Is it permissible to eat from the middle of the plate?
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The student : This applies to what you are saying.
The Shaykh : How?
The student : Because this plate, as you can see, may Allah reward you, there is no power except with Allah, its appearance is such that our teacher took from the middle.
The Shaykh : ... No, it is not permissible.
The student : ... .
Another student: From the edge; the blessing is in the middle.
Another student: This story about Abu Malik happened to me... it was similar; we were in a gathering, sitting and talking and mocking someone... a friend of ours, I mean. He said, "By Allah, so-and-so treated you well tonight with the gathering, he drank and such, and he was making a mess."
Another student: Making a mess.
Another student: Ah, he drank sugar.
Another student: Yes, yes.
Another student: And they all... and so on, and then he realized that I was sitting... he said, "My brother, you have disgraced us... he saw you and heard you, which is more important than Abu Yahya, Lord of the Worlds. He said, 'The Lord of the Worlds will forgive, but you will not forgive.'"
Another student: Allahu Akbar.
Another student: How did he know that Allah wants to forgive him?
The Shaykh :[An-Nisa 4:123] .
The student : Who is this one who attributes to Allah?
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student : So, the matter of honoring rulers and the nobility of people and their wealthy ones, and so on, this is...
The Shaykh : How?
The student : Because this plate, as you can see, may Allah reward you, there is no power except with Allah, its appearance is such that our teacher took from the middle.
The Shaykh : ... No, it is not permissible.
The student : ... .
Another student: From the edge; the blessing is in the middle.
Another student: This story about Abu Malik happened to me... it was similar; we were in a gathering, sitting and talking and mocking someone... a friend of ours, I mean. He said, "By Allah, so-and-so treated you well tonight with the gathering, he drank and such, and he was making a mess."
Another student: Making a mess.
Another student: Ah, he drank sugar.
Another student: Yes, yes.
Another student: And they all... and so on, and then he realized that I was sitting... he said, "My brother, you have disgraced us... he saw you and heard you, which is more important than Abu Yahya, Lord of the Worlds. He said, 'The Lord of the Worlds will forgive, but you will not forgive.'"
Another student: Allahu Akbar.
Another student: How did he know that Allah wants to forgive him?
The Shaykh :
Paradise is not [obtained] by your wishful thinking nor by that of the People of the Scripture. Whoever does a wrong
لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًاThe student : Who is this one who attributes to Allah?
The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!
The student : So, the matter of honoring rulers and the nobility of people and their wealthy ones, and so on, this is...
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