Question 258: If a baked bread is placed on a direct flame of a gas stove to soften and freshen it because it is stale and cold, is there a problem with this?

253 13 Feb 2021
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✅Apparently, the above question is whether this act contradicts the honoring of bread or not?

✅Narrations regarding the honoring of bread have been mentioned in Shia hadith books. Please pay attention to a few of them:

عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ أَكْرِمُوا الْخُبْزَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ عَمِلَ فِيهِ مَا بَيْنَ الْعَرْشِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ الْأَرْضُ وَ مَا فِيهَا مِنْ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهَا

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 302

Translation: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: Honor the bread, for what is between the Divine Throne and the earth and the earth and many of the creatures on it have worked for it.

عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ صَاحِبٍ لَنَا يَكُونُ عَلَى سَطْحِهِ الْحِنْطَةُ وَ الشَّعِيرُ فَيَطَئُونَهُ وَ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَغَضِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ لَا أَنِّي أَرَى أَنَّهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا لَلَعَنْتُهُ.

📚Al-Mahasin, p. 588

Translation: Hisham said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): One of our companions has wheat and barley on his rooftop, and they walk on it and pray on it (how is this act?). Hisham said: The Imam became angry and said: If I did not see that he is from our companions, I would have certainly cursed him.

عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَا يُوضَعُ الرَّغِيفُ تَحْتَ الْقَصْعَةِ.

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 303

Translation: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Bread should not be placed under a bowl.

عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَیْدٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَکْرِمُوا الْخُبْزَ فَقِیلَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا إِکْرَامُهُ قَالَ إِذَا وُضِعَ لَمْ یُنْتَظَرْ بِهِ غَیْرُهُ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ کَرَامَتِهِ أَنْ لَا یُوطَأَ وَ لَا یُقْطَعَ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 303

Translation: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: Honor and respect the bread. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the honoring of bread? He said: When it is placed on the tablecloth, nothing else should be expected. And the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: From the respect and honoring of bread is that it should not be stepped on or cut with a knife.

عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لَا تَقْطَعُوا الْخُبْزَ بِالسِّکِّینِ وَ لَکِنِ اکْسِرُوهُ بِالْیَدِ وَ لْیُکْسَرْ لَکُمْ خَالِفُوا الْعَجَمَ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 304

Translation: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) said: Do not cut the bread with a knife but rather break it, and it will be broken for you; (in this way) oppose the Ajam.

✅Many narrations have been reported about the honoring of bread, but the case mentioned in the person's question has not been specifically or generally forbidden. Therefore, there is no problem with it because Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:

كُلُّ شَيْ ءٍ مُطْلَقٌ حَتَّى يَرِدَ فِيهِ نَهْيٌ

📚Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih, Vol. 1, p. 317

Translation: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: All things are absolute until a prohibition is reported about them.

✅If Allah wills, by honoring the bread, we will stabilize the permanence of this great blessing.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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