The Ruling on Canned Meats and Doubts Regarding Slaughter
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The questioner : The term that they do not delay
The Shaykh : nor advance is the term that Allah knows they will reach through their causes, through the earnings by which they will be judged. The issue has become clear, if Allah wills? If Allah wills.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The most important point.
The questioner : Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh : If not.
The questioner : The increase in age, as I understood just now, is not that his age is increased; rather, it is that a lifespan has been written for him in which He will guide us, and He does not give him a respite.
The Shaykh : What is it? There is the outcome, there in the Preserved Tablet, the end, the final destination. But this does not contradict the legitimacy of causes or the existence of causes, due to this elaboration.
The questioner : The light and quick ruling on canned meats.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : May Allah be pleased with you.
The Shaykh : We have not finished with the path.
The questioner : This is also related to... People now, to our Eastern brothers, the youth. Babita. Flavored and other things. Struck through.
The Shaykh : Canned meats. Either they are slaughtered meat or they are killed meat, regardless of the source of this meat.
Now, in principle, regardless of the source of these meats, whether they are from Islamic countries, Christian countries, or communist countries? Regardless, this will be detailed later. Either they are slaughtered meat or they are killed meat. If they are killed meat, no one doubts their prohibition, even if they are from a Muslim, correct? But if they are slaughtered meat, we look at whether the slaughterer is a Muslim, from the People of the Book, or has no religion. If he has no religion, like the first case, we discard it. What remains? The Muslim's slaughter and the slaughter of the People of the Book. If this meat, as we said previously, if it is killed meat, whether from a Muslim or from the People of the Book, it is forbidden. So the research is confined to slaughtered meat, and this is what relates to most canned goods now. These canned meats, if they are from the lands of the Christians and are slaughtered meat, it is lawful, in the explicit verse of the Noble Qur'an[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] The slaughter of the People of the Book, or the slaughters of the People of the Book, is lawful for you. So it follows from this that the killed meat of the People of the Book is, of course, not lawful. We are at rest. But what happens now in our lives, and because of what we are afflicted with in trading with the lands of the Christians, is: are these canned meats slaughtered meat or killed meat? Here there remain three possibilities, and there is no fourth. Either it is more likely that it is slaughtered meat, then it is lawful. Either it is more likely that it is killed meat, then it is forbidden. And either we do not know whether it is one or the other. In that case, leave what makes you doubt for what does not make you doubt. And between them are things about which people are in doubt, and many people do not know them. So whoever guards against the doubtful matters has purified his religion and his body.
The ones who say, "We heard Allah and we said," and as the questioner reported, and it is his responsibility, that some of our brothers say, "We heard Allah and we said." This matter has become confused for them because of what came in Sahih al-Bukhari in the hadith: He said, "You mention the name of Allah and eat. These are not the slaughters of the deviants, nor are they the slaughters of the People of the Book, but rather the slaughters of Bedouin Muslims. But what does 'Bedouin' mean? It means they are not well-versed in the religion and may not care about the Shari'ah. For example, they might eat from what the name of Allah was not mentioned over. Perhaps they do not mention it. So what do we do, O Messenger of Allah? Lamb comes to us from the Bedouin, and we do not know if they mentioned the name of Allah over it or not. He said, 'You mention the name of Allah over it and eat it.' That is, these are slaughters, so they are eaten. As for the fact that we do not know whether they mentioned the name of Allah over it or not, if you mention the name of Allah over it and say it, then this hadith is related to slaughters and not to what we mentioned, where we do not know if it was slaughtered or killed. So his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), 'You mention the name of Allah over it,' its context is slaughters, and the slaughters of the Muslim Bedouin. So until when will we keep repeating this cliché? The recordings will get tired of it.
The questioner : Repeating the information.
The Shaykh : nor advance is the term that Allah knows they will reach through their causes, through the earnings by which they will be judged. The issue has become clear, if Allah wills? If Allah wills.
The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : The most important point.
The questioner : Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh : If not.
The questioner : The increase in age, as I understood just now, is not that his age is increased; rather, it is that a lifespan has been written for him in which He will guide us, and He does not give him a respite.
The Shaykh : What is it? There is the outcome, there in the Preserved Tablet, the end, the final destination. But this does not contradict the legitimacy of causes or the existence of causes, due to this elaboration.
The questioner : The light and quick ruling on canned meats.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar.
The questioner : May Allah be pleased with you.
The Shaykh : We have not finished with the path.
The questioner : This is also related to... People now, to our Eastern brothers, the youth. Babita. Flavored and other things. Struck through.
The Shaykh : Canned meats. Either they are slaughtered meat or they are killed meat, regardless of the source of this meat.
Now, in principle, regardless of the source of these meats, whether they are from Islamic countries, Christian countries, or communist countries? Regardless, this will be detailed later. Either they are slaughtered meat or they are killed meat. If they are killed meat, no one doubts their prohibition, even if they are from a Muslim, correct? But if they are slaughtered meat, we look at whether the slaughterer is a Muslim, from the People of the Book, or has no religion. If he has no religion, like the first case, we discard it. What remains? The Muslim's slaughter and the slaughter of the People of the Book. If this meat, as we said previously, if it is killed meat, whether from a Muslim or from the People of the Book, it is forbidden. So the research is confined to slaughtered meat, and this is what relates to most canned goods now. These canned meats, if they are from the lands of the Christians and are slaughtered meat, it is lawful, in the explicit verse of the Noble Qur'an
and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you
وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْThe ones who say, "We heard Allah and we said," and as the questioner reported, and it is his responsibility, that some of our brothers say, "We heard Allah and we said." This matter has become confused for them because of what came in Sahih al-Bukhari in the hadith:
Aisha that they said: O Messenger of Allah, we are given the meats of the Bedouins, and we do not know whether they mentioned the name of Allah over them or not? He said: Say "In the name of Allah" and eat.
عائشة أنهم قالوا يا رسول الله تأبين لحوم الأعراب لاَ نَدْرِي أَذَكَرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ لم يذكروا؟ قال سموا الله وكلواThe questioner : Repeating the information.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1248 — d3watuna.com (7:42)
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