Food & Nourishment - , Ruling on unknown meat from kaafir countries.,Dought & clear - ,

meat that is frozen and we do not know who slaughtered it or how it
was slaughtered. Can weeat it?.
Praise be to Allaah.
If the region where the meat mentioned is found has only People ofthe
Book, namely Jews and Christians, then theirmeat is halaal, even if it
is not known how they slaughtered it, because the basic principle is
thatmeat slaughtered by them is halaal, because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Made lawful to you this day are At-Tayyibaat [all kinds of Halaal
(lawful) foods, which Allaah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered
eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits)]. The
food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals) of the people of the
Scripture (Jews and Christians) is lawful to you and yours is lawful
to them"
[al-Maa'idah 5:5].
If there are other kaafirsin the region, then do not eat it, because
that means there is doubt as to whether it is halaal orharaam.
Similarly if you know that those who sell these meats slaughter the
animals in a way that is different from the shar'i method, such as
strangling or electric shock, then do not eat it, whether the one who
slaughtered it is a Muslim or a kaafir, because Allaah says:
"Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maitah (thedead animals -- cattle
--beast not slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which
Allaah's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering (that which
has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allaah, or has
been slaughtered for idols) and that which has beenkilled by
strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by
thegoring of horns -- and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild
animal -- unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death)"
[al-Maa'idah 5:3]. End quote.
May Allaah help the Muslims to understand their religion, for He is
All Hearing, Ever Near. End quote.
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