The ruling on doubt regarding the purity of meat
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, in al-Qurayyah, I once again came across food containing meat, and I do not know whether this is beef or something ambiguous. So, how should this meat be viewed?
Answer:
If you do not know, the default is purity. This is why the jurists say that if one is certain of purity and doubts whether a state of ritual impurity has occurred, he remains pure based on the default. This is derived from the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "If any one of you finds something in his stomach and it is unclear to him whether something has come out of him or not, he should not leave the mosque until he hears a sound or smells a smell." So, doubt does not invalidate purity. Therefore, if you doubt whether this meat is deficient in terms of wudu' or not, the default is purity, praise be to Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, in al-Qurayyah, I once again came across food containing meat, and I do not know whether this is beef or something ambiguous. So, how should this meat be viewed?
Answer:
If you do not know, the default is purity. This is why the jurists say that if one is certain of purity and doubts whether a state of ritual impurity has occurred, he remains pure based on the default. This is derived from the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): "If any one of you finds something in his stomach and it is unclear to him whether something has come out of him or not, he should not leave the mosque until he hears a sound or smells a smell." So, doubt does not invalidate purity. Therefore, if you doubt whether this meat is deficient in terms of wudu' or not, the default is purity, praise be to Allah. Yes.
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