Are McDonald's meals permissible, given that the fries may be coated with a layer of pork fat or beef not slaughtered according to Islamic law?
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If pork fat or any part of it, or any animal not slaughtered according to Islamic law (dhakāt shar‘īyah), is used in restaurant food, it is not permissible for a Muslim to eat from it, due to the prohibition of these things.
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