2.168. O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth, and follow not the footsteps of Shait�n (Satan). Verily, he is to you an open enemy.
2.172. . O you who believe (in the Oneness of All�h - Islamic Monotheism)! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to All�h, if it is indeed He Whom you worship.
2.173. He has forbidden you only the Maytatah (dead animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than All�h (or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., on which All�h's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by necessity without wilful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there is no sin on him. Truly, All�h is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
6.145. Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I find not in that which has been inspired to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maytatah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork, etc.) for that surely is impure, or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than All�h (or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which All�h's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But whosoever is forced by necessity without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, (for him) certainly, your Lord is Oft�Forgiving, Most Merciful."
5.4. They ask you (O Muhammad SAW) what is lawful for them (as food ). Say: "Lawful unto you are At�Tayyib�t [all kind of Halal (lawful�good) foods which All�h has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits, etc.)]. And those beasts and birds of prey which you have trained as hounds, training and teaching them (to catch) in the manner as directed to you by All�h; so eat of what they catch for you, but pronounce the Name of All�h over it, and fear All�h. Verily, All�h is Swift in reckoning."
5.5. Made lawful to you this day are At�Tayyib�t [all kinds of Hal�l (lawful) foods, which All�h has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, etc., milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits, etc.). The food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals, etc.) of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) is lawful to you and yours is lawful to them. (Lawful to you in marriage) are chaste women from the believers and chaste women from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before your time, when you have given their due Mahr (bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), desiring chastity (i.e. taking them in legal wedlock) not committing illegal sexual intercourse, nor taking them as girl-friends. And whosoever disbelieves in the Oneness of All�h and in all the other Articles of Faith [i.e. His (All�h's), Angels, His Holy Books, His Messengers, the Day of Resurrection and Al�Qadar (Divine Preordainments)], then fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.
Narrated. Abu Huraira. The Prophet (SAW) said, "Eating any fanged beast of prey is prohibited" (reported by Muslim).
Muslim reported the aforesaid hadith from Ibn Abbas narration with this version: "He prohibited."And he added "And every bird with claws."
Narrated Jabir: "On the day of khaibar, Allah's Messenger (SAW) forbade the flesh of domesticated asses, but pr
emitted horse flesh (Agreed Upon)."
Narrated Ibn Abu Aufa We went on seven expedition with Allah's Messenger (SAW) and we ate locusts. (Agreed Upon).
Narrated Anas regarding the story of the hare: he (Abu Talha) slaughtered it and sent its haunch to Allah's Messenger (SAW) and he accepted it. (Agreed Upon).
Narrated Ibn Abbas :"Allah's Messenger (SAW) prohibited the killing of four creatured: aunts, bees, hoopoes and strikes." (Reported by Ahmad and Abu Da'ud. Ibn hibban graded it Sahih)
Narrated Ibn Abu Ammar. I asked jabir, "Is hyena a game ?" He replied, "Yes." I asked "Did Allah's Messenger (SAW) say that?" He replied, "Yes." (Reported by Ahmad and Al-Arba'a. Al-Bukhari and ibn hibban graded it Sahih)
Narrated Ibn umar:"Allah's Messenger (SAW) prohibited eating or drinking the milk of the animal which feeds on filth (Al-Arba'a except An-Nasa'i reported it. At-Tirmidhi graded it hasan)."
Narrated Abu Qatada regarding the Zebra's story; the Prophet (SAW) ate from it. (Agreed upon)
Narrated Abdur-Rahman bin utman Al-Qurashi: "A physician consulted Allah's Messenger (SAW) about extracting medicine from frogs and he prohibited killing them. " (Ahmad reported it; Al-Hakim graded it Sahih).
Narrated Ibn Abbas: The sand lizard was served as food on the table of Allah's Messenger (SAW) .(Agreed Upon)
Any four -hoofed, flesh-eating beat of prey is forbidden and similarly any birds nibbling at its prey with the grip of its talons is forbidden.
Hare is permissible according to the majority of scholars.
According to this Hadith a hyena is permissible. According to some imams it is permissible were as according to some others it is forbidden. Their reason being that hyena like to feed on human flesh and therefore digs into the graves. The dabb (a kind of sand lizard) was never eaten by The Prophet (SAW) himself, but his companions did eat it before him while eating off his dining sheet. He was invited to eat it , but refused partaking of it but did not forbid the people around him to eat it.
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Praise be to Allaah.
The Sunnah with regard to slaughter is to make
the animal face towards the qiblah, but that is not obligatory. If he slaughters
it facing any other direction, his slaughter is halaal, but he has omitted a
Sunnah.
Ahmad (15022), Abu Dawood (2785) and Ibn Maajah (3121) narrated
that Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger
of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) sacrificed two rams on the
day of Eid. When he turned them to face towards the qiblah he said: “Verily, I
have turned my face towards Him Who has created the heavens and the earth
Haneefa (Islamic Monotheism, i.e. worshipping none but Allaah Alone), and I am
not of Al-Mushrikoon .Verily, my Salaah (prayer), my sacrifice, my living, and
my dying are for Allaah, the Lord of the ‘Aalameen (mankind, jinn and all that
exists). He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the
first of the Muslims’ [cf. al-An’aam 6:79, 162-163]. O Allaah, from You and to
You, on behalf of Muhammad and his ummah. In the name of Allah and Allah is most
great.” Then he slaughtered them.
The isnaad of this hadeeth may reach
the level of hasan as Shu’ayb al-Arna’oot said in Tahqeeq al-Musnad.
It
says in al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (21/196), explaining the etiquette of
slaughtering:
The slaughterer should face towards the qiblah and the
animal’s neck should be turned to face the qiblah, because Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah
be pleased with him) disliked eating the meat of any animal that had been
slaughtered facing any direction other than the qiblah, and no one among the
Sahaabah disagreed with him. That is narrated in some reports from Ibn Sireen
and Jaabir ibn Zayd. End quote.
See: al-Mughni, 3/221
It says in
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (22/477) concerning one who slaughters an animal
facing a direction other than the qiblah and claims that making it face the
qiblah applies only when slaughtering the hadiy:
If the situation with
regard to slaughter is as you say, then the slaughter is sound and valid in
terms of it being halaal, but the slaughterer is going against the Sunnah by not
turning to face the qiblah with the animal at the time of slaughter, and he is
doing wrong by not accepting the advice, and he is mistaken in his claim that
making it face the qiblah applies only when slaughtering the hadiy, because the
Sunnah is to turn towards the qiblah with the animal at the time of slaughter in
all cases, whether it is a hadiy or a sacrifice or otherwise. End quote.
It also says (1/67): It is mustahabb for the slaughterer to face towards the
qiblah and to make the animal also face towards the qiblah, because it is the
noblest of directions, and because turning to face the qiblah is mustahabb in
acts of worship, except in cases where there is evidence to indicate otherwise.
The fact that this is mustahabb is particularly emphasized if it is a hadiy or
udhiyah. It is narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allaah be upon him) said: “Offer your sacrifices
and be of good cheer, for there is no Muslim who turns his sacrifice to face the
qiblah but its blood and dung and wool will be hasanaat that are present on his
scales on the Day of Resurrection.” And he used to say: “Spend a little, you
will be rewarded a great deal.” This hadeeth was narrated by ‘Abd al-Razzaaq in
al-Musannaf, and al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah and al-Bayhaqi narrated something
similar. Although the imams of hadeeth suggested that its isnaad is weak, it may
be acted upon with regard to encouraging good deeds. Hence Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn
Sireen regarded it as makrooh to eat meat that was not facing the qiblah at the
time of slaughter. Limiting oneself to saying Bismillaah and letting the animal
face any direction at the time of slaughter is forsaking that which is better,
but the slaughter is still valid. This was the view of al-Qaasim ibn Muhammad,
al-Nakha’i, al-Thawri, Ibn al-Mundhir and others. End quote.
And Allaah
knows best.
Islam Q&A
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al‑Maitah (the dead 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 been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring 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]
Meat slaughtered by one who is junub or menstruating is halaal, and there is no sin on him for that.
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: If he is junub, it is permissible for him to say Bismillaah and slaughter (meat).
That is because the one who is junub is allowed to say Bismillaah (in the name of Allaah) and there is no reason why he should not do that. It is only forbidden for him to read Qur’aan, unless he recites from memory. Hence it is prescribed for him to say Bismillaah when he starts to do ghusl. Janaabah is no worse than kufr, and kaafirs may say the name of God and slaughter meat.
Among those who state that meat slaughtered by one who is junub is allowed are: al-Hasan, al-Hakam, al-Layth, al-Shaafa’i, Ishaaq, Abu Thawr and ashaab al-ra’y. Ibn al-Mundhir said: I do not know of anyone who did not allow that. And it is permissible for a menstruating women to slaughter meat, because she comes under the same rulings as one who is junub. End quote from al-Mughni, 11/61
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Majmoo’ (9/74): Ibn al-Mundhir narrated that there was scholarly consensus that meat slaughtered by one who is junub is permissible. He said: As the Qur'aan indicates that meat slaughtered by people of the Book is halaal even though they are naajis, then it is more appropriate that meat slaughtered by one who the Sunnah has stated is not naajis should be permissible. And he said: A menstruating woman is like one who is junub. End quote.
The fuquaha’ quoted as evidence for that the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (5501) from Ka’b ibn Maalik, according to which a slave woman of theirs was tending sheep in Sal’, and she saw that one of her sheep was dying, so she broke a stone and slaughtered it, but he told his people: “Do not eat it until I go to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and ask him, or until I send someone to him to ask him. He went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), or sent someone to him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told them to eat it.
Sal’ is a well-known mountain in Madeenah.
It says in Sharh al-Muntaha (3/417) This shows that it is permissible to eat meat slaughtered by a woman, a slave woman, a menstruating woman and one who is junub, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not ask for any details about the woman. End quote.
And Allaah knows best.
The seat of the intention is the heart, and whatever a person intends in his heart is sufficient. He should not speak the intention out loud, rather he should say Bismillaah and Allaahu akbar when slaughtering it, because it was proven in al-Saheehayn that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) slaughtered two rams with his own hand, and he said Bismillaah and Allaahu akbar.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 7/130, no. 5554; Muslim, 3/1556, no. 1966; Ahmad, 3/115.
There is nothing wrong with you saying, “O Allaah, this is a sacrifice on behalf of my father.” This does not mean that you are speaking the intention out loud.
And Allaah is the Source of strength.
Praise be to Allaah.
Yes, it is permissible to eat ostrich meat, because Allaah has blessed His slaves by subjugating to them that which is in the heavens and on earth.
It is difficult to enumerate all the animals that we are permitted to eat. The basic principle concerning all of them is that in general they are permissible, except for those which have been excluded. We may list those which are haraam as follows:
1. Pigs – they are haraam according to the texts of the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and there is scholarly consensus on this point.
2. All carnivores which have fangs, such as lions, tigers, leopards, wolves, dogs, etc.
3. All birds which have talons, such as hawks, falcons, vultures, eagles, Indian falcons, etc.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade all carnivorous animals which have fangs and all birds which have talons.
(Narrated by Muslim, 1934)
4. Domestic donkeys
It was narrated that ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade mut’ah (temporary marriage) in the year of Khaybar and he forbade the meat of domesticated donkeys.”
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5203; Muslim, 1407)
5. Animals which we are commanded to kill, such as snakes, scorpions and mice.
6. Things which are abominable or repulsive. One of the basic principles concerning halaal and haraam is paying attention to what is regarded as good and what is regarded as repulsive. Al-Shafaa’i believed this to be the most important and most comprehensive principle. The basis for this is the aayaat (interpretation of the meanings):
“and prohibits them as unlawful Al Khabaa’ith (i.e. all evil and unlawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons and foods)”
[al-A’raaf 7:157]
“They ask you (O Muhammad) what is lawful for them (as food ). Say: ‘Lawful unto you are At Tayyibaat [all kinds of Halaal (lawful good) foods which Allaah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits)]’” [ al-Maa’idah 5:4]
On this basis, ostrich meat is permitted beyond any shadow of a doubt. The fuqaha’ have stated that ostrich meat is permissible under several subject headings, including:
(a) al-dhabh (slaughtering meat): when discussing that which makes the animal more at ease, they said: it should be cut in the neck if it has a short neck, and at the point where the neck meets the chest if it has a long neck, such as a camel, ostrich or goose, because that makes it easier for the soul to depart.
(b) The penalty of hunting by a muhrim (one who is in a state of ihraam for Hajj or ‘umrah). Al-Shaafa'i said: if the muhrim catches an ostrich, then a sacrifice must be offered for that. (al-Umm, 2/210)
(c) The permissibility of different parts of it. Ibn Hazam said: Whoever swears that he will not eat eggs does not break that vow unless he eats the egg of a chicken in particular; the vow is not broken by his eating the egg of an ostrich or any other bird, or fish eggs, because of that which we have mentioned. This is the view of Abu Haneefah, al-Shaafa'i and Abu Sulaymaan. (al-Muhalla, 6/327)
Note:
Al-Fayoomi said:
The word ostrich (na’aamah) applies to both male and female; the plural is na’aam.(al-Misbaah al-Muneer, p. 615)
And Allaah knows best.
It is not permissible to eat meat slaughtered by kaafirs, apart from the People of the Book, i.e., Jews and Christians, whether the kaafirs in question are Magians, idolaters, communists or any other kind of kaafirs. It is also not permissible to eat anything that has been mixed with their meat, such as soups, sauces, etc. Allaah has not permitted us to eat the food of the kuffaar apart from the food of the People of the Book, as He 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]
“Their food” means the meat that they slaughter, as mentioned by Ibn ‘Abbaas and others.
With regard to fruits and the like, there is nothing wrong with eating them, because they are not included among the foods that are haraam. As for the food of the Muslims, it is permissible for them and for others, if they are true Muslims who worship none but Allaah and do not call upon anyone besides Him such as Prophets, awliya’ (“saints”), occupants of graves and others who are worshipped by the kuffaar.
With regard to vessels, the Muslims should have vessels separate from those of the kuffaar which the latter use for their food, wine, etc. If none are available then the Muslim cooks should wash the vessels that the kuffaar use and then put the Muslims’ food in them, because of the report narrated in al-Saheehayn from Abu Tha’labah al-Khushani (may Allaah be pleased with him), that he asked the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about eating from the vessels of the mushrikeen; the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him, “Do not eat from them unless you cannot find anything else, in which case wash them and eat from them.”
May Allaah send blessings upon Muhammad and upon his family and companions.
Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: It is the correct view.
He also said: They quoted as evidence the general meaning of the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Eat not (O believers) of that (meat) on which Allaah’s Name has not been pronounced (at the time of the slaughtering of the animal)”
[al-An’aam 6:121]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“If the blood flows and the name of Allaah is mentioned, then eat.” So in order for the meat to be halaal, it is essential that the name of Allaah be mentioned. It is well known that if the condition is not met, the thing is invalid, so if the name of Allaah is not mentioned, the meat is not halaal, as with any other condition. Hence if a person prays but he forgot to do wudoo’, he has to repeat the prayer. Similarly if he prays not realizing that he had broken his wudoo’ because he thought that breaking wind does not invalidate wudoo’, or that eating camel meat does not invalidate wudoo’, for example, then he must repeat it, because the thing is not valid without the conditions being met. So if he slaughtered it but the blood did not flow, by mistake or out of ignorance, then it is not halaal, and the same applies if he does not mention the name of Allaah, because it is mentioned in the same hadeeth. End quote from al-Sharh al-Mumti’ (6/358).
See also: al-‘Inaayah Sharh al-Hidaayah (9/489); al-Fawaakih al-Dawaani (1/382); and al-Majmoo’ (8/387).
Based on this, he should not slaughter sacrifices or anything else unless he is one of those who pray regularly, and it is essential that he mentions the name of Allaah when slaughtering and says Bismillaah (in the name of Allaah).
It is also mustahabb to say takbeer, so he should say: Bismillaah, wa Allaahu akbar (In the name of Allaah and Allaah is Most Great).
Al-Bukhaari (5558) and Muslim (1966) narrated that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) sacrificed two horned black and white rams. I saw him placing his foot on their sides, and he said the name of Allaah and he said takbeer, then he slaughtered them with his own hand.
And Allaah knows best.