Slaughter animal gas unconscious in west.
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Asalamualikum
First to appreciate you very much for such a noble job. May allah reward u in
turn.
My
question is regarding the koshur or Halal meat we eat.
My
friend in Swizerland asked me about the way which muslims in that country bleed
the animal for meat. What he said is they first make the animal unconcious by
some gas and then follow the normal procedure the muslims follow. Their belief
is not to harm the animal.
I want
you to put light on this subject whether that meat is still halal or not.
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Slaughter animal gas
unconscious in west
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world
and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble
efforts in the propagation of the Truth.
If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister
get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves
indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful
to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and
pray the Merciful Lord accepts our humble and weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the
Hell Fire. Ameen.
Your
Question: …..My friend in Swizerland asked me about the way which muslims in
that country bleed the animal for meat. What he said is they first make the
animal unconcious by some gas and then follow the normal procedure the muslims
follow. Their belief is not to harm the animal.
I want
you to put light on this subject whether that meat is still halal or not.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 5:
3 Forbidden to you (for food) are: flesh of dead animals, blood, the
flesh of swine, and that (food) on which hath been invoked the name of anyone
other than Allah; that (animal) which hath been killed by strangling, or by a
violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which
hath been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless
ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on
stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with
arrows: that is impiety. This day have
those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not
but fear Me. This day have I perfected
your religion for you, completed my favor upon you, and have chosen for you
Islam as your religion. But if any
forced by hunger with no inclination to transgression (consumes of that
unlawful food), Allah is indeed Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 5:
All the good and pure
things have today been made ‘halaal’ for you; the food of the people of
the Book (Jews and Christians) is ‘halaal’ for you, and your food for them.
It
is evident from the above aayah of the Holy Quran that the food of the People
of the Book (Jews and the Christians) is ‘halaal’ for the believers.
If
the below five conditions are met, the food served by the People of the Book
will be deemed ‘halaal’ for the believers.
1.
The animal itself should be halaal in Shariah. (Even if a muslim (Allah forbid) were to
slaughter swine, it will not make it halaal!!).
2.
The one who slaughters the animal must either be a
Muslim, or a Jew or a Christian. If a
person of any other faith slaughters the animal, it will not be considered
halaal.
3.
The animal has to be slaughtered and the blood
should be oozed out naturally. It does
not matter if the animal is slaughtered by hand or by a machine, from the front
of the neck or from the back. What is
important is that the veins must be cut to allow the blood to be oozed out of
the body.
4.
The animal should have been alive at the time of
slaughter. It is a routine in most
slaughterhouses in
5.
The condition that Allah’s name has to be pronounced
is not a condition for the People of the Book, as long as nobody else’s’ name
is not pronounced. If anybody else’s
name other than Allah is pronounced at the time of slaughter, it does not
matter who slaughters the animal, that meat is haraam.
If one is absolutely certain that the person who
slaughtered the animal was either a believer or a Jew or a Christian, and that
the treatment did not actually kill the animal before its due slaughter….then
the flesh of that animal would be lawful for the believers to consume.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister