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Fatwa CenterEating food at the time of Maghrib prayer in Saudi Arabia
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Is it true that if we eat food at the time of Maghrib prayer, our ancestors who are dead cannot get food in Heaven? It's a common practise in my place not to eat during Maghrib due to this reason. Can you please explain in the light of Hadeeth and Sunnah?
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.
Saying that the people in paradise would not find any food to eat if we eat our food at the time of Maghrib, is a false statement and a wrong belief. The food and supply of the people in 
commented on this verse saying: 'It means that their supply is never cut off neither in winter nor in summer. The eating of food and fruits is always constant; whenever they need it, they find it. Everything is at their disposal with the Power of Allaah.' Moreover, Allaah says (which means): {The example [i.e. description] of
Ibn 'Abbaas 
narrated that there was an eclipse at the time of the Prophet 
who with the companions 
performed the eclipse prayer. After the prayer the companions told him : "We saw you reaching to get something while in your prayer and then you stopped." Upon this he said: "I saw Paradise, and I touched a bunch of grapes. Had I took it, you would have eaten from it until the Day of Judgement." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] Therefore, the food of the people of
Allaah knows best.
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