Slaughter and Meat
410 questions
Is it permissible to eat rice cooked with meat from Druze slaughtered animals, while avoiding eating the meat itself?
Is it permissible to eat chicken from fast-food restaurants in America, and what is the ruling on eating chicken and meat at dinner invitations from Muslims when it is not known whether the animal was slaughtered according to Islamic law?
Is it true that Al-Maʿarri restricted himself to eating plants and forbade eating meat, citing the words of his contemporary Al-Ghazali: "And Abu Al-ʿAla Al-Maʿarri drew near to him when he called for the prohibition of slaughtering animals, making it a manifestation of piety and mercy, and said in his poem, the opening of which is: I have become sick in mind and faith, so meet me that you may know the news of true matters"?
What is the ruling on working inside a chicken slaughterhouse, knowing that its meat is unlawful?
Is it permissible for a father who is unable to slaughter to buy pre-cut meat weighing that of a sheep and distribute it to the poor with the intention of ʾUḍḥiyah?
What is the ruling on eating meat served in university restaurants under the name of "halal," and is drinking the broth and discarding the meat considered wasteful and unlawful?
Is it permissible to break an agreement with a restaurant owner who serves halal food, but allows customers to bring in alcoholic beverages and consume them on the premises, and who divides tips in an unagreed-upon manner?
What is the ruling on eating in non-Islamic restaurants located in a Muslim country, and is it obligatory to ask about the method of slaughtering meat in them?
What is the ruling on eating meat in restaurants in European countries when one does not know if it was slaughtered according to Islamic law?
What is the ruling on eating chicken that is fed feed mixed with shed blood?
What is the method for feeding six needy persons, is it permissible to feed indigent Indians in the street a lunch meal, and is it permissible to eat from the meat of a kid goat vowed to be slaughtered and to distribute a small portion of it?
Does cooking non-halal meat with other foods render all of them non-halal, and is a small amount of fat formed from this meat excused to alleviate hardship? And is it a condition to have a strong presumption that the slaughterer is Muslim or from the People of the Book for the slaughter to be considered halal?
Is it permissible to shorten prayers in prison, and is eating meat of unknown slaughter permissible or forbidden?
Is it permissible to obtain the 'aqiqah from kitchens that provide sheep and undertake the cooking, after informing them that it is for 'aqiqah in order to fulfill the conditions?
Is it permissible to eat meat offered by a Christian family in a non-Islamic country, given the doubt about the method of its slaughter, and the inability to afford or access halal food?
Is it permissible to eat meat found on a ship where Christians work, and food is supplied from different countries, and the cook is Christian?
Is chicken slaughtered by the "disc" method halal or haram?
Is there a sin upon one who ate a chicken hamburger bought from a market in a foreign country, after initially refusing it by saying "I don't want it," then ate it after his Muslim friend told him, "Eat it, it's on me," and he forgot to say "Bismillah" and "Allahu Akbar"?
Is eating dog meat permissible according to the Maliki school of thought, and what is the opinion of the other madhhabs?
Is it permissible to eat a falafel sandwich that may have been touched by grease from grilled meat, fallen from a shawarma skewer, in restaurants that sell shawarma suspected of not being halal? And is it permissible to buy shawarma when this doubt exists?
Is it permissible to eat the meat of an animal stunned by a Christian, then hung upside down, and slaughtered by a Muslim?
Does the elephant fall under the hadith prohibiting the consumption of every predatory animal with fangs, and why was the crocodile forbidden despite living in water?
Is it permissible to slaughter part of a buffalo with the intention of fulfilling a vow that was to slaughter a sheep, while benefiting from the remainder of the buffalo's price?
What is the ruling on dealing with a lamb dedicated to Allah by vow: is it permissible to sell it and donate its price, or to slaughter it and distribute its meat? And how is a vow fulfilled if it is money?