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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-228: DAHULUKAN BUAH KETIKA MAKAN
Is there a hadith stating that fruit should be eaten first at a meal?
Short answer
There is no authentic and clear hadith requiring fruit to be eaten before other food.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
There is no authentic and clear hadith requiring fruit to be eaten before other food. However, earlier scholars such as Imam al-Ghazali and Imam al-Nawawi stated that eating fruit first is recommended, citing medical reasons and an allusion in the Quran. The ruling given is that it is encouraged because fruit is easier to digest, but it cannot be called a sunnah since no hadith states it.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Untuk itu, kita tidak boleh sama sekali mengatakan bahawa ianya adalah sunnah kerana tidak ada hadith yang menyatakan sedemikian.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-228: DAHULUKAN BUAH KETIKA MAKAN”, 10 January 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/2225-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-228-dahulukan-buah-ketika-makan. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/hadith-eating-fruit-first-at-meals/