ARTICLE
CARRION - the carcass of a dead animal. Carrion begins to decay the moment of the animal's death, and it will increasingly attract insects and breed bacteria. Islamically the concept of, carrion — or more specifically al - maita ( الميتة ) — extends to animals which have been killed by means other than exsanguination during slaughter or the hunt.
Islamic Prohibition against CARRION:
The Quran forbids the consumption of dead animals or "carrion" (
الميتة
) — of animals which have been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a fall, or which have been gored to
death.
Islamic law commands that all halal animals meant for food, with the exception of locusts , fish and sea creatures, be slaughtered by cutting the jugular vein in the animal's neck to allow death by exsanguination. This is known as zabihah . Game animals which have been killed in the hunt , by bleeding out, are likewise permissible.
AMNA's Criteria for CARRION:
The table below describes our criteria for judging a FOOD as
CARRION
. Helpful icons make it easy to judge foods at a glance.
Related Topics:
What does Quran and
hadith
say about
CARRION (dead meat)
?
What is Islamic slaughter,
zabihah
(
ذبيحة
).
How does AMNA
identify
and
label
foods containing other
HARAM
substances like
PORK,
or
BLOOD
?
Why do we use
"?"
on some icons? What does it mean?
Ask about foods containing multiple ingredients of concern