The Ruling on Eating Meat Imported from the Lands of Disbelievers
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The questioner:
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, we ask you to clarify the Islamic ruling on these imported meats that have flooded the markets from disbeliever countries. Is it absolutely forbidden to eat them? Or how should a person deal with them?
The Shaykh:
Those that come from polytheist lands are not lawful because they are carrion; the meat of a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) is carrion and not lawful. As for the meats that come from the lands of the People of the Book, if they were slaughtered by the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians, in the prescribed manner, it is lawful by scholarly consensus. Yes.
As for the slaughters that come from the lands of the People of the Book, but there are doubts or false information circulating about them that are certain, such as reports from those who have seen that they are not slaughtered in the Sharia-compliant way, but rather by electric shock, strangulation, and other means of slaughter used by them, these are not lawful. If we know that they slaughter in a manner other than the Sharia-compliant way, it is not lawful, even if a Muslim slaughtered it. If a Muslim slaughtered it by electric shock, by the electric current, by deception, or by throwing it into hot water until it dies, if a Muslim did that, it would not be lawful, so how could it be lawful from the People of the Book? So slaughters are of four types: one is forbidden by scholarly consensus, which is the slaughter of the polytheists, the Majus (Zoroastrians) and others, and the grave-worshippers and all polytheists. What is lawful by scholarly consensus is the slaughter of a Muslim and the slaughter of the People of the Book in the Sharia-compliant way, which is lawful by scholarly consensus. What is doubtful is what the People of the Book slaughter using modern methods, so it is not known whether they slaughtered it in the Sharia-compliant way or by strangulation or the like. This is a place for caution, and avoiding it is a matter of precaution, not to lead you to what does not lead you. In fact, the default ruling for slaughters is prohibition, except for what is established to have been slaughtered in the Sharia-compliant way. This commercial imported meat, it is more likely than not that it is not in the Sharia-compliant way, due to the widespread reports that they slaughter it mechanically. It is searched mechanically, there is no slaughter in it, and no [slaughter] rather by means that kill it without slaughter, then it passes through machines that cut off its heads, machines that pluck its feathers, and machines that flip it over. This meat is safe for a person to eat.
No, if he slaughters it in the name of other than Allah, it does not reach [the intended recipient], or if he slaughters it in the name of Allah to draw near to the Messiah, even if he says "In the name of Allah," if he draws near to other than Allah with it, even if he mentions the name of Allah over it, it does not reach [the intended recipient]. Or if he sprinkles the name of other than Allah over it, such as the name of the Messiah or the name of the revolution, saying "In the name of the revolution" or "In the name of the leader," this has become forbidden and is not permissible. And what is slaughtered for other than Allah is among the prohibited things. Or if he writes [it]. Who is the injured one? The one in this [place]... no, the one in this [place]... Allah, they are supposed to put French [text] and put it on my side. The restaurants in Muslim lands are, if Allah wills, mostly [permissible], unless you know that they bring [meat] from your home. Thank you. Thank you, may Allah have mercy on him, [he] left your home, take [it] to your home, and praise be to Allah.
The questioner:
Sometimes they use it?
The Shaykh:
Every day, the sunnah. They. How did you read about the food that... customers, the food there has customers. Like[Al-Ma'idah 5:96] meaning it did not die in it, yes. But her food is respectable. And the wall... they hate, meaning... May Allah send prayers upon...
Spirit, if you hear them mentioning a name other than the name of Allah over it, do not eat it. But the default is that they slaughter it in the name of Allah or they do not mention anything over it. As for if you know that they mentioned a name other than the name of Allah over it, do not eat it. Even if a Muslim mentioned a name other than the name of Allah over it, it is not lawful. No, Allah has made the slaughters [lawful], then he knows what they are upon, and we do not investigate this unless we hear it. Yes.
I say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, we ask you to clarify the Islamic ruling on these imported meats that have flooded the markets from disbeliever countries. Is it absolutely forbidden to eat them? Or how should a person deal with them?
The Shaykh:
Those that come from polytheist lands are not lawful because they are carrion; the meat of a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) is carrion and not lawful. As for the meats that come from the lands of the People of the Book, if they were slaughtered by the People of the Book, the Jews and the Christians, in the prescribed manner, it is lawful by scholarly consensus. Yes.
As for the slaughters that come from the lands of the People of the Book, but there are doubts or false information circulating about them that are certain, such as reports from those who have seen that they are not slaughtered in the Sharia-compliant way, but rather by electric shock, strangulation, and other means of slaughter used by them, these are not lawful. If we know that they slaughter in a manner other than the Sharia-compliant way, it is not lawful, even if a Muslim slaughtered it. If a Muslim slaughtered it by electric shock, by the electric current, by deception, or by throwing it into hot water until it dies, if a Muslim did that, it would not be lawful, so how could it be lawful from the People of the Book? So slaughters are of four types: one is forbidden by scholarly consensus, which is the slaughter of the polytheists, the Majus (Zoroastrians) and others, and the grave-worshippers and all polytheists. What is lawful by scholarly consensus is the slaughter of a Muslim and the slaughter of the People of the Book in the Sharia-compliant way, which is lawful by scholarly consensus. What is doubtful is what the People of the Book slaughter using modern methods, so it is not known whether they slaughtered it in the Sharia-compliant way or by strangulation or the like. This is a place for caution, and avoiding it is a matter of precaution, not to lead you to what does not lead you. In fact, the default ruling for slaughters is prohibition, except for what is established to have been slaughtered in the Sharia-compliant way. This commercial imported meat, it is more likely than not that it is not in the Sharia-compliant way, due to the widespread reports that they slaughter it mechanically. It is searched mechanically, there is no slaughter in it, and no [slaughter] rather by means that kill it without slaughter, then it passes through machines that cut off its heads, machines that pluck its feathers, and machines that flip it over. This meat is safe for a person to eat.
No, if he slaughters it in the name of other than Allah, it does not reach [the intended recipient], or if he slaughters it in the name of Allah to draw near to the Messiah, even if he says "In the name of Allah," if he draws near to other than Allah with it, even if he mentions the name of Allah over it, it does not reach [the intended recipient]. Or if he sprinkles the name of other than Allah over it, such as the name of the Messiah or the name of the revolution, saying "In the name of the revolution" or "In the name of the leader," this has become forbidden and is not permissible. And what is slaughtered for other than Allah is among the prohibited things. Or if he writes [it]. Who is the injured one? The one in this [place]... no, the one in this [place]... Allah, they are supposed to put French [text] and put it on my side. The restaurants in Muslim lands are, if Allah wills, mostly [permissible], unless you know that they bring [meat] from your home. Thank you. Thank you, may Allah have mercy on him, [he] left your home, take [it] to your home, and praise be to Allah.
The questioner:
Sometimes they use it?
The Shaykh:
Every day, the sunnah. They. How did you read about the food that... customers, the food there has customers. Like
Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُSpirit, if you hear them mentioning a name other than the name of Allah over it, do not eat it. But the default is that they slaughter it in the name of Allah or they do not mention anything over it. As for if you know that they mentioned a name other than the name of Allah over it, do not eat it. Even if a Muslim mentioned a name other than the name of Allah over it, it is not lawful. No, Allah has made the slaughters [lawful], then he knows what they are upon, and we do not investigate this unless we hear it. Yes.
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