If one is unable to eat with the right hand due to illness or the like, is it permissible for him to eat with the left hand?

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The Shaykh : If it becomes an excuse, there is no harm. If his right hand does not reach his mouth, he eats with the left. I say this is a dire necessity. Yes.

The questioner : How does one lick the plate?

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