The ruling on eating from the slaughter of one who calls for aid other than Allah
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Question:
A questioner says: A man calls for aid other than Allah and invited me to a wedding feast, so I attended his feast because of his invitation and ate from the slaughtered animal because I knew that he would take it to a Muslim slaughterhouse. Is his slaughter lawful?
Answer:
Calling for aid (istighathah) is of two types. Calling for aid from a created being in what he is capable of is permissible, such as a member of one's group calling for aid from one of his enemies. Calling for aid from a created being in what he is capable of is permissible. The second type is calling for aid from Allah in what only Allah is capable of, and this is shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as calling for aid from the dead, idols, trees, or stones; this is major shirk. As for your companion, if he is of the first type, there is no harm in eating from his slaughter if it is from the permissible type of calling for aid. If it is from the shirk type of calling for aid, do not eat from his slaughter.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
A questioner says: A man calls for aid other than Allah and invited me to a wedding feast, so I attended his feast because of his invitation and ate from the slaughtered animal because I knew that he would take it to a Muslim slaughterhouse. Is his slaughter lawful?
Answer:
Calling for aid (istighathah) is of two types. Calling for aid from a created being in what he is capable of is permissible, such as a member of one's group calling for aid from one of his enemies. Calling for aid from a created being in what he is capable of is permissible. The second type is calling for aid from Allah in what only Allah is capable of, and this is shirk (associating partners with Allah), such as calling for aid from the dead, idols, trees, or stones; this is major shirk. As for your companion, if he is of the first type, there is no harm in eating from his slaughter if it is from the permissible type of calling for aid. If it is from the shirk type of calling for aid, do not eat from his slaughter.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب : تفسير التوحيد وشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله — islamhouse.com (53:41)
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