Fatwa ID: 07941

Answered by Maulana Abdoullah limvoonheek

Question:

My question is that meat that has been slaughtered according to shariah and then cut into pieces with utensils (knives or saws etc), does that meat become haram to consume by a Muslim even if he washes or removes the meat edges met by the said utensils above?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

It is very important to be conscious with regards to eating halal. It is a sensitive matter in the Shariah. The acts of worship are affected if a person consumes haram.

When buying meat one should be cautious. Cross-contamination happens very often and non-Muslims don’t care about this.

If the utensils were clean then it would not affect the meat. However, if the utensils were previously used to slice haram meats, then we will not say that the halal meat now becomes haram but it will be contaminated.

If it is then washed properly and one feels that the haram that touched was removed, then it will be halal and can be consumed. As Muslims, we should be careful and try to buy meat from only halal stores.

Only Allah knows best

Written by Maulana Abdoullah limvoonheek 

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

Reference:

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ طَيِّبٌ لاَ يَقْبَلُ إِلاَّ طَيِّبًا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ فَقَالَ ‏{‏ يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ عَلِيمٌ‏}‏ وَقَالَ ‏{‏ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ‏}‏ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الرَّجُلَ يُطِيلُ السَّفَرَ أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ يَمُدُّ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ يَا رَبِّ يَا رَبِّ وَمَطْعَمُهُ حَرَامٌ وَمَشْرَبُهُ حَرَامٌ وَمَلْبَسُهُ حَرَامٌ وَغُذِيَ بِالْحَرَامِ فَأَنَّى يُسْتَجَابُ لِذَلِكَ ‏”‏

Sahih Muslim Hadith 1015