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01-10-2007, 12:48 PM
Question: I live in the USA. May I buy the meat that is sold in the supermarkets?
Answered by Sheikh `Abd al-Wahhāb al-Turayrī, former professor at al-Imām University in Riyadh
Animals slaughtered by Christians and Jews are lawful for Muslims to eat. This is not contingent on their firmness on their religion, because the the Jews and Christians who lived in the time of our Prophet’s (peace be upon him) had already altered their teachings and deviated from their religion. In spite of this, Allah says: “The food of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto them” [Sūrah al-Mā’idah: 5]
Therefore, the meat they sell in their supermarkets and restaurants is lawful, provided they slaughter their meat properly, and do not use alternative methods like electrocution or suffocation to kill the animal.
And Allah knows best.
Answered by Sheikh `Abd al-Wahhāb al-Turayrī, former professor at al-Imām University in Riyadh
Animals slaughtered by Christians and Jews are lawful for Muslims to eat. This is not contingent on their firmness on their religion, because the the Jews and Christians who lived in the time of our Prophet’s (peace be upon him) had already altered their teachings and deviated from their religion. In spite of this, Allah says: “The food of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto them” [Sūrah al-Mā’idah: 5]
Therefore, the meat they sell in their supermarkets and restaurants is lawful, provided they slaughter their meat properly, and do not use alternative methods like electrocution or suffocation to kill the animal.
And Allah knows best.