Is it permissible for those in need and hunger to eat from the animals slaughtered for the shrines?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our country, Eritrea, there are shrines. They are visited by people. There are shrines everywhere, yes. He says: Some of these people are poor, and they go to fill their need and hunger by eating from these animals slaughtered there. Is that permissible?
Answer:
That means the doors of provision have been blocked except at the shrines, so seek your provision from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for Allah is near and responsive, and the means of provision are many. Do not go to the shrines, and eating from their slaughtered animals is forbidden, because it is carrion slaughtered in a polytheistic manner, slaughtered for the graves; this is polytheistic. It was dedicated to other than Allah,[Al-An'am 6:121], and [Al-Baqarah 2:173] these were dedicated to other than Allah, so they are forbidden to you.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our country, Eritrea, there are shrines. They are visited by people. There are shrines everywhere, yes. He says: Some of these people are poor, and they go to fill their need and hunger by eating from these animals slaughtered there. Is that permissible?
Answer:
That means the doors of provision have been blocked except at the shrines, so seek your provision from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for Allah is near and responsive, and the means of provision are many. Do not go to the shrines, and eating from their slaughtered animals is forbidden, because it is carrion slaughtered in a polytheistic manner, slaughtered for the graves; this is polytheistic. It was dedicated to other than Allah,
And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned
وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِHe has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ بِهِ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [401 -939] هل يجوز لمن بهم فاقة وجوع أن يأكلوا من الذبائح التي تذبح للضرائح؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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