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Quran & Ahadith: HALAL
HALAL in the Quran
اليوم احل لكم الطيبات وطعام الذين اوتوا الكتاب حل لكم وطعامكم حل لهم والمحصنات من المؤمنات والمحصنات من الذين اوتوا الكتاب من قبلكم اذا اتيتموهن اجورهن محصنين غير مسافحين ولامتخذي اخدان ومن يكفر بالايمان فقد حبط عمله وهو في الاخرة من الخاسرين
“Today the good things are permitted you, and the food of those who were given the Book is permitted to you, and
permitted to them is your food; Likewise believing women in wedlock, and in wedlock women of them who were given the
Book before you if you give them their wages, in wedlock and not in licence, or as taking lovers. Whoso disbelieves in
the faith, his work has failed, and in the world to come he shall be among the losers."
— Quran. Surat al-Ma'idah 5:5
ياايها الذين امنوا كلوا من طيبات مارزقناكم واشكروا لله ان كنتم اياه تعبدون
"O ye who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you, and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him ye
worship."
— Quran. Surat al-Baqarah 2:172
والانعام خلقها لكم فيها دفء ومنافع ومنها تاكلو ٥ ولكم فيها جمال حين تريحون وحين تسرحون ٦
"And cattle He has created for you (men): from them you derive warmth, and numerous benefits, and of their (meat)
you eat. And you have a sense of pride and beauty in them as you drive them home in the evening, and as you lead them
forth to pasture in the morning."
— Quran. Surah an-Nahl 16:5-6
Hadith referencing HALAL
“Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.”
— Collected by
At-Tirmidh
i,
an-Nasa’I
and
ad-Darimi
; authenticated by
Sheikh al-Albaani
in
Sahih al-Jami as-Saghir
, Vol. 1, p. 637, Number 3378
Food of the People of the Book (Christians & Jews)
Narrated
Abu Tha'laba Al-Khushan
i: "I said,
'O Allah's Prophet! We are living in a land ruled by the people of the Scripture; Can we take our meals in their
utensils? In that land there is plenty of game and I hunt the game with my bow and with my hound that is not trained and
with my trained hound. Then what is lawful for me to eat?'
He said,
'As for what you have mentioned about the people of the Scripture, if you can get utensils other than theirs, do not eat
out of theirs, but if you cannot get other than theirs, wash their utensils and eat out of it. If you hunt an animal
with your bow after mentioning Allah's Name, eat of it. and if you hunt something with your trained hound after
mentioning Allah's Name, eat of it, and if you hunt something with your untrained hound (and get it before it dies) and
slaughter it, eat of it.'
"
— Sahih Bukhari. 67: 387
CHICKEN
Narrated Abu Musa al-Ashari (r.a.a.):
"I saw the Messenger of Allah (r.a.a.) consuming (the meat of) chicken."
— Sahih al-Bukhari, Number 5198
CHEESE
Narrated
Abdullah ibn Umar
:
"The Prophet (s.a.s.) was brought a piece of cheese in Tabuk. He called for a knife, mentioned Allah's Name and cut
it."
— Abu Dawoud. Book 27, Number 3810
Jallalah of halal animals
Narrated by
Ibn 'Umar
and
'Amr Ibn Shu'ayb
:
"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.s.) forbade the eating (of)
jallalah
or (drinking) its milk."
— Imam Ahmad. Abu Dawud.
[AMNA Note:] The jallalah of otherwise halal animals (chicken, cows, camel, etc.) are excluded from being lawful food. Jallalah are those otherwise halal animals which eat impurities, such as animal feed 'enriched' with animal protein, (sometimes from the same species, making them cannibalistic) or with bone meal [pig-derived].)
In this regard,
Ibnul-Qayyim
says:
"Muslim scholars have unanimously agreed that if the animal is fed on imure fodder (animal feed), then detained and
fed on pure food, its meat and milk became lawful. Likewise, if plants and fruits are watered with impure water, ten
watered with pure water, they are deemed lawful. Thus, they are no longer deemed impure food because they have been
converted to good and lawful food by means of pure water."
—
I'lam Al-Muwaqqi'in
1:40