O Muslims of the America If you are eating meats at burgerking, McDonalds or any other non halal spot this is Forbidden because we know for Allah name was not said at the time of slaughtering : Al-Quran on Eating HALAL O you People! Eat of what is on earth, Halal and pure, and do not follow the footsteps of the Satan; Indeed for he is to you an open enemy (2:168) O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him that you worship (2:172) Forbidden to you are Maytatah (carrion or dead animal, animal not slaughtered with Tasmiyah i.e. reciting Bismillahi Allahu Akbar), flowing blood, the flesh of swine, and that slaughter on which was invoked name other than Allah, as well as the (animal) killed by strangulation or beaten to death with violent blow or falling (from a height) to its death or gored to death (through fighting) or by falling to a predator (and about to be consumed -- unless you are able to slaughter before it dies)…. (5:3) [see also (16:115)] Home » Our Resources » Can We Just Say Bismillah? Can We Just Say Bismillah? One of the most frequent notions encountered in regards to Halal food is the idea that if there is any doubt in the meat, one may just say Bismillah, and their religious obligations are relieved. This is often a result of a misinterpretation of the following authentic hadith narrated by Aisha (RA): A group of people once said to the Prophet (SAW), “Some people have come to us with meat, and we do not know whether the name of Allah has been mentioned over it or not.” He replied, “You yourselves mention the name of Allah over it and eat.”[1] Although it is often not included, it is imperative to note that in the authentic narration, Aisha (RA) then says, “They [the ones who offered the meat] had just recently entered Islam. The great Islamic scholar Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, the author of perhaps the most prevalent and prominent commentary on the Book of Imam Bukhari, writes in his explanation of this hadith: Ibn al-Tin states: “There is no legal burden [upon Muslims] to verify whether Allah’s name has been mentioned if a slaughtering is done by someone other than them and they are ignorant of whether Allah’s name was mentioned or not. The slaughtering is judged unacceptable only if it surfaces with certainty that the slaughterer did not mention Allah’s name. It is also possible that this hadith means that if the meat comes from someone whose slaughtered animal becomes lawful if he does in fact mention the name of Allah, then mentioning His name before eating makes the meat lawful if you do not know whether His name was mentioned at the time of slaughtering. We can gather from this understanding that all meat found in the Muslim markets is judged to be lawful, as is meat slaughtered by Muslim Bedouin Arabs, because for the most part, they know about the requirement of mentioning Allah’s name. Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr has firmly settled on this conclusion.[2] Two points can be extracted from this commentary: 1) This default ruling applies only to meat slaughtered by Muslims 2) Even if this is extended to meat of “People of the Book”, it is necessary to reflect on the statement, “The slaughtering is judged unacceptable only if it surfaces with certainty that the slaughterer did not mention Allah’s name.” In our current society, nearly 100% of the meat available in the West claimed to be from “People of the Book” does not have the mention of Allah’s name at the slaughtering. Hence, it becomes clear that the ruling of merely saying Bismillah does not apply to our situation in regards to meat available in Western grocery stores, supermarkets, and restaurants. Sources: 1Sahih al-Bukhari. 2Fath al Bari 9:635-636, As cited by Toft, Amir “The Islamic Laws of Animal Slaughter” pg 66. California: White Thread Press, 2006. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radhiallahu anhu) narrates that the Prophet (salallahu alaihi wasallam) said: “Allah the Almighty is pure and accepts only that which is pure. Allah (swt) has commanded the faithful to do that which he commanded the Messengers, and the Almighty has said: “O Messengers! Eat of the pure things and do right”. And Allah the Almighty has said: “O you who believe! Eat of the pure things We have provided you.”, then Rasulullah (salallahu alaihi wasallam) mentioned (the case of) a man traveling on a long ardous journey, greatly troubled and distressed, with disheveled hair crying to Allah swt, O my Lord! O my Lord! But, his food is haram, his drink is haram, his dress is haram and he is nourished with haram. How then his du’a be accepted (Muslim 1015) Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radhiallahu anhu) reports that the Prophet (salallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “A time will come upon the people wherein a man will not bother what he intakes; whether from a halal source or haram.” (Bukhari 2059) The Prophet (salallahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “Avoid whatever you have doubts about in favor of what is not (doubtful).” (Tirmidhi) Sayyiduna Ka`b Ibn Ujrah (radhiallahu anhu) relates that the Prophet (salallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “A body nourished with haram will not enter Jannah”. (Tirmidhi 614) Sayyiduna Sad (radhiallahu anhu) relates that the Prophet (salallahu alaihi was sallam) said “O Sad purify your food (and as a result) you will become one whose supplications are accepted. I swear by Him in whose hands the soul of Muhammad lies, verily a servant (of Allah) tosses a haram (impermissible) food morsel in his stomach (due to which) no good deed is accepted from him for 40 days” (Tabrani 6395)
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