Is eating with a spoon closer to the Sunnah than eating with the hand?
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The questioner : Some of the brothers say: eating with a spoon is closer to the Sunnah...
The Shaykh : Closer to the Sunnah?
The questioner : Closer to the Sunnah than eating with the hand?
The Shaykh : How is that?
The questioner : That the spoon is held with three fingers.
The Shaykh : I agree with this opinion on the condition that he eats with the spoon. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ate with three fingers. He held the spoon with three fingers and ate with the spoon? He ate with it. This is called eating with a spoon, not eating with three fingers. Look, people, at the understanding. I mean, the understanding of some people, glory to Allah the Great. And I heard this from the one who said it, but only to this extent: he eats with three fingers.
We ask Allah to reward our brothers so that they know themselves, so that they know how they dominate the texts and apply them to things that make the foolish laugh, let alone the wise.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Some people say: you hold the spoon with three fingers like this, then you eat with it. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ate with three fingers. This is the eating of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So we said to him: yes, if you want to eat this spoon with three fingers, eat it, there is no harm.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, every situation has its own statement. Rice cannot be eaten with three fingers.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Some... differ, and every situation has its own statement. And this is not the subject of the discussion.
The Shaykh : Closer to the Sunnah?
The questioner : Closer to the Sunnah than eating with the hand?
The Shaykh : How is that?
The questioner : That the spoon is held with three fingers.
The Shaykh : I agree with this opinion on the condition that he eats with the spoon. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ate with three fingers. He held the spoon with three fingers and ate with the spoon? He ate with it. This is called eating with a spoon, not eating with three fingers. Look, people, at the understanding. I mean, the understanding of some people, glory to Allah the Great. And I heard this from the one who said it, but only to this extent: he eats with three fingers.
We ask Allah to reward our brothers so that they know themselves, so that they know how they dominate the texts and apply them to things that make the foolish laugh, let alone the wise.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Some people say: you hold the spoon with three fingers like this, then you eat with it. And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ate with three fingers. This is the eating of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So we said to him: yes, if you want to eat this spoon with three fingers, eat it, there is no harm.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : In any case, every situation has its own statement. Rice cannot be eaten with three fingers.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Some... differ, and every situation has its own statement. And this is not the subject of the discussion.