What is the ruling on eating meat that one does not know whether it was slaughtered according to the Islamic method or not?
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The questioner : Eating imported Bulgarian meat... We do not know about it and we do not ask about it... This is a factory that operates 24 hours... Meaning, if they tell us it is from a Muslim or a non-Muslim... He told me there is a high demand for this meat because it is consumed in large quantities... The other meat...
The Shaykh : Local? Local?
The questioner : No, not local, imported like the Bulgarian, and they banned the Turkish, which is an Islamic country. He said, "I have been a butcher for twenty years, and my father was a butcher." And this meat, at least, is all slaughtered. He said, "Come and see the place of slaughter; it is clear, and the blood is clear, and the second cut is also clear; the head piece differs from the first. The head cut is white now. Between the cut of your hand, look at the blood on the neck." So he said, "This is the slaughter as you see it." I told him, "This brother confirmed this to us." So our question is: Is this slaughter permissible, and we do not know who this slaughterer is: Muslim, Communist, Christian, the state is Communist... different. So is it permissible for us to eat from it?
The Shaykh : I have not heard an opinionThe Shaykh : Previously, an answer to this question that does not make a person hesitate and waver to the right or to the left.
The questioner : We must prove it to you, this is well known.
The Shaykh : I say, did you not know the answer previously?
The questioner : The rule: If one knows that it was slaughtered with a Sharia-compliant slaughter, it is lawful.
The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah.
The questioner : Here it is slaughtered with a knife, it is slaughtered with a knife, this is the image that was conveyed to me. We need the answer according to the question.
The Shaykh : The answer is one of three: If one knows that it was slaughtered with a Sharia-compliant slaughter and by one whose slaughter is lawful, then it is lawful, perfectly lawful. And if one knows that one of the conditions is lacking, then it is forbidden. And if one does not know this or that, then leave what causes doubt for what does not cause doubt.
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