The Messenger, May God Bless Him and Grant Him Peace, Criticizes Garlic
We had not returned until Khaybar was conquered. So we, the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), fell into that herb, garlic. And the people were hungry. So we ate a lot of it. Then we went to the mosque and the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) smelled the stench. So he said: ” Whoever eats anything from this evil plant, let him not come near us in the mosque.” The people said: “It is forbidden. It is forbidden.” When that reached the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), he said: “O people! I do not forbid what Allaah has made lawful for me. But it is a tree whose stench I dislike.”
Narrator: Abu Saeed Al-Khudri Narrator: Muslim - Source: Sahih Muslim - Page or number: 565
Summary of the degree: Authentic
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
never criticised any food. If he liked it, he would eat it, and if he disliked it, he would leave it.
Narrator: Abu Hurairah Narrator: Al-Bukhari - Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari - Page or number: 5409
Summary of the degree: [Sahih]
The response to this doubt:
First: Garlic is permissible, not forbidden or disliked, but it is disliked because of its smell. If someone eats something that removes its smell, the dislike is removed.
The reason: the angels are harmed
Whoever eats these, the purslane, the garlic (and he said once: whoever eats onions, garlic, and leeks) should not come near our mosque. For the angels are harmed by what harms the sons of Adam.
Narrator: Jabir ibn Abdullah Narrator: Muslim - Source: Sahih Muslim - Page or number: 564
Summary of the degree: Authentic
Second:
The word malice:
Purely forbidden things are called: “evil,” such as adultery, unlawful money, blood, and the like that God Almighty has forbidden. It is said of something that has an unpleasant taste and smell: “evil,” such as garlic, onions, and leeks. Therefore, our Master the Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - said: ” Whoever eats from this evil tree, let him not come near our mosque .”
Ibn al-A’rabi said : The root of the word “khabat” in Arabic speech is : something that is disliked. If it is from speech, it is cursing. If it is from religions, it is disbelief. If it is from food, it is forbidden. If it is from drink, it is harmful.
( Whoever eats from this evil tree should not come near our mosque ); he means garlic, onions, and leeks. Their evil comes from the fact that their taste and smell are unpleasant, because they are pure.
(Lisan Al-Arab)
Third: Al-Khabath and Al-Khaba’ith.
Al-Khabath (with a damma on the kha’ and the ba’) is pronounced as (Al-Khubuth) and (Al-Khuba’ith) is pronounced as (
Al-Khuba’ith). What is meant by Al-Khubuth and Al-Khaba’ith
is Al-Khubuth with a damma on the ba’: the male jinn, and Al-Khaba’ith: their females, so one seeks refuge in God from the male and female jinn.
Al-Khubath with a silent Baa: the devil, and Al-Khaba’ith: impurities such as urine and feces.
Accordingly, the narration of Ibn Abi Shaybah is interpreted: When the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, entered the toilet, he would say: I seek refuge in God from the evil one and the evil ones.
It was said: Evil is wickedness, and it was said: disbelief.
Impurities such as urine and feces are of course reprehensible.
I sense from those who wrote this doubt a desire to speak, and according to
the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he never criticized any food
, and when he mentions the bad smell of garlic, it is not from the perspective of criticizing or blaming garlic or onions,
but rather from the perspective of teaching Muslims the etiquette of entering the mosque
so that the angels are not offended by the bad smell and so that Muslims are not offended as well
. The purpose here is not to criticize or disparage food, but rather the purpose is to teach Muslims and discipline them with the etiquette of Islam.
I searched for a fatwa and found a similar fatwa.
the Sheikh was asked: About a sick man who has a bad smell, is it permissible to expel him from the mosque?
His Eminence answered by saying: If this sick man mentioned by the questioner has a bad smell, then there is nothing wrong with expelling him from the mosque if he does not remove this smell from him; because it was proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that he forbade anyone who ate garlic or something similar that has a bad smell from approaching the mosques. Based on this, if someone who has a bad smell approaches the mosque, then he has disobeyed the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and disobeying the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is an evil, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; if he is unable to do so, then with his heart” (1).
Expelling the one with a bad smell from the mosque is a form of removing evil, so it is commanded. Rather, in Sahih Muslim, on the authority of Umar ibn al-Khattab - may Allah be pleased with him - that he said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, if he found their smell - meaning onions and garlic - from a man in the mosque, he would order him to go out to al-Baqi’. Whoever eats them should cook them.”
That is why he said in Sharh al-Muntaha and Sharh al-Iqna’: It is recommended to remove them from the mosque - meaning anyone who has a bad smell - of onions or garlic or the like, and Allah is the Grantor of success. Edited on 22/3/1399 AH.
(1) Narrated by Muslim in Iman, Chapter: Forbidding evil is part of faith 1/69 Hadith 78 (49).
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