{"id":10358,"date":"2018-07-05T17:07:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T17:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=10358"},"modified":"2018-07-12T17:17:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T17:17:08","slug":"eating-sacrificial-animal-from-a-dubious-sect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/eating-sacrificial-animal-from-a-dubious-sect\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating sacrificial animal from a dubious sect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 02537<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by: <\/strong>Moulana Javed ibn Nazir Kachhalia<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">As-Salaamu &#39;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">alaykum<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">I live in Germany and it is very difficult to get Halal (hand slaughtered and not stunned) meat here.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">There is a group that is very particular about this and you can get meat from a company owned by them.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">There is also another butcher whom I think also belongs to their group. I have been buying the meat <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">of<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Now I have been thinking since I don&#39;t know the &#39;Aqeedah of<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">They are from Turkey and followers of a person called S&Atilde;leyman Hilmi Tunahan who died over 50 years ago and I&#39;ve read and heard that they are from the extreme Sufis that practice things such as Rabita, a kind of connecting with the soul of their dead Shaykh e.g. these two companies.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">the&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">slaughter<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> men<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"> I should assume they&#39;re within the fold of Islam and can eat the meat.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Is this correct or should we avoid the meat?<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Answer<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Respected Brother;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The Prophet has mentioned in a Hadith: <em>&ldquo;<\/em>I<em> heard the Messenger of Allah (<\/em><em>\ufdfa<\/em><em>) say, &ldquo;That which is lawful is clear and that which is unlawful is clear, and between the two of them are doubtful matters about which many people do not know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his <\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">honour<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em>, but he who falls into doubtful matters [eventually] falls into that which is unlawful&rdquo;.<strong>(Bukhari and Muslim)<\/strong><\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<br \/>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em>Hasan bin &#39;Ali (May Allah be pleased with them) said<\/em><em>\ufdfa<\/em><em>): &quot;Give up what is doubtful to you for that which is not doubtful; for truth is peace of mind and falsehood is doubt&quot;. <strong>[At- Tirmidhi]<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">:I<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em> remember (these words) from <\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Messenger<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em> of Allah (<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">From the above <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Ahadeeth<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"> we come to know that the Prophet <img src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\msohtmlclip1\\01\\clip_image001.png\" \/>is <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\">indicating<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"> us that we should try to avoid what is doubtful.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In regards to your query about the sect, if their Aqeedah is to believe in the oneness of Allah SWT and at the same time there is no shirk involve, they sacrifice the animal according to the Islamic way which are:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">To face the animal towards Qiblah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">To recite &lsquo;<em>Bismillah Allahu Akbar&rsquo;<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Cut four veins from the throat of the animal<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>(Ahsanul Fatawa Vol 7, Pg 404, Saeed Company)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">If the above conditions are found then the animal will be halal and permitted to eat.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Written by Moulana Javed ibn Nazir Kachhalia<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Checked and Approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Fatwa ID: 02537 Answered by: Moulana Javed ibn Nazir Kachhalia Question: As-Salaamu &#39;alaykum, I live in Germany and it is very difficult to get 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