The ruling on eating from the food and the slaughtered animal of a Hindu polytheist colleague
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I have a Hindu colleague at work, is it permissible for me to eat from his food and from his slaughtered animals?
The Shaykh:
The food that is grain or the like, there is nothing wrong with it. As for food that requires slaughter, such as slaughtered animals, do not eat from his slaughtered animals, for he is a polytheist.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If he were a People of the Book, then you would eat from their slaughtered animals[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] meaning their slaughtered animals. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I have a Hindu colleague at work, is it permissible for me to eat from his food and from his slaughtered animals?
The Shaykh:
The food that is grain or the like, there is nothing wrong with it. As for food that requires slaughter, such as slaughtered animals, do not eat from his slaughtered animals, for he is a polytheist.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If he were a People of the Book, then you would eat from their slaughtered animals
the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food
وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 262- حكم الأكل من طعام وذبيحة الزميل الهندوسي المشرك - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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