Slaughter and Meat
410 questions
Did the Messenger, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, forbid eating burnt meat?
Is working in the poultry industry permissible (halal), given the presence of antibiotics in commercial feed used to promote growth, and the effort to reduce their use as much as possible?
Is "plant-based meat" halal, knowing that it is entirely produced from plants?
Is the statement: "It has been made lawful for you to eat the meat of land and sea game, except what the soul dislikes, and unlawful to eat carrion, that which has been strangled, and the meat of swine," an interpretation of a Hadith or a Quranic verse, and what is the text of the Hadith or verse if it exists?
What is the authenticity of the statement that Islam forbids slaughtering an animal in front of another, and that doing so renders the slaughtered animal’s meat unlawful?
Is it permissible to eat chicken and meat in restaurants without verifying that they have been slaughtered according to Islamic law?
What is the ruling on eating cheese to which rennet has been added?
Is it permissible to drink bone broth made from the bones of an animal not slaughtered according to Islamic law (non-halal meat)?
Is it permissible to perform the 'Aqiqah for children after they have reached the age of four, and is it permissible to slaughter it and donate its meat outside their country of birth due to the absence of the poor there?
Is it permissible to eat chicken meat not slaughtered according to Islamic law in Britain, based on the premise that the method of slaughter makes it halal, that British authorities preserve the health of the citizen, and since the purpose of slaughter is the shedding of blood?
Is it permissible for my wife and me to eat non-halal meat in Britain—given the ignorance of the method of slaughter—despite the availability of a place that sells halal meat, but it is expensive, and it might sell spoiled or frozen meat, or procure it from a distant place, which could expose it to spoilage?
Does eating too much meat harden hearts?
What is the ruling on eating the meat of a sheep, or any permissible animal, if it drank alcohol until it became intoxicated?
Is chicken considered halal if it is slaughtered mechanically after being lightly stunned, where the machine is operated with a single recitation of "Bismillah" and "Allahu Akbar" by the operator, while five men repeatedly recite "Bismillah" and "Allahu Akbar" without directly performing the slaughter?
Is it permissible to distribute the aqiqah meat over two days and invite relatives on each day due to limited space and the large number of relatives?
Is it permissible to eat meat and poultry in Far Eastern countries like China?
What is the wisdom behind eating the meat of the ibex and the oryx, and what is the ruling concerning them: permissibility or absolute permissibility?
What is the ruling on eating the meat of an apostate's slaughtered animal and what he prepares as food?
What is the ruling on the slaughter of Jews and Christians, and is it sufficient to say "Bismillah" (in the name of God) when eating meat gifted by a person of the Book?
Is it permissible to grind the bones and intestines of chickens or slaughtered animals whose meat is permissible to eat, and to make use of this mixture in the manufacture of powder or other food?
Is it permissible to eat meat and chicken imported from Australia and Denmark sold by a restaurant in Japan, knowing that those from whom it is imported are People of the Book?
Is it permissible to eat meat from Western restaurants – such as fast-food restaurants in Britain – which follow the method of stunning the animal (cattle) with a captive bolt gun to immobilize it, and then cutting its head, taking into consideration a previous fatwa (No. 12776) that permits eating the slaughtered animals of the People of the Book if they are immobilized and slaughtered before dying from the stunning?
Is it permissible to eat meat not slaughtered according to Islamic law after mentioning the name of Allah over it, and is this the correct understanding of the Bukhari hadith that permits mentioning the name of Allah over meat whose permissibility is not confirmed?
What is the ruling on eating chicken and meat in the city of Merida, Venezuela, given the doubt about the method of slaughter and the omission of the Tasmiyah (invocation of Allah's name) upon it? And what is preferable in this case? And what is the ruling on eating bread when there is doubt about the presence of butter derived from pork fat?