The Ruling on Eating Imported Meats and Trading in Them
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Question:
He also asks: What is the ruling on eating imported meats, and trading in them, including those currently found in the markets, whether chilled, frozen, or ground, as well as chickens, birds, rabbits, and so on?
Answer:
Anything that comes from the lands of the People of the Book is permissible to sell, buy, and eat; for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has permitted us their food by the explicit text of the Qur'an. So whatever comes to us from their lands, whether from England, France, America, or the like, is lawful for us, and we may sell it and dispose of it; for the original ruling is the permissibility of their food, except for what we know comes from a company that slaughters in a manner contrary to the Shari'ah. If we know that, then it is not permissible. If you know that these meats came from a known company that does not cut off the head, or strangles the animal by strangulation, or does something similar, then this is not lawful for the Muslim, just as the slaughter of a Muslim who strangled the animal is not lawful. If a Muslim strangled it, or it died by another means, such as falling from a height or being struck by a stone, it is forbidden, even if it was a Muslim. Therefore, the slaughter of a Jew or a Christian is even more clearly forbidden.
As for when you do not know that it was slaughtered in a manner contrary to the Shari'ah, but rather it came with the head cut off, and you do not know how they slaughtered it, the original ruling is that it is lawful, and there is no blame on you in eating it or selling it.
As for what comes from other countries, such as the communist countries like the People's Republic of China, Bulgaria, and Romania, their slaughter is not lawful. Their slaughter is not lawful. Likewise, the polytheist countries like India and similar polytheist countries such as Korea and Japan; these are polytheist countries, and their slaughtered animals are not lawful unless a Muslim or a Person of the Book takes charge of the slaughter. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
He also asks: What is the ruling on eating imported meats, and trading in them, including those currently found in the markets, whether chilled, frozen, or ground, as well as chickens, birds, rabbits, and so on?
Answer:
Anything that comes from the lands of the People of the Book is permissible to sell, buy, and eat; for Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has permitted us their food by the explicit text of the Qur'an. So whatever comes to us from their lands, whether from England, France, America, or the like, is lawful for us, and we may sell it and dispose of it; for the original ruling is the permissibility of their food, except for what we know comes from a company that slaughters in a manner contrary to the Shari'ah. If we know that, then it is not permissible. If you know that these meats came from a known company that does not cut off the head, or strangles the animal by strangulation, or does something similar, then this is not lawful for the Muslim, just as the slaughter of a Muslim who strangled the animal is not lawful. If a Muslim strangled it, or it died by another means, such as falling from a height or being struck by a stone, it is forbidden, even if it was a Muslim. Therefore, the slaughter of a Jew or a Christian is even more clearly forbidden.
As for when you do not know that it was slaughtered in a manner contrary to the Shari'ah, but rather it came with the head cut off, and you do not know how they slaughtered it, the original ruling is that it is lawful, and there is no blame on you in eating it or selling it.
As for what comes from other countries, such as the communist countries like the People's Republic of China, Bulgaria, and Romania, their slaughter is not lawful. Their slaughter is not lawful. Likewise, the polytheist countries like India and similar polytheist countries such as Korea and Japan; these are polytheist countries, and their slaughtered animals are not lawful unless a Muslim or a Person of the Book takes charge of the slaughter. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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