Fatwa: # 22808
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: South Africa
Date: 1st November 2012

Title

Is it permissible to sit on a table and eat?

Question

Is it permissible to sit on a table and eat? If yes then could I have a proof or if no could I have a proof as well jazakallah

Answer

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

As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh. 

In principle, it is permissible for one to sit and eat on a table. However, we should try to emulate the Prophet sallallahualaihiwasallam as much as possible and it has been narrated that he never dined at a table.[1]

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

 

 

Checked and Concurred by,
Abdul Azīm bin AbdurRahman,

Ismail Desai.

 


[1]عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: «مَا عَلِمْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكَلَ عَلَى سُكْرُجَةٍ قَطُّ، وَلاَ خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَطُّ، وَلاَ أَكَلَ عَلَى خِوَانٍ قَطُّ» قِيلَ لِقَتَادَةَ: فَعَلاَمَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ؟ قَالَ: «عَلَى السُّفَرِ»

(صحيح البخاري، ج7، ص70، دار طوق النجاة)

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