Is chicken meat slaughtered in the name of Allah but with the intention of honoring Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani considered halal or haram?
Slaughtering is an act of worship that is to be performed for Allah alone. Whoever directs it to other than Allah is guilty of major polytheism, which expels one from the fold of Islam, whether the name of Allah was mentioned over it or not. Such a slaughtered animal is not lawful; rather, it is carrion, and it is forbidden to eat it, based on the words of Allah Almighty: (Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. No partner has He. And this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims.") And His saying, exalted be He: (So pray to your Lord and sacrifice [to Him alone].) And the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: (Allah curses whoever slaughters for other than Allah.) Accordingly, whoever slaughters for other than Allah, whether as an act of seeking closeness or glorifying the one for whom the sacrifice is made, has committed disbelief. Even if they were a Muslim before, they become an apostate by such a slaughter, and the ruling on the slaughtered animal is that of carrion; it is not permissible to eat it.
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