Explanation of the Book of Foods-03a
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The reciter: Narrated to us Sa'id ibn Abi Maryam, narrated to us Abu Ghassan, who said: Narrated to me Abu Hazim:
The Shaykh : This is evidence for the permissibility of blowing in such a case. As for blowing on a drink, such as milk or water, that is prohibited. But blowing on this barley has no effect; even if it were assumed that there are germs or disease in it, it would be removed by what? By fire, through cooking if it is cooked, or through baking if it is baked.
The mu'adhdhin: Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh : We will look at the explanation of blowing. This is al-Qastallani, al-Fath al-Fath, the chapter on blowing on barley.
That he asked Sahl, "Did you see the sieve in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He said, "No." I said, "Did you sieve the barley?" He said, "No, but we blew on it."
أنه سأل سهلًا هل رأيتم في زمان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم النقي قال لا فقلت : كنتم تنخلون الشعير ؟ قال : لا ولكن كنا ننفخهThe Shaykh : This is evidence for the permissibility of blowing in such a case. As for blowing on a drink, such as milk or water, that is prohibited. But blowing on this barley has no effect; even if it were assumed that there are germs or disease in it, it would be removed by what? By fire, through cooking if it is cooked, or through baking if it is baked.
The mu'adhdhin: Allah is the Greatest.
The Shaykh : We will look at the explanation of blowing. This is al-Qastallani, al-Fath al-Fath, the chapter on blowing on barley.