The Ruling on Imported Meats from Pagan Countries
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Question: Is it permissible to eat meats imported from countries whose majority does not adhere to Islam, Christianity, or Judaism; such as India, Japan, and China, or others?
Answer: If the meats come from pagan or communist countries, they are not permissible to eat; because their slaughter is forbidden. Allah only permitted Muslims to eat the food of the People of the Book—and they are the Jews and the Christians—in His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] the verse [al-Ma'idah: 5].
This is provided the Muslim does not know that it was slaughtered in a manner other than the Shari'ah-prescribed way; such as strangulation, stunning, or the like. If he knows that, their slaughter is not permissible for him; because of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:3] the verse [al-Ma'idah: 3].
Answer: If the meats come from pagan or communist countries, they are not permissible to eat; because their slaughter is forbidden. Allah only permitted Muslims to eat the food of the People of the Book—and they are the Jews and the Christians—in His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them
الْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلُّ لَّهُمْThis is provided the Muslim does not know that it was slaughtered in a manner other than the Shari'ah-prescribed way; such as strangulation, stunning, or the like. If he knows that, their slaughter is not permissible for him; because of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death]
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالْدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللّهِ بِهِ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُعُ إِلاَّ مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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