What is the ruling on eating meat in lands of disbelief where the word "halal" is written on it, given that there are doubts about it?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding us students residing abroad in a disbeliever’s country, we have a question about meat: we do not know how it is slaughtered. If the word "halal" is written on the meat, such as chicken, and we have doubts arising from people’s talk about it, do we eat it or not?
Answer:
First, what I know is that Muslim minorities in the lands of the disbelievers, and the student associations, have established slaughterhouses and butcheries from which they obtain meat, and their problem has been resolved, praise be to Allah. If you are unable to buy meat that is handled by Muslims and slaughtered by them, then you should turn to fish, because fish does not require ritual slaughter. You eat from the fish and avoid doubtful meat. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam) He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Bulugh al-Maram 16:32 So avoid these matters, and you have an alternative, which is fish, available there. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding us students residing abroad in a disbeliever’s country, we have a question about meat: we do not know how it is slaughtered. If the word "halal" is written on the meat, such as chicken, and we have doubts arising from people’s talk about it, do we eat it or not?
Answer:
First, what I know is that Muslim minorities in the lands of the disbelievers, and the student associations, have established slaughterhouses and butcheries from which they obtain meat, and their problem has been resolved, praise be to Allah. If you are unable to buy meat that is handled by Muslims and slaughtered by them, then you should turn to fish, because fish does not require ritual slaughter. You eat from the fish and avoid doubtful meat. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دع ما يريبك إلى ما لا يريبك،So he, who saves himself from these doubtful things, saves his religion and his honor
مَنِ اتَّقَى اَلشُّبُهَاتِ فَقَدِ اِسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم أكل اللحم في بلاد الكفر التي كتب عليها عبارة حلال مع وجود شكوك حولها؟ — youtube.com
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