Re: Table Manners - or lack of them !
Originally Posted by
Pumicestone
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.... The 'at table'
requirements for Muslims are far more onerous than for most of
us.
For starters, one
must not even sit at a table at which alcohol is being consumed.......
Originally Posted by
clumsy
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Not always true.
We have eaten with muslim friends both at home and in restaurants, not one has ever left because someone else had a glass of wine or a beer.
Many muslims drink alcohol, hypocritical, okay, but drink alcohol they certainly do.
As usual, Clumsy, you are absolutely right. Few Muslims would get up and leave.
I guess I was talking about the
technical 'rules' - what is required in the
Koran and the
Hadiths, not what happens in practice.
As we all know here, very few Muslims are fanatics -just like Christians really.
"
Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit at table at which khamr is consumed.” – Ahmad & Tirmidhi
"
Khamr" of course, is anything not
halal -which most certainly includes booze.
" ... Staying with them even though you are not drinking alcohol yourself is still a sin in itself, because Allaah has commanded us not to sit in places where evil is committed ... "
https://islamqa.info/en/20959
Question: A Muslim enters a café and sits down at a table to drink tea, then a stranger comes at the same table to drink wine. Is it obligatory upon the Muslim to stop drinking tea and leave?
Answer: Yes, it is obligatory to move away from that table.
http://www.sistani.org/english/qa/01123/