Use right hand to drink and eat
Mu' meneen Brothers
and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
assalam-u-
alaikum!
i just want to
know if it is not allowed to drink water from glass with u`r left hand???or use
a spoon with u`r left hand to eat.
my husband makes
it sound like drinking anything using u`r left hand is "haram". for
all i know ...using right hand is sunnath & not "fard".PLEASE
CLARIFY!!!
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Answer:
Use right hand to drink and eat
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can
misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We
bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Al-Muwatta
Hadith 49.6
Yahya related
Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said, "When you eat,
eat with your right hand and drink with your right hand. Shaytaan eats with his left hand, and drinks with his left hand."
Sahih Muslim Hadith
5008 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: “When any one of you
intends to eat (meal), he should eat with his right hand, and when he (intends)
to drink he should drink with his right hand,
for the Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand.”
Hafsah reported, "The Messenger of Allah
(saws) reserved his right hand for eating, drinking, putting on his clothes,
taking and giving. He used his left
hand for other actions."
(Related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Ibn
Hibban, al-Hakim and al-Baihaqi).
Sahih Muslim Hadith
5007 Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: “Do not eat with your left hand, for the Satan eats with his left
hand.”
It is not only the Sunnah of the
Messenger of Allah (saws) to eat and drink with the right hand, but also his (saws) explicit command unto
the believers that they should not eat with the left hand; and it is ‘fard’ or obligatory on the
believers, who sincerely fear Allah and
the Last Day, to obey each and every
command of the Messenger of Allah (saws).
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisa verse
79-80:We have sent you (O Mohamed) as a Messenger to mankind, and Allah’s
witness suffices for this. Whoever
obeys the Messenger, in fact obeys Allah, and whoever turns away from him,
he will be accountable for his deeds.
Anyhow, we have not sent you (O Mohamed) to be a guardian over them.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imran verse 31-32:O Prophet, tell the people, “If you sincerely love
Allah, follow me. Then Allah will love you and forgive you
your sins, for He is All
Forgiving, All Merciful.” Also say to them, “Obey Allah and His
Messenger.” And if, in spite of this, they do not accept your invitation, warn them that Allah does not love those, who refuse to obey Him and His Messenger.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
