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Hadith About Eating Food That Fell On The Floor
Assalam alaikum,
I have read ahadith about eating food that may have fallen on the floor. Our Imam also gives an example of a Sahabi who did so in the court of a king. I can understand the point of not wasting food and may be eatng food items that are dry (for example apples etc.) and can be washed or dirt can be removed from them easily. But there are other food items that cannot be cleaned once and if they fall on the floor (e.g foods that are wet or sticky and attract dirt and filth etc). I wanted some more clarification about the context of this hadith because on the face of it seems to promote a very unhealthy, unhygienic habit and goes against the Quranic injunction of eating what is “Tayyib”. Please advise.
Jazak Allahu Khayran
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Hadith About Eating Food That Fell On The Floor
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Principles are not extracted from events. In some cases it is fine to eat a fallen item of food and in some others, it is not. This is what one has to decide according to the situation. To eat a fallen item of food is a gesture of humility and gratitude for having blessing of God in the form of food. But eveything is done with discretion, not in an absolute way.
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