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Is it sunnah to wash both hands before eating?

· 6 Rajab 1442 AH1 min readFatwa 47327English

Question

Is it sunnah to wash both hands or just one hand before eating? Many people just wash one hand or few fingers.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.

It is a sunnah to wash both hand before eating. The sunnah will not be fulfilled by washing one hand or a few fingers only. Therefore, one should wash both hands in order to make ‘amal on the sunnah.[i]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Ikraam Elias Gangat

Student - Darul Iftaa

Zambia

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i]

البحر الرائق شرح كنز الدقائق ومنحة الخالق وتكملة الطوري (8/ 208 دار الكتاب الإسلامي))

ويستحب غسل اليدين قبل الطعام فإن فيه بركة، وفي البرهانية: والسنة أن يغسل الأيدي قبل الطعام وبعده

الفتاوى الهندية (5/ 337 دار الفكر))

قال نجم الأئمة البخاري وغيره غسل اليد الواحدة أو أصابع اليدين لا يكفي لسنة غسل اليدين قبل الطعام؛ لأن المذكور غسل اليدين وذلك إلى الرسغ، كذا في القنية

Answered by
Ikraam Elias Gangat
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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