סימן פח סעיף ח
כְּלִי שֶׁמְּלַאכְתּוֹ לְהֵתֶּר אוֹ אֲפִלּוּ לְאִסּוּר וּלְהֶתֵּר, כְּגוֹן קְדֵרוֹת, וַאֲפִלּוּ כֵּלִים מְאוּסִים (דִּבְשַׁבָּת מֻקְצֶה מֵחֲמַת מִאוּס מֻתָּר) מֻתָּר לְטַלְטְלָן אֲפִלּוּ רַק בִּשְׁבִיל הַכְּלִי שֶׁלֹּא יִגָּנֵב אוֹ יִשָּׁבֵר. אֲבָל שֶׁלֹּא לְצֹרֶךְ כְּלָל, אָסוּר לְטַלְטְלָן. וְכִתְבֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ וָאֳכָלִין, מֻתָּר לְטַלְטְלָן, אֲפִלּוּ שֶׁלֹּא לְצֹרֶךְ כְּלָל (ש"ח).
Implements for permissible usage, or even those used for both forbidden and permissible [usage],42See Note 19; Mishnah Berurah 308: 20. Utensils generally used for cooking and not for storing food, such as frying pans, would be muktzeh, unless they contained food at twilight of Friday. If they were later emptied on Shabbos, then it is preferable not to handle them. [Minchas Shabbos; Bi’ur Halachah 308: 4 seems to concur] Pots that you use for cooking as well as storing food are not muktzeh. such as pots or even loathesome vessels, (because on Shabbos, muktzeh because of "repugnance" is permissible),43See Maseches Shabbos 44a; Maseches Chulin 15a. may be handled even if only for the vessel's sake, that it not be stolen or broken. However, if there is no need for handling them, you are forbidden to handle them.44The majority of poskim permit the handling of non-muktzeh items, such as dishes and cutlery, even when there is no purpose whatsoever. [Shulchan Aruch 308: 4; Rambam; Shulchan Aruch Harav; Chayei Adam etc. Only Shiltei Giborim dissents. Mishnah Berurah (308: 23) cites both opinions] Sacred writings and foods may be handled even for no purpose at all.45This does not apply to animal food. [Peri Megadim 308: 10]
תנא דבי אליהו כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן העולם הבא שנאמר הליכות עולם לו אל תקרי הליכות אלא הלכות (נדה ע"ג.)