Eating or drinking with the left hand

1) Salamah bin Akwa' radiyaalahu anhu reports that once a person was eating%0D%0Awith his left hand in the presence of Nabi alaihis salaam, so Nabi alaihis%0D%0Asalaam said to him: 'Eat wiht your right hand". He replied: 'I am unable to%0D%0Ado so'. Nothing prevented him except pride from eating with his right hand.%0D%0AThereafter, he was never able to lift his right hand to his mouth. (It%0D%0Abecame paralysed due to not obeying Nabi alaihis salaam). Refer to Riyadus%0D%0ASaaliheen pg. 333, Saleem Book Depot.%0D%0A%0D%0A2) The first effort you should begin with is to try as much as possible to%0D%0Aeat with your right hand even it means that you eat only a few morsels with%0D%0Ayour right hand and thereafter you continue with your left hand. The second%0D%0Aeffort is to ask Allah Ta'ala to grant you the strength and ability to eat%0D%0Aaccording to the Sunnat and only to please Him. Thirdly, is that while you%0D%0Aare eating, try to encourage others with you to eat with the right hand.%0D%0A%0D%0AInsha Allah, if you are true and sincere for your love for the Sunnat then%0D%0AAllah Ta'ala will definitely endow with the power of practising on the%0D%0Acomplete sunnat. Aameen.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai