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Is it sinful to eat seated at a table?

Published as Eating while seated at a table

· 1 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1436 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

1. Is it sinful to eat seated at a table?

2. Is it Sunnah Muakkadah to eat from a cloth spread on the ground?

Answer

1. Though it is not sinful, but it is not the better thing to do.

2. No, it is not sunnat-e-muakkadah.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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