The Sacrifice of One Who Swears by Other Than Allah
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Question:
I was in one of the slaughterhouses and I heard the butcher address his friend by saying, "By the Prophet," while knowing that he mentions Allah and says takbir (Allahu Akbar) over the animal at the time of slaughter. Is his slaughter halal while he utters this phrase, or not?
Answer:
Yes, his slaughter is halal; because swearing by other than Allah is minor shirk (associating partners with Allah). Minor shirk does not take one out of the religion. The one who swears by other than Allah is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) with minor shirk, but he is a Muslim. So there is nothing wrong with eating his slaughter.
I was in one of the slaughterhouses and I heard the butcher address his friend by saying, "By the Prophet," while knowing that he mentions Allah and says takbir (Allahu Akbar) over the animal at the time of slaughter. Is his slaughter halal while he utters this phrase, or not?
Answer:
Yes, his slaughter is halal; because swearing by other than Allah is minor shirk (associating partners with Allah). Minor shirk does not take one out of the religion. The one who swears by other than Allah is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) with minor shirk, but he is a Muslim. So there is nothing wrong with eating his slaughter.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة وأ،جوبة - 07 — archive.org (38:03)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.