Chapter of Vessels and Utensils.
-Utensils includes pots, pans,
cutlery or anything that is used for food or drink.
-The ruling of utensils is that all
of them are permissible, even if they are expensive, unless we have evidence to
say it is not permissible.
-Utensils can refer to what is used
on a daily basis or what is stored.
-Stored:
bought and stored, either to use at a later date or lend out to others etc.
This shows it is permissible to buy extra if one thinks they will need it and
it is not extravagance.
-Some said we are not allowed to use
expensive cutlery making Qiyaas with the prohibition with gold and silver.
However, Uthaymeen asserts the correct view is that Qiyaas with the prohibition
of pride and arrogance is closer. Therefore, it is permissible to have
expensive utensils and vessels, or made out of materials which are expensive
and connected to luxury, on the condition that one doesn’t possess/use them in
order to display arrogance.
-It is not permissible to use gold
or silver for vessels however some of the Hanbalees extended the prohibition of
using of gold and silver to everything. But Uthaymeen opines that it is allowed
for all other uses. For example, gold is allowed for women in jewelry because
of greater benefit for husband (to be beautified for) and wife (to beautify).
It may be used to defect deficiencies such as ‘Arfajah bin As’ad who had a nose
made out of gold for him.
- Some
said the prohibition of using gold and silver applies to everything, as the
Hadeeth says, “It is for them in the Dunya and for us in the Akhirah”.
-It is permissible to use gold and
silver as containers and to make Taharah from them.
-It is permissible to use a slight
amount of silver if there is a need such as repairing of utensils. Uthaymeen
states that this is conditional by four: 1) the silver be slight 2) it be
strips of silver and not blocks of it 3) it is actually silver and not mixed
with gold 4) and that there is a need for it.
-Some of the Hanbalees said it is
Makrooh to touch utensils made out of gold or silver, but Uthaymeen says there
is no Daleel for this.
To be continued...
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