Is it permissible to eat cheese that was made using the rennet of calves that were not slaughtered?
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The questioner : We investigated the method of its production and found that a calf is placed in the slaughterhouse, and of course, they do not slaughter it. I mean: Is it permissible to eat this cheese?
The Shaykh : If there is nothing in this Dutch cheese except the rennet, then it is permissible to eat it, and this is based on your own assurance.
The questioner : Yes, there is a slaughterhouse written in Dutch...
The Shaykh : I say: If there is nothing else, this is based on your own assurance.
The questioner : I say, O Shaykh, this is what is written on the cheese.
The Shaykh : I have just checked it.
The questioner : And we investigated...
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, may Allah guide you, it seems you are Moroccan, right?
The questioner : It is so...
The Shaykh : You don't know this joke, do you?
Al-Halabi : I heard it from you, O Shaykh, it seems, and Allah knows best, on one of your tapes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, when we saw this written in the shops...
The Shaykh : I, or rather, you misled me earlier into thinking that you had conducted an investigation. Be patient with me; we have realized that you are Moroccan, and that is enough for us, so be patient with me. We understood from your words that you conducted a specific investigation to the extent of the capability you possessed at that time, and we did not understand that you had only read about it, because what you read, we also read here. But we are in need of knowledge beyond what the disbelievers write; because we have been afflicted by the writings of the disbelievers. As long as meat comes to us labeled as "slaughtered according to the Islamic method," and fish is shipped in large quantities to Saudi Arabia labeled as "slaughtered according to the Islamic method."
The questioner : I saw it, O Shaykh, in Medina...
The Shaykh: Did you see her?
The questioner : In the Prophet's city of Medina.
The Shaykh : Well, then this is correct. So, we have been afflicted by this forged labeling, and we are not afflicted as individuals, but as a ministry, the Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments), which was facing the fact that this frozen meat coming from abroad was labeled as "slaughtered according to the Islamic method." A committee was sent from here to verify the slaughter according to the Islamic method, and after years of Muslims eating haram (forbidden) food based on the certificate of the Ministry of Awqaf—may Allah have mercy on you—that this meat is slaughtered according to the Islamic method, the Minister of Awqaf, whose name is Abdul Aziz al-Khayyat, announced that we had been deceived and misled. It was proven that this meat is not slaughtered according to the Islamic method. Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) says:Sunan Ibn Majah 3982Sahih (Darussalam) I told you earlier, after hearing from you before you said "we read this," we heard from you that you had conducted an investigation, and I told you: be patient, and your patience is only through Allah. So, after you informed us that you had conducted an investigation and research, and found that they put rennet from cows that are not slaughtered into these cheeses, I answered you that if there is nothing else: eating it is halal (lawful). I wanted to elaborate a bit to clarify my point of view, because in my opinion, it is important for the general public who think that mixing this impure substance with these milks that are turned into cheese must be forbidden. I wanted to elaborate in explaining this, and then you surprised me by saying: "I read this." Please proceed.
The questioner : It is written on it: "Spramson" cheese. So we looked into "Spramson." I investigated it myself, so I went to a farmer who makes cheese. What is this "Spramson"? And we found that it has other components which are vegetable fats, except for this "Spramson." He said: If we do not put calf rennet, meaning in the cheese, it does not set and remains liquid. So, after the investigation and asking in cheese factories, they said: We put only calf rennet, while the other components are vegetable components, vegetable fats, except for this rennet from the calf.
Another questioner : What is rennet?
The Shaykh : Rennet is something that is in every animal that has water in it. I don't know if you are a butcher, may Allah guide you? May Allah guide you, O Deeb. So here I say: The one asked about it is not more knowledgeable than...The questioner .
Another questioner : Perhaps I have seen it, but I do not know where it is located in the slaughtered animal.
The Shaykh : How did you say?
Another questioner : Perhaps I have seen it, but I do not know where it is located in the slaughtered animal.
The Shaykh : We wanted to benefit from your knowledge in this matter, considering you are a butcher, meaning one who has seen it is not like one who has only heard about it. We read from books, but where is it? Its location? Like the gallbladder, for example, do you know where it is? But where is the rennet? I do not know. Do you know this substance?
The questioner : When we asked, they said: It is taken from the large intestines. In Holland, when we asked, they said it is taken from the intestines of the calf.
The Shaykh : Is this the rennet?
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, if you would please, meaning: you said that you wanted to elaborate on this, if...
The Shaykh : If there is nothing in this Dutch cheese except the rennet, then it is permissible to eat it, and this is based on your own assurance.
The questioner : Yes, there is a slaughterhouse written in Dutch...
The Shaykh : I say: If there is nothing else, this is based on your own assurance.
The questioner : I say, O Shaykh, this is what is written on the cheese.
The Shaykh : I have just checked it.
The questioner : And we investigated...
The Shaykh : O Shaykh, may Allah guide you, it seems you are Moroccan, right?
The questioner : It is so...
The Shaykh : You don't know this joke, do you?
Al-Halabi : I heard it from you, O Shaykh, it seems, and Allah knows best, on one of your tapes.
The questioner : O Shaykh, when we saw this written in the shops...
The Shaykh : I, or rather, you misled me earlier into thinking that you had conducted an investigation. Be patient with me; we have realized that you are Moroccan, and that is enough for us, so be patient with me. We understood from your words that you conducted a specific investigation to the extent of the capability you possessed at that time, and we did not understand that you had only read about it, because what you read, we also read here. But we are in need of knowledge beyond what the disbelievers write; because we have been afflicted by the writings of the disbelievers. As long as meat comes to us labeled as "slaughtered according to the Islamic method," and fish is shipped in large quantities to Saudi Arabia labeled as "slaughtered according to the Islamic method."
The questioner : I saw it, O Shaykh, in Medina...
The Shaykh: Did you see her?
The questioner : In the Prophet's city of Medina.
The Shaykh : Well, then this is correct. So, we have been afflicted by this forged labeling, and we are not afflicted as individuals, but as a ministry, the Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments), which was facing the fact that this frozen meat coming from abroad was labeled as "slaughtered according to the Islamic method." A committee was sent from here to verify the slaughter according to the Islamic method, and after years of Muslims eating haram (forbidden) food based on the certificate of the Ministry of Awqaf—may Allah have mercy on you—that this meat is slaughtered according to the Islamic method, the Minister of Awqaf, whose name is Abdul Aziz al-Khayyat, announced that we had been deceived and misled. It was proven that this meat is not slaughtered according to the Islamic method. Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) says:
The believer should not be stung from the same hole twice.
لا يُلدغ المؤمن من جحر مرتينThe questioner : It is written on it: "Spramson" cheese. So we looked into "Spramson." I investigated it myself, so I went to a farmer who makes cheese. What is this "Spramson"? And we found that it has other components which are vegetable fats, except for this "Spramson." He said: If we do not put calf rennet, meaning in the cheese, it does not set and remains liquid. So, after the investigation and asking in cheese factories, they said: We put only calf rennet, while the other components are vegetable components, vegetable fats, except for this rennet from the calf.
Another questioner : What is rennet?
The Shaykh : Rennet is something that is in every animal that has water in it. I don't know if you are a butcher, may Allah guide you? May Allah guide you, O Deeb. So here I say: The one asked about it is not more knowledgeable than...The questioner .
Another questioner : Perhaps I have seen it, but I do not know where it is located in the slaughtered animal.
The Shaykh : How did you say?
Another questioner : Perhaps I have seen it, but I do not know where it is located in the slaughtered animal.
The Shaykh : We wanted to benefit from your knowledge in this matter, considering you are a butcher, meaning one who has seen it is not like one who has only heard about it. We read from books, but where is it? Its location? Like the gallbladder, for example, do you know where it is? But where is the rennet? I do not know. Do you know this substance?
The questioner : When we asked, they said: It is taken from the large intestines. In Holland, when we asked, they said it is taken from the intestines of the calf.
The Shaykh : Is this the rennet?
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh, if you would please, meaning: you said that you wanted to elaborate on this, if...
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