The Ruling on Meats That Come from Abroad
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In our markets in Kuwait, chicken slaughtered according to the Islamic method is mixed with other types. Is it prescribed for a guest or someone visiting a restaurant to ask about the type of chicken and the method of its slaughter, given that the non-compliant type is the majority?
First, may Allah reward you! What makes you know that the non-compliant type is the majority?The questioner: The committees.
The Shaykh: The committees, may Allah reward you! They saw one factory doing this, but thousands of factories produce something different. I do not believe a Muslim state allows carrion to enter its country for the people to eat; I do not think that is the case. Moreover, this question falls under the category of excessive scrutiny;Because if we assumed that it is required to ask, we would say: Is it slaughtered in the Islamic way or otherwise? We must ask: Does the slaughterer pray or not? Some butchers do not pray. Are you required to ask? It is slaughtered in Kuwait by the people of Kuwait. Are there not butchers who do not pray? Are you required to ask whether the slaughterer prays or not? Because if he does not pray, the slaughter is not permissible. Are you required or not? If you answer me now, if you find a chicken slaughtered in Kuwait, do you have a problem with eating it, or do you not eat it, or do you eat it with a problem? No.
My intention is that if we wanted to be strict, but Allah has forgiven us for it, we would say: Who slaughtered it? Does he pray or not?Then if they said: He prays. What about it? Perhaps we would get hit by a doubt: Is it stolen or bought with lawful money?If they said: Bought with lawful money,Good price: Is it stolen or lawful? And so on. But among the blessings of Allah is that what you do not know is excused.The hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: (A group of people came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: People come to us with meat, and we do not know if they mentioned the name of Allah over it or not?He said: They mentioned it. You eat.) You are required to mention the name of Allah when eating, and before that, nothing is required of you.
The questioner: Some magazines say: They visited some slaughterhouses and saw that they do not mention Allah when slaughtering.
The Shaykh: Those magazines, my brother, say something, and we say: They are truthful, if Allah wills. But how many factories did they visit? Did they visit all the factories? Regarding Saudi Arabia, the Council of Senior Scholars brought in people from the Ministry of Commerce and I think the Ministry of Municipalities, I do not know, but they asked them, and they said: Absolutely, everything in Saudi Arabia is under supervision.
The questioner: And do we accept the testimony of one who testifies in this matter?The Shaykh: Absolutely not. We do not accept any testimony except from the one who says: This carton and these seven or eight chickens, I testify that they were slaughtered in a manner other than the Islamic way. This is one case,Another thing: Some of the earlier scholars, not the later contemporary ones who are lenient in matters,They say: said: What the People of the Book consider food that has been ritually slaughtered is lawful, even if they slaughtered it by strangulation;For Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Ma'idah: 5] So what they consider food is lawful for us; because he attached the food to a specific aspect, so what they consider food is lawful food for us.Meaning: According to the opinion of these scholars, what is the need? Let the People of the Book slaughter it by strangulation or in any manner they wish, as long as it is said: "The food of those who were given the Scripture," and they believe it is lawful food, then it is lawful for us. I told you this to lighten the burden on your heart. I am not approving of this; I do not approve of this.We say: What is slaughtered without letting the blood flow and without mentioning the name of Allah is forbidden. But my intention is that you lighten the burden on yourselves. So first: We do not know if this was stunned or not? Because the heads come to us cut off. Then, if we know that this specific one was slaughtered in a manner other than the Islamic way, or killed in a manner other than the Islamic way,We say: Some scholars say: What the People of the Book consider food is lawful, even if they slaughtered it in a manner other than the Islamic way. This disagreement is well-known in the books of the earlier scholars, not the contemporary ones.The important thing is to mention Allah and eat, and do not say: Is this from what was slaughtered here or from what was slaughtered there? Do not ask.
First, may Allah reward you! What makes you know that the non-compliant type is the majority?The questioner: The committees.
The Shaykh: The committees, may Allah reward you! They saw one factory doing this, but thousands of factories produce something different. I do not believe a Muslim state allows carrion to enter its country for the people to eat; I do not think that is the case. Moreover, this question falls under the category of excessive scrutiny;Because if we assumed that it is required to ask, we would say: Is it slaughtered in the Islamic way or otherwise? We must ask: Does the slaughterer pray or not? Some butchers do not pray. Are you required to ask? It is slaughtered in Kuwait by the people of Kuwait. Are there not butchers who do not pray? Are you required to ask whether the slaughterer prays or not? Because if he does not pray, the slaughter is not permissible. Are you required or not? If you answer me now, if you find a chicken slaughtered in Kuwait, do you have a problem with eating it, or do you not eat it, or do you eat it with a problem? No.
My intention is that if we wanted to be strict, but Allah has forgiven us for it, we would say: Who slaughtered it? Does he pray or not?Then if they said: He prays. What about it? Perhaps we would get hit by a doubt: Is it stolen or bought with lawful money?If they said: Bought with lawful money,Good price: Is it stolen or lawful? And so on. But among the blessings of Allah is that what you do not know is excused.The hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: (A group of people came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: People come to us with meat, and we do not know if they mentioned the name of Allah over it or not?He said: They mentioned it. You eat.) You are required to mention the name of Allah when eating, and before that, nothing is required of you.
The questioner: Some magazines say: They visited some slaughterhouses and saw that they do not mention Allah when slaughtering.
The Shaykh: Those magazines, my brother, say something, and we say: They are truthful, if Allah wills. But how many factories did they visit? Did they visit all the factories? Regarding Saudi Arabia, the Council of Senior Scholars brought in people from the Ministry of Commerce and I think the Ministry of Municipalities, I do not know, but they asked them, and they said: Absolutely, everything in Saudi Arabia is under supervision.
The questioner: And do we accept the testimony of one who testifies in this matter?The Shaykh: Absolutely not. We do not accept any testimony except from the one who says: This carton and these seven or eight chickens, I testify that they were slaughtered in a manner other than the Islamic way. This is one case,Another thing: Some of the earlier scholars, not the later contemporary ones who are lenient in matters,They say: said: What the People of the Book consider food that has been ritually slaughtered is lawful, even if they slaughtered it by strangulation;For Allah the Exalted said: