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Tasting the food and then presenting it to a ghayr mahram to eat

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Q: When tasting food, if someone uses a spoon to taste and then uses the same spoon to mix, can a ghair mehram eat the food?

Bismillaah

A: It is not right to eat the food and present it to the ghayr mahram.

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

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.