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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on one who eats pork while forgetful

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Question:
And another man, not the Shaykh, said: Know that this restaurant only sells pork. One day he went to buy from it, and when he ate the meat, he remembered that it was pork. Does he also owe anything?

Answer:
If he was unaware, if he ate it while unaware and did not know about pork, and did not realize that this restaurant sells pork, this is like
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we haveرَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]
We have cut it off. However, if he remembers before eating it, he must discard it and throw it away. But if he does not remember until after he has eaten it, he is not held accountable. Yes.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الآنية - 2 — islamhouse.com (45:05)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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