The Slaughter of One Who Abandons Prayer and Its Lawful Slaughter
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. The listener Muhammad Hamid al-Aziz al-Din from the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sharqia Governorate, sent a question saying: What is the ruling on the slaughter of one who does not pray and does not fast, but he does not deny either of them; rather, he abandons them out of laziness? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
The one who abandons prayer intentionally, the correct view is that he is a disbeliever who has exited the religion, and consequently his slaughter is not eaten; because the slaughtered animal is only eaten if it was slaughtered by a Muslim or a People of the Book. As for what is slaughtered by a disbeliever other than the People of the Book, it is carrion and forbidden. The one who abandons prayer is considered an apostate from the religion of Islam, a disbeliever in Allah the Exalted and Majestic, so his slaughter is not eaten. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Do we eat the slaughter of one whose status is unknown, and we do not know about his prayer, nor about his fasting, nor about his creed?
The Shaykh:
If he is a Muslim who displays Islam, then the default for a Muslim is integrity, unless we know otherwise. So we eat his slaughter and deal with him as a Muslim based on the default, unless it becomes clear to us and is established for us that it is otherwise. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. The listener Muhammad Hamid al-Aziz al-Din from the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sharqia Governorate, sent a question saying: What is the ruling on the slaughter of one who does not pray and does not fast, but he does not deny either of them; rather, he abandons them out of laziness? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
The one who abandons prayer intentionally, the correct view is that he is a disbeliever who has exited the religion, and consequently his slaughter is not eaten; because the slaughtered animal is only eaten if it was slaughtered by a Muslim or a People of the Book. As for what is slaughtered by a disbeliever other than the People of the Book, it is carrion and forbidden. The one who abandons prayer is considered an apostate from the religion of Islam, a disbeliever in Allah the Exalted and Majestic, so his slaughter is not eaten. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Do we eat the slaughter of one whose status is unknown, and we do not know about his prayer, nor about his fasting, nor about his creed?
The Shaykh:
If he is a Muslim who displays Islam, then the default for a Muslim is integrity, unless we know otherwise. So we eat his slaughter and deal with him as a Muslim based on the default, unless it becomes clear to us and is established for us that it is otherwise. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4162- ذبائح تارك الصلاة وذكاته - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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