Islam

"BismilLaa-hirRahmaa-nirRaheem"
(Allah, in the name of, the Most Affectionate, the Most Merciful)
"Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil'Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu 'Alaa
Saieyidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalehee wa As-haabeheeAjma 'een ".
(Praise be to Allah, the Creator, Sustainer and Nourisher of all the
universes and the choicest blessings and peace of Allah be upon [His
Messenger] our kindmaster Hadrat Muhammad and upon his pious posterity
and devoted companions).
FUNDAMENTALS OF ISLAMIC FAITH
SIX CARDINAL ARTICLES
1. KALIMA-E-TAIE-YIB
FIRST: THE HOLY CODE
Laa Ilaaha Illal Laahu Muhammadur-Rasoolul Laah. (Sallal Laahu
'AlaihiWa Sallam).
No one is worthy of worship but Allah alone (and) (Hadrat) Muhammad is
the (true) Messenger of Allah.
2. KALIMA-E-SHAHAADAT
SECOND: THE CODE OF EVIDENCE
Ash-hadu Allaa-Ilaaha Illal-Laahu Wahdahoo Laa Shareeka Lahoo wa
Ash-hadu Anna Muhammadan 'Abduhoo wa Rasooluh.
I bear witness that there is no deity save Allah alone; He is One; He
has no partner and I bear witness that (Hadrat) Muhammad is His
(chosen) servant and (true) Messenger.
3. KALIMA-E-TAMJEED
THIRD: THE CODE OF GLORYOF ALLAH
Subhaa-nal Laahi wal-Hamdu Lillaahi wa-Laaa Ilaaha Illal-Laahu
wal-Laahu Akbar. Wa-Laa Haula wa-Laa Quwwata Illaa Billaa-hil
'Alee-yil 'Azeem.
Glory be to Allah and Allah alone deserves all praise; there is no
deity but Allah alone and Allahis the Most Great; there isno power, no
might but in Allah to save(us)from sins and enable (us) to do good,
Who is the Most High, the Most Great.
4. KALIMA-E-TAUHEED
FOURTH: THE CODE OF ONENESS OF ALLAH
Laa Ilaaha Illal Laahu Wahdahu Laa Shareeka Lahu Lahul Mulku Walahul
Hamd. Yuhyee wa yomeetu wa Huwa Haie-yul Laa Yamootu Abadan Abadaa.
Zul-Jalaale wal-Ikraam Bi-yade-hil Khaier. Wa Huwa ' Alaa Kulli
Shaie-in Qadeer.
There is no deity but Allah alone; He is the Oneindeed; He has no
partner; His is the Kingdom (of all the worlds) and all praise is due
to Him; He gives life and causes death; And He is ever-living and
death will never come toHim; He is the Most Great and highly
Glorified; in His hand is all good and He has absolute power over
everything.
5. KALIMA-E-ISTIGHFAAR
FIFTH: THE CODE OF BEGGING FORGIVENESS
Astaghfi-rul Laaha Rabbi Min Kulli Zanmbin Aznabtohu 'Amadan
Ao-khata-an Sirran Ao 'Alaa-ni-yatan wa Atoobu Ilaiehi
Minaz-zanmbillazee 'Alamu wa Minaz-zanmbillazee Laaa'Alamu Innaka Anta
'Allaa-mul Ghu-yubi wa Sattaa-rul 'Oyubi wa Ghaffaa-rul Zunoob. Walaa
Haula walaa Quwwata Illaa Bil-Laa-hil-'Ali-yil Azeem.
I beg forgiveness of Allah, Who is my Creator and Cherisher, for each
and every sin which I committed consciously or unconsciously, secretly
or openly; I also seek His forgiveness for sins which I know or do not
know; O' Allah! Undoubtedly, You are the best Knower of all the
unseen, the best Coverer of (our) failings and the best Forgiver of
(our) sins and it is only the blessing of Allah, which helps (us) to
avoidsins and do good; He is indeed the Most High, the Most Great.
6. KALIMA-E-RADD-E-KUFR
SIXTH: THE CODE FOR DENIAL OF INFIDELITY
Allaa-humma Innee A'oozu-bika Min An Ushrika Bika Shaie-an wa Anaa
'Alamu Bihee wa Astaghfiroka Limaa Laaa 'Alamu Bihee Tubtu 'Anhu
wa-Tabarra'-tu Minal Kufri wash-Shirki wal-Kizbi wal-Gheebati
wal-Bid'ati wan-Nameemati wal-Fawaahishi heresy wal-Bohtaani
wal-Ma'aasee Kullihaa wa Aslamtu wa Aqoolu Laaa Ilaaha Illal Laahu
Muhammadur Rasoolul Laah. (Sallal Laahu 'Alaiehi wa-Sallam).
O' Allah! I seek refuge with You to save myself from associating any
partner with You, which I know; and I beg Your forgiveness for sins
which I do not know; I solemnly repent and disdainfully cast off
infidelity, polytheism, lie, back-biting, (bad innovations), sneaking
(tale-bearing), all shameful deeds and slanders and every sort of
disobedience and I sincerely embraced Islaam and declare from the core
of my heart thatthere is none worthy of worship but Allah alone;
(Hadrat) Muhammad is the (choicest) Messengerof Allah.

Food & Nourishment -, Dought & clear - , Ruling on eating balut (egg containing a dead chick).

Belut is a fertilized duck or chicken egg that contains a
nearly-developed embryo. This egg is boiled and eaten in the shell.
The prevalent belief here in the Philippines is that it contains a
high level of protein and is good for the heart. It is sold in
themarkets and streets of the Philippines. What is the ruling on
eating this kind of egg?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The description of this egg on some websites is as follows:
Development of the chick usually takes 28 days, but balut is an egg
that has been incubated for only 18 days, during which they get a real
embryo with a primitive skeleton.
When the egg reaches the age of 16-20 days, it is ready to be taken to
market, where it will be boiled for thousands of customers who enjoy
this food. This depends on the size of the egg. The egg that is 18
days old is the best. The sellers wash the eggs thoroughly with
sponges, then when they are perfectly clean, they are put in a pot
andboiled. End quote.
With regard to the ruling on eating the egg with the embryo that is
not fully developed, the ruling is that it is haraam, because it comes
under the heading of eating maytah (something that has died without
being slaughtered properly). Eating maytah is definitely haraam
according to Islam.
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked
about the ruling on eating this egg and they ruled that it is haraam.
They were asked:
When we visited the Philippines, we noticed that the people of that
country commonly eat a dish they call balut. This is a chicken egg
that is placed in an incubator until it develops the form of a small
chick with all its features. Three days before the egg is peeled, they
cook the egg in water until it is done, then they break the egg and
eat the chick that is inside it.
Please advise us of the ruling on eating this food.
They replied:
If the situation is as described, then the chickis regarded as maytah
(something that died without being properly slaughtered) and it is not
permissible to eat it, because it had taken shape inside the egg, and
the prohibition on maytah is something that is well known and well
established in Islam.End quote.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez Aalal-Shaykh, Shaykh 'Abd-Allah ibn
Ghadyaan,Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan, Shaykh BakrAbu Zayd
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah (22/305)
And Allah knows best.

Food & Nourishment -, Ruling on feeding dried blood to chickens.

What is the ruling on chickens if they are fed dried blood? A lot of
chickenfeed that chickenfarmers buy to fatten their chickens, both in
this country and abroad,contains dried blood, because in it there is a
kind of protein that helps chickens grow.
Praise be to Allaah.
With regard to feeding chickens or other animals that may be eaten
with impure substances (najasah) such as blood and the like, if it is
a small amount, that does not matter and it does not make them haraam
or make them jallaalah (animals that feed on filth and dung); rather
the jallaalah should be detained until it becomes pure and clean,if
most of its food is impure (najis).
But if only a small amount of the animal's food is impure (najis),
then it does not have any impact and it does not make the animal
haraam, so long as the ratio is 20% or 30% and so on. This does not
matter. Rather what makes it haraam is if the ratio is more than that
- 60% or 70%. If this is the ration, then the animal is regarded as
jallaalah, so it should be detained so that it can be given good and
pure food andwater. If it has been detained for a suitable number of
days, then it becomes pure and is halaal. This applies if theimpure
material is the majority of what it eats. The time for detaining
animals varies. Chickens should be detained for three days, and that
is enough for them to be fed good food and goodwater. Other animals,
such as sheep, cattle andthe like should be detained for longer
thanthat, such as seven days or more, so that they canbe given good
food and water, and their flesh becomes good (halaal) after that. We
have asked many of those who have knowledge of this matter, and they
said that what is fed to chickens of dried blood is a small amount in
comparison to other, pure food. End quote.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah havemercy on him).
Fataawa Noor 'ala al-Darb, 4/1934

Food & Nourishment,Ruling on eating chicken that was fed hormones or ground meat.

Does the meat of chickengrown by giving steroidsis halal evenif it is
slaughtered correctly?
Praise be to Allaah.
If the manufactured food or medicines did not contain anything harmful
or impure (najis), there is nothing wrong with eating chickens to whom
they were fed, if they have been slaughtered in the proper shar'i
manner by a Muslim or a kitaabi (i.e., Jew or Christian).
But if the feed or medicine is harmful to man, and will make him sick,
for example, it is haraam to feed them to chickens and to eat those
chickens, because Allah says (interpretationof the meaning):
"and do not throw yourselves into destruction"
[al-Baqarah 2:195].
And the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
"There should be neitherharming not reciprocating harm." Narrated by
Ibn Maajah (2431) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Irwa'
al-Ghaleel (896).
If the feed is naajis (impure), such as meat from animals that died
without being slaughtered properly (maytah) or blood and so on, that
may be put inthe feed, then the matter is subject to further
discussion.
Is most of the feed is made from those impuresubstances or from taahir
(pure) things suchas grains and the like?
If most of the feed is pure, it is permissible to eat it, and there is
nothing wrong with that.
But if most of its feed is naajis (impure) -- this is what the
scholars call "an animal that feeds onfilth" -- it is not permissible
to eat unless it has been detained andfed with taahir food thatwill
make its meat good.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said in al-Sharh al-Mumti' (11/298):
The animal that feeds onfilth is one whose food ismostly impure (najaasah).
There are two scholarly views concerning this: one view is that it is
haraam because it has been nourished by impure matter that has an
effect on its meat.
The other view is that it is halaal. This is based onthe idea that
impure things become pure when they undergo a transformation. They
said: The impurity that it ate has been transformed into blood, flesh
and the like that grows in the body, so it is taahir. End quote.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade the
milk of an animal that feeds on filth or impurity, but if the animal
is detained until it becomes pure, then it is halaal according to
Muslim consensus, because before that the effect of the impurity could
be seen in its milk, eggs and sweat, so it gave off a rotten and evil
stench. Once that is removed, it becomes taahir (pure). If the ruling
is established for a reason, it ceases to apply once that reason isno
longer present. End quote.
Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 21/618
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