Is avoiding imported meat a form of obsessive doubt?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I do not buy or eat meat that comes from outside this country. Is this considered obsessive doubt?
The Shaykh:
No, this is a precaution. What comes from outside is doubtful because they do not slaughter according to the Shari'ah method. They perform mechanical slaughter in factories. They slaughter animals according to the regulations of lawful slaughter that they have, with their companies and factories. They slaughter by mechanical means, or with hot water for birds, or something similar. They do not slaughter each chicken, each pigeon, or each animal individually. It is difficult for them to slaughter each one individually, and they put them into these machines. Therefore, avoiding it is certainly safer. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is every doubt...?
The Shaykh:
The meat of the People of the Book is lawful if they slaughter it according to the Shari'ah method, then it is lawful. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I do not buy or eat meat that comes from outside this country. Is this considered obsessive doubt?
The Shaykh:
No, this is a precaution. What comes from outside is doubtful because they do not slaughter according to the Shari'ah method. They perform mechanical slaughter in factories. They slaughter animals according to the regulations of lawful slaughter that they have, with their companies and factories. They slaughter by mechanical means, or with hot water for birds, or something similar. They do not slaughter each chicken, each pigeon, or each animal individually. It is difficult for them to slaughter each one individually, and they put them into these machines. Therefore, avoiding it is certainly safer. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is every doubt...?
The Shaykh:
The meat of the People of the Book is lawful if they slaughter it according to the Shari'ah method, then it is lawful. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (51:44)
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