Q: Is the food that has fallen on the dastarkhaan which we are encouraged to pick up and eat,the mahr for the hoors of jannah?if not,then is there something to this effect in the riwaayaat?
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, the reward of this action being the mahr for the hoors of Jannah is not established. It is reported in the Mubaarak Ahaadith of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) that the one who picks up any dirt from the masjid, the dirt particles (picked up) will be the mahr for the hoors or Jannah.
عن عزة بنت عياض قالت سمعت أبا قرصافة أنه سمع النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم يقول انبوا المساجد وأخرجوا القمامة منها فمن بنى لله مسجدا بنى الله له بيتا في الجنة قال رجل يارسول الله وهذه المساجد التي تبنى في الطريق ؟ قال نعم وإخراج القمامة منها مهور حور العين ( المعجم الكبير للطبراني 3/4 ، الترغيب و الترهيب 1/268)
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)