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What is the ruling on grinding pepper for people using a machine in which a portion of the ground material remains and cannot be extracted until it accumulates, and this remainder is then given in charity to the poor?

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The small amount remaining in the grinding machine, which is difficult to return to its owner, is usually forgiven. If its owner gives it away as charity, that is an act of piety for which he is commended.

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