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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Some people say that the hadith regarding dipping a fly in a vessel when it falls into it is from the category of customs that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not know; is this correct?

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The Shaykh : Yes, Abdullah Awad.

The questioner : May Allah reward you... Some of those who claim to be scholars, on the occasion, meaning
You are more knowledgeable about your worldly affairs أنتم أعلم بدنياكم
those who deny the hadith of the fly, which commands that if it falls into a vessel, the person should dip it three times

The Shaykh : Not just once

The questioner : Or once. And another group came wanting, meaning, to refute him and said that this hadith of the fly is an authentic hadith, but this is from the category of a custom that the Messenger did not know. Is this interpretation of his correct?

The Shaykh : No, this is an error, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said this and gave the reason, saying:
In one of its wings is a disease, and in the other is a cure or a medicine. في أحد جناحيه فيه داء وفي الآخر فيه شفاء أو دواء
And medicine has now proven, medicine has proven, that in it is, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
on one of its wings is a disease and on the other is a cure في أحد جناحيه داء وفي الآخر شفاء
Sunan Ibn Majah 3505Sahih (Darussalam)


The questioner : The eating here, or the command to dip and eat here... is to be taken at its apparent meaning.

The Shaykh : No, this is for permissibility, meaning if the person did not desire this thing after dipping the fly in the milk, he did not desire it, it is not said that you have disobeyed. Yes.
Source alathar.net

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