Hands are a pair of body organs that function as a fingering tool. although there are as people who meliki hands with a finger more or less than digit five. [source] For human, hands have an important role in various human activities. Almost all human activities involve hands, such as writing, painting, eating, drinking, and others. Even sometimes there are some people who use the hands for a crime, such as hitting or killing.

Seeing there are some people in the activity of eating no longer using hands. they prefer to use eating tools such as spoons and forks. then in this post I am interested to discuss and review about eating by hand.

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Eating by Using Hand

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Eating and drinking is a daily routine of human beings. Usually, eating activity is done by organisms in this universe the including humans by way of consuming food for the body to get energy.[source]
While in the teachings of islam, everything is arranged with a very completed, as a Muslim we must obey and follow all the rules in islam. All the teachings of Islam for the welfare of mankind in the sense the rules of Islam are based on two things, that's: jalbul manaafi' wa daf'ul mudharrah (provide benefits and prevent from harm). When the Prophet ordered his people to eat by using hand, the command was due there is the benefits and wisdom on eating by using hand. If not, then the prophet will not command us to eat by using hand.

إذا أَكَلَ أحدُكُم فليأكلْ بيمينِهِ . وإذا شرِبَ فليشربْ بيمينِهِ . فإنَّ الشَّيطانَ يأكلُ بشمالِهِ ويشربُ بشمالِهِ
"If someone of you eat then eat with his right hand and if drink then drink with his right hand. Because the devil eats and drinks with his left hand "[HR Muslim No. 2020]

In the hadith above that the Prophet ordered us to eat by hand, not only that but also ordered us to eat using the right hand. this shows that the activity of eating by hand there are benefits and wisdom for health. When we do not heed the prophet's command in this regard is to eat by using hands means we have left something useful for ourselves, because the prophet always advocated something useful to his people. and the question is how is the effect of eating by using hand for health?

We should know about a healthy way eating

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Problem Description

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Today, the eating culture using spoons, we see almost in every country in the world including in Aceh with varying reasons, some say that eating with a spoon is more practical, no need to bother to wash hands, do not dirty the hands, and many other reasons put forward without thinking about good and bad for health.

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_{eating with a spoon has become a new culture in human life in this era}

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Materials used in the manufacture of cutlery

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In eating activities Indonesian people, spoons are usually used as a tool to bribe food to the mouth.[source] In the manufacture of cutlery such as spoons,plates, cups, and bowls are often used melamine. Whereas this equipment contains a lot of formaldehyde by chemical formula (H2CO).

The Reaction of Formaldehyde Making

Formalin is a solution of formaldehyde in water, with levels between 10% -40%.[source]

While in the iron oxidation system, based on the chemical equation 2 CH3OH + O2 → 2 H2CO + 2 H2O, the methanol and oxygen reactions 250 ° C produce formaldehyde.[source]

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Investigation by the drug and food supervision agency

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The test ever conducted by the drug and food control agencies in Indonesia related to this is a melamine plate. Almost all cutlery like melamine plate wich there In Indonesia is imported product from china. In the test taken 62 samples of melamine plate with the findings that 30 of them release formalin with the level of formalin released from the melamine tableware varies considerably, from one part per million (part per million / ppm) to 161 parts per million. if used to accommodate a watery or acidic foods, especially in the heat will impact bad for health. [source]

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Currently in Indonesia, the melamine tableware is is very a lot such as a glass with the code VGS 4-05A Melamine Ware, Sayota Melamine Ware, tablespoon with the code written "Made in China No.2117, spoon" Melamin Ware ADS 7007 ", tablespoon inscribed "8057", tablespoons "Made in China", and tablespoons "Zak Design China 04287, a spoon of rice with a" Melamine Ware "stamp, a spoon of" IM 508 "stamped vegetables, a fork" Huafeng No.204 "and a bowl labeled" VGS 1-83 "," Mei Shing Melamine 110581 "," HK Melamine No.889 "," ADS-W07-2 "," ADS W06-8B "," ADS T001 "," Melamine Ware China ", and" Melamine Ware Estella Disney Made in China not for Microwave Use ", and also plates that read "Huamei No.2210P, ADS P09-1", "Melamine Ware T109 "and "Mei Shing Melamine 109".[source]

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Formalin hazards for health

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The formalin can dissolves in hot food and dissolves in liquid food. Thus eating with use a melamine spoon is not good for health because it there is the chemistry element (Formaldehida or formalin) that impact bad for health. Besides, the spoon does not produce RNAse. RNAse enzyme which serves to bind bacteria that enter the digestive tract. While our hand produces the RNAse enzyme so that it can inhibit bacterial activity into the body.[source]

Beside, we are often rebuked or forbidden by mothers when we take a food such rice by hand. The question is, why do our mothers forbid us to take food by hand? This is because touching the food with hand makes the food stale quickly (not durable).

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Conclusion

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Based on the above description, it can be concluded that:

1. eating by using hand is the sunnah rasullullah to be followed by Muslims
2. tablespoons that use the material is not good melamine used as a tool to bribe rice kemulut
3. every command and prohibition of the Prophet to his ummah for the welfare and good of the people
4. Eating by using hand making food easy to digest
5. RNAse enzymes produced by fingers can prevent the bacterial activity into our bodies
6. eating with a spoon more affected by kidney cancer or bladder because lasts longer.

Therefore it can be said that eating by using hand there is a relationship with our health. This is already known to the Prophet Muhammad before scientists and medical experts. Because the Prophet Muhammad is a creature created by Allah given the advantages by Allah so that in many books studied by Muslims is often mentioned that "he was not was passed away before belaiau know "ma kana wa ma yukuun" (events that have happened and events that will happen), but now he was passed away, that means he knows about everything that has happened and that will happen in the future. Regarding eating by using hand has been known by him since the beginning, so he ordered his people to eat with the right hand.

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References

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[wikipedia]
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[narkive.com]
[waspada formalin piring melamin]
[anafza.wordpress.com]
[HR Muslim No. 2020]

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