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Is it permissible to use meat grinders or cutters that were previously used for grinding pork after washing them with water and soap, and what is the evidence for that?

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It is permissible to use utensils, knives, and tools that have been used with pork, provided they are purified from the impurity such that no color, taste, or smell remains. The evidence for this is the hadith of Abu Tha'labah Al-Khushani in theus-Sahihayn.

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