POLL: Do you eat from the same plate?

[Dawud Israel]

Verily, I love this practice. Vote above.

When I eat with brothers or even family from the same plate, I feel such a sense of community and safety. If we are all eating from the same plate, then our concerns are also the same. All the more when we are sitting. It ensures equal distribution and that we all finish eating at the same time. If I eat more, my brother next to me will also eat more. If I eat less, then they will also eat less.

I also noticed when you say Bismillah, there is more baraka in the meal- like you can actually "feel" better through the meal, and I think thats part of what baraka entails.

Many Americans cry about the destruction of the family, the absence of the family dinner, but for us, alhamdulillah, we still have this practice alive.

[Abu Shuja'ah]

Never did it/ don't do it. Will some day Insha Allah.

wa Allahu Alam.

[kite runner]

Never seen/thought of it but good idea

[MujahidAbdullah]

I am convert to Islam, and before I was married, my friends and I always did this.

After I got married my family does it.

I am actually suprised from the poll results, I thought more muslim families did this.

[Sulaiman84]

I've always ate together with the family but only learned and understood its significance in Jamaa'ah. Now I feel awkward when I eat alone sometimes, with the exception of eating around Non-Muslims.


How come the pole ain't multiple choice?

[xs11ax]

we always eat together with family and friends.

and if the situation is such then we eat with muslim strangers as well.

[True Life]

Before it was common practise at our home to eat from one plate. But it has really been along time... need to revive this blessed practise. Of course in Jama'at you always share plates with saathis. But honestly sometimes I feel (a bit) uncomfortable when the hands on one plate become too many.

[woeuntothee]

What's most important, in my opinion is that friends and family eat together in the same gathering, frequently and habitually. Then there are the little acts of love and care where you take food out for them, or go fetch them something they need, or insist to pay for their food etc. That's the main ingredient in increasing love and affection for each other.
Eating in one plate is a minor thing, to me. Their company is the major thing.

I wouldn't *not* eat with my family or friends as a rule, as I've done it on many occasions in tabligh or some weddings. Its just not always convenient to eat from one plate, especially on a dinner table with normal-sized plates. There's also the matter of spread of disease. Suppose someone has coldsores (herpes)... would you feel comfortable eating in the same plate as them. I know I wouldn't.

[Dawud Israel]

How come the pole ain't multiple choice?

Wa aleikum salaam,
Sorry, newbie poll.

I think concerns of hygiene are legit, but I think that should be a reason for proper health education, and an opportunity to show you care, rather than to ignore each other.

[Sulaiman84]

Wa aleikum salaam,
Sorry, newbie poll.

I think concerns of hygiene are legit, but I think that should be a reason for proper health education, and an opportunity to show you care, rather than to ignore each other.

I agree, brother.

Eating together causes love to grow between people and so does feeding them.

I'm just hesitant about eating with a person who uses the same istinjaa hand for eating and the one who doesn't wash hands after relieving his self.

My bad if that comes off as gross.