We have fifty percent of the meat imported, and ninety percent of it is not slaughtered according to the Shari'ah. Is it in the public interest to facilitate this if it is a primary source?
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The questioner : ... In Kuwait, fifty percent of the meat consumed is imported, and there may be some of this meat ... not slaughtered by the method of slaughter known in the places of slaughter ... electrocution ... ... these meats, knowing this ... a primary source of food for people, or does the Shari'ah interest require that we proceed gradually and pave the way ... ?
The Shaykh : No, there is no interest, there is no interest here in making permissible what Allah has forbidden, absolutely not. We are in a state of abundance regarding what is forbidden, but the issue that should be looked at in the details you presented is precise. If you assume that out of one hundred, fifty are killed and fifty are slaughtered, we are still at the point of doubt. This point does not allow the Muslim scholar to issue a ruling of prohibition unless he stands before a specific slaughter and knows by some means ... that it was killed and not slaughtered. In that case, he takes the ruling of prohibition. But when you research the subject generally and imagine that out of one hundred, fifty are halal, meaning some are fifty percent halal and the other fifty percent are haram, and this is not distinguished from that, as I said earlier, we are still at the point of doubt. However, if the scale of one of the proportions tips, you take the predominant ruling, either permissibility or prohibition. If we say that out of one hundred, fifty-five are killed and forty-five are slaughtered, you take the ruling of prohibition because the haram predominates over the halal.
The questioner : There is more detail in this.
The Shaykh : Please proceed.
The questioner : Distinguishing the frozen. Frozen meats, ninety percent of them are killed, meaning the fifty percent is slaughtered ... large quantities of meat are imported frozen, slaughtered abroad, while the slaughtered is slaughtered in Kuwait ... .
The Shaykh : I mean, what is slaughtered in the country is all slaughtered, but its proportion relative to the imported is fifty percent?
The questioner : Approximately.
The Shaykh : Ninety percent ... .
The questioner : If we assume that the meat is one hundred tons, fifty tons of which are slaughtered locally and fifty tons are imported from ... of the fifty tons of imported frozen meat, forty-five tons are killed and five tons may have been slaughtered. In this case, is the attribute of killing predominant in the frozen?
The Shaykh : The attribute of killing is predominant in the imported frozen type. Okay, but is it distinguished from the halal local slaughtered? Is it distinguished?
The questioner : Yes, it is distinguished. This is bought fresh and this is bought frozen from the markets?
The Shaykh : In that case, it is not permissible to eat this.
The questioner : It is not permissible to eat it, but do we open the field ... .
The Shaykh : This is the first step, then ... this is not permissible to eat. Okay, the doubt that arose for our brother there ... if the proportion is like this!
The questioner : Regarding restaurants, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, I did not mention restaurants, so you do not comment ... this is our brother here who said that it is doubtful. If it is doubtful as you say, where is the doubt?
The questioner : I do not have any doubt ... .
The Shaykh : ... The subject is you two, until we clarify the truth!
The questioner : He says he has a doubt about entering a specific restaurant. We are talking at the level of the state.
The Shaykh : But he says he enters the restaurant and there are imported frozen slaughters, so he has a doubt about this?
The Shaykh : No, there is no interest, there is no interest here in making permissible what Allah has forbidden, absolutely not. We are in a state of abundance regarding what is forbidden, but the issue that should be looked at in the details you presented is precise. If you assume that out of one hundred, fifty are killed and fifty are slaughtered, we are still at the point of doubt. This point does not allow the Muslim scholar to issue a ruling of prohibition unless he stands before a specific slaughter and knows by some means ... that it was killed and not slaughtered. In that case, he takes the ruling of prohibition. But when you research the subject generally and imagine that out of one hundred, fifty are halal, meaning some are fifty percent halal and the other fifty percent are haram, and this is not distinguished from that, as I said earlier, we are still at the point of doubt. However, if the scale of one of the proportions tips, you take the predominant ruling, either permissibility or prohibition. If we say that out of one hundred, fifty-five are killed and forty-five are slaughtered, you take the ruling of prohibition because the haram predominates over the halal.
The questioner : There is more detail in this.
The Shaykh : Please proceed.
The questioner : Distinguishing the frozen. Frozen meats, ninety percent of them are killed, meaning the fifty percent is slaughtered ... large quantities of meat are imported frozen, slaughtered abroad, while the slaughtered is slaughtered in Kuwait ... .
The Shaykh : I mean, what is slaughtered in the country is all slaughtered, but its proportion relative to the imported is fifty percent?
The questioner : Approximately.
The Shaykh : Ninety percent ... .
The questioner : If we assume that the meat is one hundred tons, fifty tons of which are slaughtered locally and fifty tons are imported from ... of the fifty tons of imported frozen meat, forty-five tons are killed and five tons may have been slaughtered. In this case, is the attribute of killing predominant in the frozen?
The Shaykh : The attribute of killing is predominant in the imported frozen type. Okay, but is it distinguished from the halal local slaughtered? Is it distinguished?
The questioner : Yes, it is distinguished. This is bought fresh and this is bought frozen from the markets?
The Shaykh : In that case, it is not permissible to eat this.
The questioner : It is not permissible to eat it, but do we open the field ... .
The Shaykh : This is the first step, then ... this is not permissible to eat. Okay, the doubt that arose for our brother there ... if the proportion is like this!
The questioner : Regarding restaurants, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : No, I did not mention restaurants, so you do not comment ... this is our brother here who said that it is doubtful. If it is doubtful as you say, where is the doubt?
The questioner : I do not have any doubt ... .
The Shaykh : ... The subject is you two, until we clarify the truth!
The questioner : He says he has a doubt about entering a specific restaurant. We are talking at the level of the state.
The Shaykh : But he says he enters the restaurant and there are imported frozen slaughters, so he has a doubt about this?