Is it reprehensible to eat with the left hand if one is left-handed and unable to eat with the right hand despite trying?
Eating and drinking with the left hand is disliked by the majority of scholars, and some have even deemed it forbidden, due to the numerous authentic traditions that command eating and drinking with the right hand and prohibit doing so with the left. For example, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When one of you eats, let him eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, let him drink with his right hand, for indeed Satan eats with his left hand and drinks with his left hand." It is not befitting for a Muslim to contradict these traditions and imitate Satan or the arrogant. This applies when one is able to eat with the right hand. However, if one is unable, then there is no harm in it.
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