The ruling on eating chicken and meat imported from other countries
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, some Muslims see a movement regarding the eating of chicken imported from some European countries, where it is said that it is slaughtered by the sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), and some meat is imported from some Islamic countries, which are said to contain some disbelieving sects. I hope you will clarify the matter.
Answer:
And by Allah, scrupulousness and caution are the best things in a state of doubt, and that a person should eat from the slaughter of the country, from the slaughter of this country, and praise be to Allah, domestic meats are now abundant, of various types of meats, so a person eats from the chicken of the country and from the slaughters of the country, and there is plenty in it, if Allah wills, and scrupulousness regarding what contains a doubtful matter is undoubtedly part of the religion,Bulugh al-Maram 16:32, Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam).
As for saying that it is forbidden, meaning we assert that it is forbidden, this requires knowing the method of slaughter in those countries, and who slaughtered it; it requires knowing the causes of the prohibition. We assert that it is forbidden only by knowing the reasons why it is forbidden, but we say that scrupulousness and caution are better.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, some Muslims see a movement regarding the eating of chicken imported from some European countries, where it is said that it is slaughtered by the sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), and some meat is imported from some Islamic countries, which are said to contain some disbelieving sects. I hope you will clarify the matter.
Answer:
And by Allah, scrupulousness and caution are the best things in a state of doubt, and that a person should eat from the slaughter of the country, from the slaughter of this country, and praise be to Allah, domestic meats are now abundant, of various types of meats, so a person eats from the chicken of the country and from the slaughters of the country, and there is plenty in it, if Allah wills, and scrupulousness regarding what contains a doubtful matter is undoubtedly part of the religion,
So he, who saves himself from these doubtful things, saves his religion and his honor
فمن ترك الشبهات فقد استبرأ لدينه وعرضهLeave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دع ما يريبك إلى ما لا يريبكAs for saying that it is forbidden, meaning we assert that it is forbidden, this requires knowing the method of slaughter in those countries, and who slaughtered it; it requires knowing the causes of the prohibition. We assert that it is forbidden only by knowing the reasons why it is forbidden, but we say that scrupulousness and caution are better.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7/3/14 شرح مسائل الجاهلية / الشريط السابع / جزء٣ — youtube.com (9:26)
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