The Ruling on Using the Cookware of Non-Muslims
Imām Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ Al-ʿUthaymīn [d. 1412 AH] said:
As for the vessels used by the disbelievers, they are permissible [for us]. If someone was to say to us: What is the evidence?
We reply: The general [meaning] of the saying of the Most High:
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ﴿٢٩﴾
‘It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth.’
[Al-Baqarah, 2:29]
If Allāh has already made the food of the People of the Book [Jews and Christians] permissible for us, then it is well-known that sometimes they will bring it to us cooked in their vessels. Also, it is confirmed...
