The Benefits of the Hadith of the Gourd

The Shaykh : Now, al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) specified the condition, saying: "If it is not known that he dislikes it." Others specified it with a different condition, saying: "If there are different types." This means that if it is only one type, you should not eat from what is near your companion at all, because even if he does not show his dislike, the custom of people implies what? Dislike. For example, if someone is eating with you and has a portion, and you leave your portion and go eat from his portion, he would not be pleased. But if there are different types, he would be pleased and would excuse you. So the condition specified by others is that the issue returns to the types. Therefore, if it is assumed that there are different types and I know that my companion dislikes that I eat, do I refrain or not? I do not refrain, except if it falls under the category of preferring others over oneself. This might be, for example, if there is meat and I know that this companion of mine loves meat and dislikes that I eat from it because it would deprive him. Do I eat or not? According to the apparent wording of al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him), I do not eat. But the correct view is that I eat, except as I told you, if I leave it for the sake of preferring others over myself. So that is good. Yes.