QUESTION:
I would like to enquire if we are allowed to take and use electric frying pans/pots in hotels in Makkah Mukarramah and Madinah Munawarah. Some hotels have clear signs that it is not allowed, and others don’t. Some scan the bags and if found, it is removed and then returned when one is checking out.
ANSWER:
If taking pots and pans into a hotel room is not permitted, and you as a guest, signed the hotel’s terms and conditions document agreeing to abide by the rules and regulations of the hotel, then it will not be permissible to take pots and pans into the hotel as this will be tantamount to breaching the contract. The Quraan Sharif states, “O people of Imaan! Fulfil your pacts.” [Surah Maa’idah, Verse 1] It is recorded in a narration of Muslim Sharif,
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: من حمل علينا السلاح فليس منا ومن غشنا، فليس منا (رواه مسلم # 170)
Abu Hurairah Radiallahu Anhu narrates that Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam is reported to have said, “He who takes up arms against us is not from amongst us, and he who deceives us is not from amongst us.”
We suggest that you get consent from management prior to checking in (to use pots in the room), so that a dispute does not arise at a later stage, or you may request that your food is warmed in the hotel kitchen for you.
ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani
Date: – 18 Rabi ul Aakhir 1445 / 03 November 2023
CHECKED AND APPROVED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb