His saying (peace and blessings be upon him): “Eat from the sides of it and do not eat from the middle of it.” Does this not indicate that this is specific to the people of the bowl?
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The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you: Regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Bulugh al-Maram 8:99.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this not indicate that this address is specific to this bowl?
The Shaykh : No, no, this is general.
The questioner : Why is it so, and what is its wisdom?
The Shaykh : For example, even if someone is served from the bowl, one should eat from the sides, because the default in the rulings of the Shari'ah is generality. That is why he did not say: “Eat from this bowl,” nor did he specify it.
The questioner : But his saying:
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specified the blessing in the food, but we do not see that the blessing is attained in our food.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, the Prophet, for example, in the story of Jabir.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The story of Jabir on the day of the Trench; they ate a thousand.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : They ate a thousand.
The Shaykh : They ate a thousand. Yes, that is correct. This is one of the signs of the Messenger, one of his signs. But if we had eaten from the top of this bowl, it would have ended quickly and we would not have been satisfied. Try it, try it, invite some of the brothers and try it.
The questioner : And how do we know that the blessing descends?
The Shaykh : The words of the Messenger:.
The questioner : For every food?
The Shaykh : For every food, that is the default.
The questioner : Shaykh, Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 3259Sahih (Darussalam). Can we say that a person, if asked, is able to criticize? Because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked to eat from the dhabb, he said: ?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And if he is not asked, he does not speak?
The Shaykh : No, he did not criticize it. But we said: It is not a problem to say: “I dislike this thing,” dislike without criticism. He does not say: “I dislike it because of such and such.” As for the dhabb, he only gave a reason to reassure the people around him to eat from it.
Eat from its side and not from the middle
كلوا من جوانبها ولا تأكلوا من وسطهاThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does this not indicate that this address is specific to this bowl?
The Shaykh : No, no, this is general.
The questioner : Why is it so, and what is its wisdom?
The Shaykh : For example, even if someone is served from the bowl, one should eat from the sides, because the default in the rulings of the Shari'ah is generality. That is why he did not say: “Eat from this bowl,” nor did he specify it.
The questioner : But his saying:
Eat from the sides of it
كلوا من جوانبهاThe Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specified the blessing in the food, but we do not see that the blessing is attained in our food.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, the Prophet, for example, in the story of Jabir.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The story of Jabir on the day of the Trench; they ate a thousand.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : They ate a thousand.
The Shaykh : They ate a thousand. Yes, that is correct. This is one of the signs of the Messenger, one of his signs. But if we had eaten from the top of this bowl, it would have ended quickly and we would not have been satisfied. Try it, try it, invite some of the brothers and try it.
The questioner : And how do we know that the blessing descends?
The Shaykh : The words of the Messenger:
For the blessing descends
فإن البركة تنزلThe questioner : For every food?
The Shaykh : For every food, that is the default.
The questioner : Shaykh, Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never criticized any food
ما عاب رسول الله طعاما قطI dislike it
إني أعافهThe Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And if he is not asked, he does not speak?
The Shaykh : No, he did not criticize it. But we said: It is not a problem to say: “I dislike this thing,” dislike without criticism. He does not say: “I dislike it because of such and such.” As for the dhabb, he only gave a reason to reassure the people around him to eat from it.