The ruling on drinking directly from a water cooler with the mouth
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Question:
Regarding the refrigerators in the Haram, some have a button that one presses with the left hand and then drinks. Is this prohibited?
Answer:
If he pours it into his hand or into a vessel?
Q: He presses the button with his left hand and drinks directly from his mouth, drinking from his mouth from...
The Shaykh: The pipe?
The student: The pipe, yes.
The Shaykh: It is better to leave it, except in cases of necessity; because something might come out and go into his mouth, like a stick or something else, or a speck. It is like the mouth of a waterskin.
Q: Using the left hand?
The Shaykh: This is like the mouth of a waterskin, like a mouth, and the danger is from the possibility of a stick, a small insect, or something that harms him coming out.
Q: The wisdom behind this, meaning from the perspective of danger?
The Shaykh: It is from the perspective of repelling harm.
Regarding the refrigerators in the Haram, some have a button that one presses with the left hand and then drinks. Is this prohibited?
Answer:
If he pours it into his hand or into a vessel?
Q: He presses the button with his left hand and drinks directly from his mouth, drinking from his mouth from...
The Shaykh: The pipe?
The student: The pipe, yes.
The Shaykh: It is better to leave it, except in cases of necessity; because something might come out and go into his mouth, like a stick or something else, or a speck. It is like the mouth of a waterskin.
Q: Using the left hand?
The Shaykh: This is like the mouth of a waterskin, like a mouth, and the danger is from the possibility of a stick, a small insect, or something that harms him coming out.
Q: The wisdom behind this, meaning from the perspective of danger?
The Shaykh: It is from the perspective of repelling harm.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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