Title: While eating if food falles from hand , falles from hand when just we want to put in mouth or fallen from mouth in all these cases we have to lift it and eat it back or we should not eat it?

Question: While eating if food falles from hand , falles from hand when just we want to put in mouth or fallen from mouth in all these cases we have to lift it and eat it back or we should not eat it?

Answer ID: 13146Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 865/685=L/1430)

The Hadith mentions:

إن الشيطان يحضر أحدكم عند كل شيء من شأنه حتى يحضره عند طعامه فإذا سقطت من أحدكم اللقمة فليمط ما كان بها من أذى ثم ليأكلها ولا يدعها للشيطان

It means that if morsel falls down, one should eat it after cleaning. Since the Hadith is common without differentiation between the morsel falling down from hand or mouth; therefore in both the cases, it should be eaten after cleaning. It should not be left for the Satan.