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In Islam, our prophet Mohammed (peace be upon his soul) has instructed us of eating manners. While he was eating with a young man, he beautifully asked him to first thank God for what he has, then to eat by his right hand what is offered to his right or near to his dish.
As we don’t dine at tables! We have what is called a “Majlis” which has a certain décor of mattresses spread in the side line of each room wall and decorated with pillows to lay our back on while sitting and eating, the main seat or place which is located in the middle of the majlis is offered to the eldest one of the whole family, while all others will be seated to his right or left according to age hierarchy. Of course, as there are no spoons or forks due to our habit of eating with our hand, we have no complications of where and which eating tool shall be to the left or the right of the dish!
Well! I know what you might be thinking of! How disgusting!! .. ooh! No! wait! .. it’s a way far of being a disgusting thing to do. As for us, using our hands is healthier and cleaner than using a spoon! Simply because no one but myself will be using my hands to eat with, but God knows how many people have used the same spoon and whether who washed it has did the job well or not!
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