Q: Someone told me that if I pick up the crumbs etc. from the table/dastarkhaan then one will get pious kids. Is this true? And does this appear in some Hadith or something?
A: Picking up the fallen morsels of food from the dastarkhaan is a Sunnah of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) which earns one great blessings and reward. However we have not come across this action being the means of pious offspring in the famous and authentic books of Hadith. Perhaps this is proven through the experience of pious people.
رقم 4167 – وعن جابر قال : النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول : ” إن الشيطان يحضر أحدكم عند كل شيء من شأنه حتى يحضره عند طعامه فإذا سقطت من أحدكم لقمة فليمط ما كان بها من أذى ثم ليأكلها ولا يدعها للشيطان فإذا فرع فليلعق أصاب فانه لا يدري : في أي طعامه يكون البركة (مشكاة)
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)