What is the ruling on a group of people drinking from a single vessel?
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The questioner : ... I said that you had changed your opinion.
The Shaykh : You are recording my speech here, no problem, give permission, heh heh.
The questioner : I am still of the opinion that it is not permissible for a number of people to drink from the mouth of the vessel, and I heard that there is a hadith about it.
The Shaykh : Are you asking me, or do you want to state your point of view?
The questioner : No, no, I am asking you, I am asking you.
The Shaykh : But that is not the subject.
The questioner : No, it is this one.
The Shaykh : And why are you raising a different subject?
The questioner : Because he is afraid that when you return, there will not be enough time.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The Shaykh : The correct Sunnah.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is marfu'.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, it is mansub, and I will tell you how it is mansub, move it.
The student : It is to be mansub.
The Shaykh : Mansub like this, and move it like this.
The student : Quickly.
The Shaykh : Not khafdh and raf', khafdh and raf', no, it is in its place.
The student : In its place.
The Shaykh : Yes, clear. Peace be upon you.
The student : It has reached my ears that Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah discussed with you the matter of finding a hadith, I do not know about it, regarding the impermissibility of drinking from the mouth of the vessel, and that you changed your previous opinion and agreed with him on this point.
The Shaykh : What do you want with this issue? Say what your father wants from you.
The student : Ah, so this matter will happen or not?
The Shaykh : Which matter?
The student : That you will agree with him, or that you will agree with us.
The Shaykh : It is not important whether you agree with him or he agrees with you; what does he want from you? May Allah guide you.
The student : He wants me to agree with him.
The Shaykh : What does he want from you practically? What does he want you to do?
The student : Say what you want.
The Shaykh : No, he does not want to speak; you want to speak.
The student : No, he says that the hadith will be...
Another student: The point of your objection.
The student : The point of discussion and your objection.
The Shaykh : What does he want from you? Suppose the cup is now in your hand and you drank from it; what does he want from you?
The student : That I drink from it.
The Shaykh : What does he want from you, not from the cup.
The student : From me, that I share with everyone in drinking from the same cup.
The Shaykh : Okay, and what do you want?
The student : I do not want to.
The Shaykh : Heh, why?
The student : Because I heard that there is disagreement on the subject.
Another student: I heard that in your opinion this is not permissible; I heard of the impermissibility.
The Shaykh : Look, Muhammad, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking, please, he forbade drinking from a vessel with a chip, meaning one with a crack.
The student : Ah, yes.
The Shaykh : Whether one person drinks from it or two or a group, because this chip, this crack, as was established today finally with magnifying glasses, is a gathering place for germs and microbes. The Shari'ah forbade drinking from this vessel. As for any other vessel, he did not forbid sharing it; on the contrary, when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, he asked to be given water from Zamzam. They offered to draw a bucket of Zamzam water for him immediately, and he said: meaning from what is its name?
The student : The water-skin.
The Shaykh : The Muslims drink from this vessel. I was given a drink from it because he loved to share with the Muslims, and this is from the humility of the Messenger (peace be upon him). So you are his son; he drank from a cup, so you must drink from another cup that has no chip. If it has a chip, you must advise him not to drink from it. But the cup you are talking about is sound. So this sharing, especially within the same family, creates affection between them, as long as it is not chipped. That is one thing. There is another thing: the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He forbade drinking from the asqiya"; that is, from the containers that are usually made of leather, the kind you hang up to cool things. If you drink from their mouth, the leather will become foul-smelling. But if it is made of glass or metal, for example, where no odor or microbes, God forbid, remain in its mouth, then that is a special case unrelated to the subject he wants from you. Perhaps you understand the subject now.
The student : This is what caused the confusion, I think, the matter of the asqiya.
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills. Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : You are recording my speech here, no problem, give permission, heh heh.
The questioner : I am still of the opinion that it is not permissible for a number of people to drink from the mouth of the vessel, and I heard that there is a hadith about it.
The Shaykh : Are you asking me, or do you want to state your point of view?
The questioner : No, no, I am asking you, I am asking you.
The Shaykh : But that is not the subject.
The questioner : No, it is this one.
The Shaykh : And why are you raising a different subject?
The questioner : Because he is afraid that when you return, there will not be enough time.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The Shaykh : The correct Sunnah.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : No, it is marfu'.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no, it is mansub, and I will tell you how it is mansub, move it.
The student : It is to be mansub.
The Shaykh : Mansub like this, and move it like this.
The student : Quickly.
The Shaykh : Not khafdh and raf', khafdh and raf', no, it is in its place.
The student : In its place.
The Shaykh : Yes, clear. Peace be upon you.
The student : It has reached my ears that Shaykh 'Abd al-Fattah discussed with you the matter of finding a hadith, I do not know about it, regarding the impermissibility of drinking from the mouth of the vessel, and that you changed your previous opinion and agreed with him on this point.
The Shaykh : What do you want with this issue? Say what your father wants from you.
The student : Ah, so this matter will happen or not?
The Shaykh : Which matter?
The student : That you will agree with him, or that you will agree with us.
The Shaykh : It is not important whether you agree with him or he agrees with you; what does he want from you? May Allah guide you.
The student : He wants me to agree with him.
The Shaykh : What does he want from you practically? What does he want you to do?
The student : Say what you want.
The Shaykh : No, he does not want to speak; you want to speak.
The student : No, he says that the hadith will be...
Another student: The point of your objection.
The student : The point of discussion and your objection.
The Shaykh : What does he want from you? Suppose the cup is now in your hand and you drank from it; what does he want from you?
The student : That I drink from it.
The Shaykh : What does he want from you, not from the cup.
The student : From me, that I share with everyone in drinking from the same cup.
The Shaykh : Okay, and what do you want?
The student : I do not want to.
The Shaykh : Heh, why?
The student : Because I heard that there is disagreement on the subject.
Another student: I heard that in your opinion this is not permissible; I heard of the impermissibility.
The Shaykh : Look, Muhammad, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking, please, he forbade drinking from a vessel with a chip, meaning one with a crack.
The student : Ah, yes.
The Shaykh : Whether one person drinks from it or two or a group, because this chip, this crack, as was established today finally with magnifying glasses, is a gathering place for germs and microbes. The Shari'ah forbade drinking from this vessel. As for any other vessel, he did not forbid sharing it; on the contrary, when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, he asked to be given water from Zamzam. They offered to draw a bucket of Zamzam water for him immediately, and he said:
Do not give me to drink from what the Muslims drink
لا اسقوني ممَّا يشرب المسلمونThe student : The water-skin.
The Shaykh : The Muslims drink from this vessel. I was given a drink from it because he loved to share with the Muslims, and this is from the humility of the Messenger (peace be upon him). So you are his son; he drank from a cup, so you must drink from another cup that has no chip. If it has a chip, you must advise him not to drink from it. But the cup you are talking about is sound. So this sharing, especially within the same family, creates affection between them, as long as it is not chipped. That is one thing. There is another thing: the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He forbade drinking from the asqiya"; that is, from the containers that are usually made of leather, the kind you hang up to cool things. If you drink from their mouth, the leather will become foul-smelling. But if it is made of glass or metal, for example, where no odor or microbes, God forbid, remain in its mouth, then that is a special case unrelated to the subject he wants from you. Perhaps you understand the subject now.
The student : This is what caused the confusion, I think, the matter of the asqiya.
The Shaykh : Good, if Allah wills. Peace be upon you.
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