Slaughtered and Unslaughtered Meats, and Those of Unknown Status
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Question:
Here is a questioner, O Shaykh, who asks about slaughtered and unslaughtered meats, or meats that are also of unknown status?
Answer:
As for the slaughtered meat, there is no problem with it if it was slaughtered according to the Shari'ah method and the one who slaughtered it is a Muslim or a People of the Book. This is permissible by consensus if it was slaughtered according to the Shari'ah method and the slaughterer is a Muslim or a People of the Book who are qualified to slaughter. This is permissible by consensus. If the slaughter is from the slaughter of polytheists, idolaters, or materialists—non-Book disbelievers, non-Book disbelievers—then it is not permissible by consensus. If the slaughterer is neither a Muslim nor a People of the Book, then his slaughter is not permissible by the consensus of the scholars, even if he slaughters it in the throat; it is not permissible, because the slaughter of a polytheist or a disbeliever is not permissible.
The third case is if it was slaughtered by a Muslim or a People of the Book, and we do not know how they slaughtered it; we do not know how they slaughtered it. The default is that it is permissible, unless we know that they slaughtered it in a manner other than the Shari'ah method.
But in the present time, since factories and meat factories and the collective slaughter of sheep or birds have appeared, these are mostly not slaughtered according to the Shari'ah method, but rather slaughtered automatically. It is a collective slaughter, and the Shari'ah slaughter is not completed upon them; rather, the soul is extracted by any of their known modern means. It is safer to avoid these and stay away from them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 16:32.
Bulugh al-Maram 16:32, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam) If meats are doubtful between being halal or haram, then leaving them is better and safer. If we know that among the slaughtered animals, some are halal by consensus, which is what has the Shari'ah slaughter and the slaughterer is from those qualified to slaughter; and some are haram by consensus, which is what is from the slaughter of non-Book disbelievers; and some are in a state of doubt between being halal or haram. If it was slaughtered by a Shari'ah method and the slaughterer is from those qualified to slaughter, it is halal. And if it was slaughtered by a non-Shari'ah method, it is haram. As for the doubtful one, we do not know what was done to it; leaving it is better as a precaution. Yes.
Here is a questioner, O Shaykh, who asks about slaughtered and unslaughtered meats, or meats that are also of unknown status?
Answer:
As for the slaughtered meat, there is no problem with it if it was slaughtered according to the Shari'ah method and the one who slaughtered it is a Muslim or a People of the Book. This is permissible by consensus if it was slaughtered according to the Shari'ah method and the slaughterer is a Muslim or a People of the Book who are qualified to slaughter. This is permissible by consensus. If the slaughter is from the slaughter of polytheists, idolaters, or materialists—non-Book disbelievers, non-Book disbelievers—then it is not permissible by consensus. If the slaughterer is neither a Muslim nor a People of the Book, then his slaughter is not permissible by the consensus of the scholars, even if he slaughters it in the throat; it is not permissible, because the slaughter of a polytheist or a disbeliever is not permissible.
The third case is if it was slaughtered by a Muslim or a People of the Book, and we do not know how they slaughtered it; we do not know how they slaughtered it. The default is that it is permissible, unless we know that they slaughtered it in a manner other than the Shari'ah method.
But in the present time, since factories and meat factories and the collective slaughter of sheep or birds have appeared, these are mostly not slaughtered according to the Shari'ah method, but rather slaughtered automatically. It is a collective slaughter, and the Shari'ah slaughter is not completed upon them; rather, the soul is extracted by any of their known modern means. It is safer to avoid these and stay away from them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
So he, who saves himself from these doubtful things, saves his religion and his honor (i.e. keeps them blameless). And he who indulges in these doubtful things is like a shepherd who pastures (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it.
من اتقى الشبهات فقد استبرا لدينه وعرضه ومن وقع في الشبهات وقع في الحرامis like a shepherd who pastures (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it
كالراعي يرعى حول الحمى يوشك أن يقع فيهLeave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دع ما يريبك إلى ما لا يريبك
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-38-قضايا فقهية - 02|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (12:11)
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