardship. His body would have no immunity against the microbes that are present in many people, from which he is free. The wealthy used to be very careful about this matter, meaning they were careful not to drink from a vessel in which someone else had drunk, and as a result, they suffered from more illnesses than others. What a person should do is not to make things difficult for himself with such precautions, because they bring hardship, and because his body remains without immunity, and thus he is affected by the slightest cause.
It has reached me that many people in the developed nations of this world have returned from this extreme caution to the natural state that many people are in, where a person does not make things difficult for himself with such extreme caution.
Yes, if it were assumed that one of the people is afflicted with a plague that is customarily contagious, then it is not recommended for a person to drink from the vessel in which this afflicted person drank, which is customarily contagious, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion.
فر من المجذوم فرارك من الأسدBut with this, it is obligatory for us to believe that contagion is not contagious by its own nature, but it is contagious by the permission of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for Allah the Exalted has made a cause for every thing.