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?
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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