Fatwa: # 19813
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: India
Date: 8th March 2012

Title

Is it a part of Sharīah to clean the kitchen in the morning before cooking?

Question

I want to know whether it is in the Sharīah to clean the kitchen in the morning before cooking? And is it necessary to clean the vessels immediately after eating? Cannot the used vessels be kept overnight and cleaned in the morning?  I have heard that leaving the utensils unwashed for a long time leads to lesser rizk.  Is it true?  Please provide an answer.

Answer

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

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Cleanliness is an essential part of a believer’s faith.  Nabī Sallallāhu Alaihi Wa Sallam has said: 

“Purification is half of Imān.” (Sahīh Muslim, Sunan Al-Tirmidhī)[1]

Even though it is not necessary to clean the kitchen before cooking or to clean the utensils immediately after use, a believer should endeavor to bring cleanliness and proper hygiene into his/her domestic life.  

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mawlana Abdul Azeem bin Abdur Rahman,
Student Darul Iftaa
US

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net

 

 


[1]  حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ جُرَيٍّ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَ: عَدَّهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي يَدِي أَوْ فِي يَدِهِ: «التَّسْبِيحُ نِصْفُ المِيزَانِ، وَالْحَمْدُ يَمْلَؤُهُ، وَالتَّكْبِيرُ يَمْلَأُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ، وَالصَّوْمُ نِصْفُ الصَّبْرِ، وَالطُّهُورُ نِصْفُ الإِيمَانِ» .: [ص:537] هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ. وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ، وَسُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ (سنن الترمذي, ج 6, ص 123, الرسالة العالمية)

 

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