Slaughter and Meat
410 questions
Is it permissible for our children in France to eat the meat available in school cafeterias?
Is it permissible to buy meat sold in Arab stores in northern Europe that is labeled "halal," despite doubts about the method of slaughter and the excessive bleeding from it?
What is the ruling on the purity of blood spattered from slaughtered animals, and is it permissible to pray in clothes stained with it?
Is it permissible to purchase the Udhiyah by weight after slaughter, such that the price includes the weight of the animal after slaughter, as well as the costs of slaughter, cutting, and packaging?
Does the vow formula become binding with the word "lāzim" (necessary/obligatory) as in the saying: "Lāzim (I must) do such-and-such," in permissible worldly matters, even if not accompanied by the intention [of making a vow]? And if the vow does become binding with it, would it be considered a permissible vow for which expiation is allowed? And does the expiation repeat with the repetition of the same act?
Is it permissible to feed the wife's mother and her orphaned siblings, as well as the questioner's sister and his household, from the lamb meat that the questioner slaughters as a vow or as an expression of gratitude to Allah for the blessing of pregnancy and employment?
Is it permissible to eat meat labeled "halal" in Germany, knowing that slaughter is prohibited there, and is the consumer or the seller held accountable if it turns out to be unlawful (haram)?
Is it permissible to buy and drink milk produced by methods that are harmful to animals, such as injecting them with hormones and unnatural insemination? And is buying it considered participation in sin, or is it forbidden only due to its health ضرر (harm)?
What is the ruling on publishing a list of halal products that later undergo a change and become impermissible, and to what extent is a verbal inquiry to restaurants about the permissibility of their food sufficient?
Is it permissible to eat meat slaughtered by electric shock or by shooting a bullet to the brain, by analogy with hunting, in order to avoid hardship in searching for meat slaughtered in the prescribed Islamic manner, knowing the saying of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: "Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt"?
Is it permissible to eat meat provided in European refugee camps when one cannot be sure it is halal, and merely saying "Bismillah" is deemed sufficient?
Do the actions of the wife—such as abandoning the hijab, ceasing to eat halal slaughtered meat, and drinking alcohol—not remove her from Islam? And in this case, does the husband bear no responsibility before God for divorcing her?
Is it permissible to open a halal restaurant in an area where alcohol is frequently sold?
Is working as a food delivery driver for a restaurant that cooks meat not slaughtered according to Islamic law permissible or forbidden, knowing that the restaurant owner is Muslim and confirms that the food is free of alcohol and pork, and that the jurisprudential schools differ on the ruling regarding eating the slaughtered animals of the People of the Book?
What steps should be taken with a father who works in a butcher shop selling meat that may be defective or from dead animals, while he believes he does not sell directly to people but only handles accounts? Is it permissible for me not to partake of this money, and is he considered compelled to this work because he supports a family?
Is it permissible for my sick grandmother, who is unable to move, to buy an Udhiyah and donate it to a poor family, or should she slaughter it and donate its meat?
Is it obligatory to fulfill a deceased father's vow to slaughter a calf and distribute its meat, and should the entire vow be distributed to the poor, or to the poor and relatives?
Is it better for the father to slaughter the Aqiqah and distribute it himself, or to delegate others to do so?
Is it permissible to sell the ram designated for the wedding feast or to العشر (slaughter it according to Islamic law), and replace it with a smaller one, or with a male goat, especially since it is growing larger and losing meat, and the wedding has been delayed?
Is it permissible to sell goat meat as mutton, and buffalo meat as beef? What is the ruling on the money earned from such an act? And must children seek another occupation if their father's earnings are unlawful?
Is chicken raised in poultry farms under difficult conditions and for a short period of time considered "halal and good" if slaughtered according to Islamic law?
What is the ruling on purchasing chicken meat from German stores that are subject to regulation, if the method of slaughter involves stunning the birds with carbon dioxide or electric shock before slaughtering them by cutting the arteries, knowing that the available halal meats are either not fresh or expired?
Is it permissible to eat meat from an animal slaughtered by firing a bullet into its forehead to render it unconscious or near death, given that the questioner's work as a food and quality inspector necessitates encountering such situations, and knowing that the questioner only consumes halal meat?
Is it permissible to substitute the vowed sheep with the slaughter and distribution of an amount of meat of equal value if that facilitates fulfilling the vow?