[wbondarmunw]

A little while ago, in the usual Tablighi Threads, some one posted a comment about why sometimes in Jamaat,people tase salt before eating with some brothers saying it was not sunnah and it was another false attribution from TJ and spreading wrong knowledge.

So, I was suprised when I read this:

http://www.askimam.org/fatwa/fatwa.p...f56e1340943d08

So it's a sunnah,yeah?

Ive got someone to get a rough translation of the arabic in the link and they say it confirms its sunnah.

Any comments?

[Vzkdgdqx]

I remember that thread the brothers were accusing it as being a false attribution to the sunnah by Tablighi Jamaat. According to the brothers it was merely a practice of Ali r.a. due to the health benefits of the salt and not a sunnah.

[diplmixxxx]

The digestive process requires water for effective breakdown of food and enzymatic action.

Salt draws water to itself by a process called osmosis.

Hence tasting a little bit of salt prior to food aids in the digestive process.

Even if not a Sunnah of Muhammad SAW, being a Sunnah of the sahaba in itself is amazing.

[BuyCheapest]

assalamo alikum

guess who


anyway, i was actually laughed at and ridiculed in tabligh when doing muzakhirah, i said it was a sunnah.

the guy who laughed at me was a purana sathi, although he has gone very wayward in recent times. according to him this is not a sunnah and was advice of a saint.

i apologise if i was mis-informed but judging by the previous thread about the salt tasting many others were misinformed as well, some saying it is a sunnah and some saying it isnt.

inshallah we will get to the bottom of this.

as a side note this actually illustrates the dire need to be taught by scholars and not laymen because laymen will always err on the half baked knowledge we possess.

[BuyCheapest]

The digestive process requires water for effective breakdown of food and enzymatic action.

Salt draws water to itself by a process called osmosis.

Hence tasting a little bit of salt prior to food aids in the digestive process.

is this your own reasoning or have you read this somewhere.

jazakallah.

[diplmixxxx]

is this your own reasoning or have you read this somewhere.

jazakallah.

Well I'm medically trained but also have a degree in Biochemistry so I think I'd understand a little of cellular processes. It doesn't take a genius to work it out.

I was also told that Muhammad SAW advised not to drink too much water after 4 physical activities; one of them being strenuous exercise. ( Whether this is a strong hadeeth I don't know)

A good grasp of science allows one to conclude why this is the case also!

Shall i explain or have you had enough already??

[BuyCheapest]

but why cant a person just drink water on top of their food?

the water will mix in with the food in the stomach and aid in digestion.

[diplmixxxx]

but why cant a person just drink water on top of their food?

the water will mix in with the food in the stomach and aid in digestion.

Absolutely, you are correct. However, I'm merely commenting on the wisdom behind tasting some salt prior to a meal as a Sunnah.

Water throughout the meal is better for digestion than straight after, so again there's some more wisdom in this Sunnah too!. I'm sure drinking water throughout is a Sunnah unless I'm wrong in which case rectification is requested.

So all in all, it's good practice and good eating "etiquette".

[BuyCheapest]

so is it definately a sunnah then?

i cant understand the arabic. can someone translate please.

[diplmixxxx]

so is it definately a sunnah then?

i cant understand the arabic. can someone translate please.

Looks like it is as the link above suggests.

[BuyCheapest]

Looks like it is as the link above suggests.

true but i would like to understand the hadith myself.

[puzobok]

assalamo alikum

guess who


anyway, i was actually laughed at and ridiculed in tabligh when doing muzakhirah, i said it was a sunnah.

the guy who laughed at me was a purana sathi, although he has gone very wayward in recent times. according to him this is not a sunnah and was advice of a saint.

i apologise if i was mis-informed but judging by the previous thread about the salt tasting many others were misinformed as well, some saying it is a sunnah and some saying it isnt.

inshallah we will get to the bottom of this.

as a side note this actually illustrates the dire need to be taught by scholars and not laymen because laymen will always err on the half baked knowledge we possess.

again it was a mistake of tablighi, that u believed it wasnt a sunnah

last time also it was a mistake of tablighi when he said u that it was a sunnah

what ever i do, tablighis are in error

[BuyCheapest]

again it was a mistake of tablighi, that u believed it wasnt a sunnah

last time also it was a mistake of tablighi when he said u that it was a sunnah

what ever i do, tablighis are in error

what would you rather that i do? lie about it and say i heard it from somewhere else?

as you can see brother enigma who is a tablighi has corrected me on this matter. i am very very grateful to him for correcting me. may Allah be pleased with him.

i dont have a problem with who has corrected me. im just glad someone has.

BTW i posted something on your blog. has it been approved yet?

(sorry just seen it now. jazakallah)

[puzobok]

what would you rather that i do? lie about it and say i heard it from somewhere else?

as you can see brother enigma who is a tablighi has corrected me on this matter. i am very very grateful to him for correcting me. may Allah be pleased with him.

i dont have a problem with who has corrected me. im just glad someone has.

BTW i posted something on your blog. has it been approved yet?

yes

but last time u would have said that another tablighi told me that is wasnt a sunnah , u would have been much more secure

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...2&postcount=22

[CAxrrAYN]

we learn everyday

[q9h9pPne]

Our illustrious Fuqaha have ruled that it is Sunnah to commence and conclude ones meals with salt. what dose this sentence mean actuelly? that its sunnah to take salt before meal or its sunnah to put salt in the meal?

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...5&postcount=29

[BuyCheapest]

can someone actually provide the hadith please?

[offinoNem]

One of my Amirs in Pakistan told us that he heard from Maulana Jamshed himself, that it's Sunnah to start the meal with something salty and not something sweet like most people think. We first thought he might have misunderstood something, but he was pretty sure. So, this is my sanad going through Maulana Jamshed.

[Amfdaaandhaq]

I am thinking Rasool Allah used the salt for aftaar (Fasting) if he don’t get any food to eat at aftaar time then he used salt and also Sodium chloride is create the electrolytes in body cell to more effective bound work.

You can try your self use the salt at aftaar time take small bite after that you don’t feel hunger.

[Karensmith]

todays salt is not salt

and todays milk is not milk



go for the natural sea crystals..more expensive

and try goats milk

its sunnah to find natural food too

and to be healthy eat according to needs etc

sunnahs are many

some are easy some not so