Slaughter and Meat
410 questions
What is the ruling on eating meat not slaughtered according to Islamic law (halal) in America, and what is the expiation for doing so?
Is eating meat slaughtered for other than God, about which there is doubt – after the fact – subject to the rule "doubt does not nullify certainty" or the Hadith "whoever guards against doubtful matters has indeed protected his religion and his honor"? And is expiation obligatory if it was unlawful or if there was doubt concerning it?
Is it permissible to eat chicken whose method of slaughter is unknown due to the unavailability of chicken slaughtered in the Islamic way in the city, while there is lamb and beef sold by a Muslim whose level of commitment is unknown, but who claims to slaughter according to Islamic law?
Is it permissible to slaughter two goats as 'Aqiqah instead of two sheep, despite being financially able to slaughter the two sheep, due to the family's dislike of lamb meat?
Is it permissible to purchase the sacrificial animal from the Red Crescent and appoint them to slaughter it and donate all of its meat, knowing that the sacrificer will not witness the sacrifice or eat from it?
Are the slaughtered animals of the Druze permissible (halal), given that they pronounce the name of God over them and slaughter them according to the Islamic method, and believe that God manifested Himself in the form of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah to guide people, and not that they deify him?
Is it permissible to sell an animal for the price of the weight of the meat it yields after slaughtering it, with an agreement on the price per kilogram? What is the jurisprudential interpretation of this issue? Is this transaction valid for purchasing an Udhiyah (sacrificial animal)? Who is the owner at the time of slaughtering the Udhiyah? Who guarantees the animal if it perishes before slaughter?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to fast while working in the preparation of pork in Italy, knowing that he only consumes halal meat and cannot find any other work?
What is the ruling on eating from Saudi restaurants, such as McDonald's, that import their chicken from abroad, and is all chicken and meat imported from abroad considered halal as long as they label it as such?
What should the questioner do regarding her daughter's kindergarten in Bulgaria to ensure her daughter eats halal food, considering she does not know whether the people of the country are People of the Book or not, and should she lie to them again about her daughter's allergy to meat and chicken?
Is it permissible to eat the meat of animals that have been stunned before slaughter, some of which may have died before the proper Islamic slaughter (tadhkiyah), while claiming that the Tasmiyah (mentioning the name of Allah) is in the heart?
What is the ruling on eating McDonald's and its sandwiches in America, given the ignorance of the method of slaughter and the one who performed it?
Is it obligatory to fulfill a vow to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat, knowing that the vow was made out of ignorance that it is disliked (makrooh), and that the condition of the vow—which was achieving a certain profit from a deal—was not fully met? And is it permissible for the one who made the vow to eat from it if it is necessary to fulfill it?
What is the ruling on eating the meat of slaughtered chicken sold in grocery stores, when we do not know if the one who slaughtered it abandons prayer or not?
Is it permissible for the Muslim who benefits from his vow (meat, hide), if he vowed to slaughter a calf for Allah for the healing of his son, and is it permissible to combine the vow with slaughtering the calf for a wedding feast?
What is the ruling on eating biscuits with a heart drawn on them, expressing love, if the intention behind buying them is solely for consumption?
Is it permissible to apply the ruling of non-transference of dry impurity when it comes into contact with a pure, wet object to non-halal meat that contains fat? And does not being certain about the dryness of the impurity mean that it may have dried, and therefore the impurity does not transfer?
Is the meat considered halal if the Lyon Mosque in France oversees its slaughter, taking into account that the animal is subjected to a light electrical stunning prior to manual slaughter by a Muslim, with the removal of dead animals before slaughter?
Is it permissible to eat raw meat or meat that still contains some blood?
What are the "ear of the heart" and the "gland," and is it forbidden to eat them, and are they found in birds?
What is the ruling on eating meat slaughtered by Jews and Christians, and what is the ruling on their prayer over it, and is it permissible to eat it after their prayer over it?
What is the ruling on eating chicken meat in Christian countries when halal meat is available or unavailable?
Is it permissible for us to lick imported slaughtered animals, given the high prices of local slaughtered animals in Palestine and the inability to purchase them?
What is the meaning of Halal meat: Is it meat that is not pork, or must the name of God be mentioned upon slaughter?