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Is it permissible to overeat if one is underweight?
Assalamu alaykum the problem is that I am underweight and I don't know how to deal with this . Currently I am 42 kg and if you use the body mass/height formula to know your average weight I come 64 so 64 kg is my normal weight range . My parents advised me that i should eat 5 to 6 meals per day . My normal diet consist of few mouth falls 2 or 3 times.. More
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Eating Everything That Is on One’s Plate
Assalamualaikum brother. My problem is when I eat dinner or a meal with my family or in gatherings I eat my plate fully and cleanly as the sunnah of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam if I am correct! I try my best never to let any food or a rice to be wasted. My problem is sometimes or usually my brother and sister they don’t eat their.. More
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Drinking by Three Breaths
Some student of knowledge and many people in our country(Bangladesh) say that Drinking water in 3 breaths is a 'Sunnah' . Are there any authentic hadith or evidence backing this up? Or is this another innovation?
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Supplicating before or after drinking Zamzam water
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Shaykh,should one supplicate before drinking Aamzam water or after? I have come across two statements, one stating the former, and the other the latter. Please advise, Shaykh. May Allah reward you.
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Eating to one's fill not sin
Assalaamu alaykum. I take medication to protect my bones due to a condition I have. I am unsure about eating extra food, in light of Islam. I was advised to do things like eat an extra slice of toast in the morning and so on. However, most of the time, I tend to hold back from eating too much of one thing. I would like to know; if I do eat extra portions.. More
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Squatting while eating and drinking
One of my friends heard this thing, and I want to know whether it is right or wrong: Sitting in the squatting position while eating food and drinking water is from the Sunnah?
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Licking fingers of left hand if used in eating
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu Shaykh. Is it from the Sunnah to lick the fingers after a meal? If yes, then what if the fingers of the left hand were also used during the meal, is it from the Sunnah to lick them too, or not? As we know, food should not be eaten with the left hand, which is why I am asking this question, so what about.. More
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Learning etiquette of eating in Islam
Assalaamu alaykum Scholars. I have a question which has been bothering me recently. I am currently seeking knowledge, or this is what I intend to do, and I have a doubt regarding the manners of the students of knowledge regarding eating. After reading and listening to biographies of great scholars of the past, I came to know that they would hardly eat.. More
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Smelling food to check if it is rotten
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. We should not blow on food and smell it. I want to know, what if one smells a bad smell from the food when its placed in front of the person (from a distance) or fears that it may be rotten and so on, can one smell the food in that situation or not? If not, then how is one to deal with such.. More
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No recommended color for dining table cloth in Sunnah
Is it Sunnah to eat on a red dining cloth? Is there any hadith about this? What color shouldthe dining cloth be?
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Eating nude while alone or with wife
Is one allowed to sometimeseat nude while alone or with his wife at home?
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Drinking from same cup a non-Mahram drank from
Assalaamu alaykum. Please do not refer me to other fatwas. Last time, you mentioned other fatwas, and I cannot understand that way. You told me that one is allowed to drink the remaining water of a marriageable person. How could this be allowed in Islam; is drinking the remaining water of one who has placed their lips on the glass permissible for another.. More
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Licking fingers and eating from one plate Sunnah
Assalaamu alaykum. I want a few clarifications regarding some manners of eating 1. Is it from the Sunnah to lick your fingers and wipe the plate with your fingers after finishing meals? My family members find it disgusting when I clean the plate like this while telling them that this is a sunnah of our beloved prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam. 2... More
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Drinking with left hand to keep glass clean for others
Respected Brother. Today, I came to know a hadith that says, "Drink with right hand." Obviously, I always drink with the right hand, except in certain cases, especially when we have rice and curry. When we have our meal with the right hand, our hand gets covered with curry. If we hold the glass with our right hand at that time, then the glass looks.. More
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The ruling on whether it is from the Sunnah to drink while sitting or while standing
What is Sunnah? Does Sunnah mean the things that ProphetMuhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,did? People say that drinking while sitting is Sunnah and not in the standing position. However, in one of your fatwas (50836), you quoted a hadith from An-Nasaa’i that says that the Prophet used to drink both standing and sitting (narrated by Aa'ishah,.. More
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