Purity: Ruling on Consuming Food Prepared by Non-Muslims While Studying Abroad

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Ruling on Consuming Food Prepared by Non-Muslims While Studying Abroad

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Question #332:

Studying abroad necessitates contact and association with non-Muslims. In this case, what is the rule concerning taking food prepared by them (after ascertaining that it does not contain prohibited items such as the meat of an animal which is not slaughtered ritually) if there is a possibility that the non-Muslim’s hand have touched the food in the presence of wetness?

Answer #332:

The mere possibility that the non-Muslim’s wet hand have touched it is not sufficient for creating an obligation for refraining from it. Rather, unless one is sure that such contact has occurred, it is considered pure. Further, if the non-Muslim is among The People of the Book, he is not intrinsically najis, and if his wet hand touches something, it does not render it najis.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Rules of Non-Muslims