{"_id":"69a05c29d5aff4963e730e48","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What are the rulings on food wastefulness?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"I have a few related questions. Is it haram to discard food? Is it haram to take more food that you know you will eat, knowing that you will throw it out? Is it haram to have food fights or to use food in other wasteful ways? How should we understand the hadith where the sahaba are said to have thrown melons at each other for fun?\\n\\nIf you have to discard food, would it be sinful to discard that food on soil, intending and hoping either an animal would eat it or it would become fertilizer for the plants? Is this better to do than throwing it in the trash? Especially if you believe that the food has gone bad.\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Is it haram to discard food?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Yes.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Is it haram to take more food thank you know you'd eat knowing you'll throw it out?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Yes.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Is it haram to use food in wasteful ways?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Yes.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"How should we understand the hadith where the sahaba are said to have thrown melons at each other for fun?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Perhaps they threw the rind/skin.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"If you have to discard food, would it be sinful to discard that food on soil, intending and hoping either an animal would eat it or it would become fertilizer for the plants?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"No.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Is this better to do than throwing it in the trash? Especially if you believe that the food has gone bad.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Yes, as long as you don’t think it’s harmful to animals.\"},{\"attributes\":{\"indent\":1},\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"686c107670ab60b0bad7e1f1","tag":"Food: Halal & Haram","count":25},{"_id":"66e372ee17553681e0d1bdc7","tag":"Food Etiquette","count":4}],"createdOn":"2026-02-26T14:43:53.758Z"}