Fatwa #228081 November 2012South Africa
Is it permissible to sit on a table and eat?
Question
Is it permissible to sit on a table and eat? If yes then could I have a proof or if no could I have a proof as well jazakallah
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.
In principle, it is permissible for one to sit and eat on a table. However, we should try to emulate the Prophet sallallahualaihiwasallam as much as possible and it has been narrated that he never dined at a table.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Checked and Concurred by,
Abdul Azīm bin AbdurRahman,
Ismail Desai.
[1]عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: «مَا عَلِمْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكَلَ عَلَى سُكْرُجَةٍ قَطُّ، وَلاَ خُبِزَ لَهُ مُرَقَّقٌ قَطُّ، وَلاَ أَكَلَ عَلَى خِوَانٍ قَطُّ» قِيلَ لِقَتَادَةَ: فَعَلاَمَ كَانُوا يَأْكُلُونَ؟ قَالَ: «عَلَى السُّفَرِ»
(صحيح البخاري، ج7، ص70، دار طوق النجاة)