How is Meat in West Halal when USA is not a Christian country? assim al hakeem JAL

[@shakibempire01]

You're not gonna die if you don't eat from macdonald kfc burger King etc You don't have to be desperate, Alhamdulillah there's halal food out there 🤦‍♂️

[@chitro]

Except certain big cities in the US, it is impossible to find jabiha meats by Muslims unless you are willing to travel hours to your nearby big city… if someone doesn’t want to put undue burden onto themselves in light of the Sheik’s explanation, there’s nothing wrong with that… Allah knows best!

[@humzdon4life]

Guys can someone please help what is your guys view on this Mohammad qasim guy In Lahore who claims to have these dreams jzk

[@Ok44398]

@@chitro not true .There are so much halal meats in the U.S., you can even get it shipped to you with sites like boxed halal and theres also kosher

[@Ok44398]

@@humzdon4life well obviously he is a defiant claiming to be the mahdi, can't believe people still fall for these things. May Allah protect us all.

[@issamkholoud2009]

@@chitrovegetables

[@aslammoola]

Where there is doubt we should abstain. There are so many questions around this matter, and food that we ingest has such a profound impact on our Ibadan and lives, I find it quite bold for our Sheikh to be so confident on this topic.

[@Onemessagefoundationismyfav]

Did you even listened to the answer? Maybe you just heard it, but next time try to listen.

[@aslammoola]

@@OnemessagefoundationismyfavI listened very carefullly my brother. (Just one example: majority of western countries are not Christian by any definition….)

[@rokayamane2668]

Didn't he say " those countries are Christian by default". Did they burn their churches, did they remove the cross from their flags. Isn't USA slogan : " in God we trust"? Aren't they celebrating Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Thanksgiving, Valentine'sDay? As far as we know, these are all Christian based holidays 🙄. Instead of killing ourselves on halal food, maybe we should start questioning ourselves celebrating christian holidays when living in the west. I would rather eat their food, but not celebrating their shirk with them. Makes sense? That's the real point!!

[@Shahzadiqbal2]

@@aslammoolaalso prophet was asked the same question directly and he replied. I’ll let you watch be video again so that you know Whalen replied to your exact question.

[@Onemessagefoundationismyfav]

@@aslammoolaI am not sure who do you mean by majority But the US is a Christian country. Regardless of existence of all other ideologies.

[@haroon2147]

As A Pakistani Muslim born in the U.K. I have always known for major feed chains like MacDonald’s and Burger King to always be harm. Their are certain chains that have adopted halal meat like certain subways and kfc branches. But hearing the sheikh give this fatwa really did take me back like whattttt? For me I have a due diligence as a Muslim to at least ask if the meat is halal and if it isn’t then find somewhere that the meat is halal. May Allah SWT guide me first on the right path and never let me go astray and then guide those who are the voice for the layman Muslim and never let them go astray

[@lastmanonearthlastman]

May Allah increase your Iman. I spent nearly 10 years in London and always found desi Muslims born in UK to eat at fast food chains without asking. I who had moved from Qatar to Uk found it odd but found later its very tough for these youngsters, peer pressure, lack of halal food, temptation due to marketing by food chains etc. May Allah reward your parents who taught you not to succumb to all of this & Alhamdullilah for safe guarding you.

[@hadiamrane]

Yes @haroon2147, Sheikh Ibn utaymeen and Ibn baaz were the two scholars, among others who follow this opinion too and many student of knowledge and sheikh throuhought EU follow this opinion too that you shouldn't ask and just say bismillah and eat, sheikh Ibn utaymeen even got asked a question about cross contamination and that somebody wasn't sure wether they do or not and the sheikh, rahimullah, said just say bismillah and eat as this is the sunnah, not to ask and eat, like the prophet, allahi assalatu wassalam, did. You can find these question being asked on islamqa.

[@wellwisher4244]

00:04:12 NOTE: "No Hadith number" of the so-called "Authentic Hadith" in the Saheeh, which the Sheikh has referred to. Try finding it in the saheeh!!! Anyone with any sense MUST NOT, I repeat "MUST NOT" accept anything, or everything that a Scholar says until it can adequately be verified & validated against an authentic source. It is an irresponsible & juvenile approach to dumb one's mind, stop critical thinking, & become like Zombie i.e. worse than cattle Q7:179. We alone will answer for our actions on the day of judgment, not a Sheikh or a scholar or anybody else. Scholars are people just like us. They have ostensibly somewhat more knowledge than the average Joe on the street. So whatever they say is according to what they have studied, understood & reasoned - BUT THEIR FATWA IS NOT DEEN, IT IS NOT ISLAM - it is merely what they have concluded to be the proper solution to a problem. AND ALL SCHOLARS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL. Scholars who cannot quote their verifiable sources must always be doubted.

[@nadeemshahdallas]

asking means nothing, anyone can say its halal, then what? are you going to stand in the back and ask the religion of the butcher? Even in Pakistan many Christian boys are kept as butchers, do you ask in a Pakistani restaurant if its halal or if the butcher was halal? you assume its a Muslim country and it must be halal...

[@michaellynch1085]

He doesn’t give fatwa he relays from scholars

[@TheMaximer16]

What a good and complete answer. This just shows how knowledgable Assim Al-Hakeem is mashallah, may Allah give him a long and healthy life. Ameen.

[@anomynous879]

Assalamu aleikum brother/sister, It's best to end your comment with ameen because it's not allowed to say insha Allah after making dua.

[@TheMaximer16]

@@anomynous879 I actually didn't know that, thank you.

[@anomynous879]

@@TheMaximer16 No problem. The reason why it's not allowed is because it's as if you are giving Allah SWT the option to answer your dua. The Prophet (PBUH) said that the person should be firm in what they asking for.

[@michaelmalzahn-tx2zi]

y'all are funny. first muslims claim islam is perfect and people are flocking to it because it has such clear cut laws and roles. but then you bend over backwards to break your own laws. this reminds me of muhammad's answer to the killing of women and children of the pagans during night raids. one hadith says not to kill women and children. then when he was asked about the pagan women and children he replied 'they are of them'. as in, don't worry about it. or the hadith where he orders trees cut and burnt down after he has supposedly forbidden that.

[@yousefnoori]

@@Onemessagefoundationismyfav There is no harm in saying Ameen to own duaa, even if the practice is not widespread it’s still fine since Ameen means ‘Ya Allah, accept this duaa.’ Check the sheikh’s other video about this

[@anomynous879]

Probably the longest answer he has given to a question. JazakAllahu khair.

[@humzdon4life]

Guys can someone please help what is your guys view on this Mohammad qasim guy In Lahore who claims to have these dreams jzk

[@naserazizi]

I think he felt it is necessary to put in details, as we all know some Sheikhs spoke contrary to him.

[@muhammadmostafa4360]

​@@humzdon4lifeThe name of Mahdi is supposed to be Muhammad ibn Abdullah and his name is Muhammad Qasim. Case closed.

[@ati832]

because his wrong and to arrgogant to admit his mistake, this guy loves his haram meat and alcohol.

[@HeWhoMustNotBeNamedYouKnowWho]

@@humzdon4life whaaat bro you definitely from Pakistan this is shirk brother no one knows the future Stop this rubbish nonsense and the fact that most Bengali and Pakistan people do this and that I know you are from there without knowing you tell you a lot about your haram culture and traditions

[@jamajama9414]

Fast food restaurants serve bacon, they cook bacon and beef or chicken in same grill, any fast food restaurants serve bacon automatically you cant eat there even your beef or chicken zabiha! You like it or dont like it. (mc Donald’s , burger king or domino’s serve bacon)

[@dontBeAParrot]

Source?

[@jamajama9414]

@@dontBeAParrot I have seen, and I worked in few fine restaurants. Do you really think dominos will buy extra oven for non pork(bacon) pizza!? Same grill( oven), pizza slicer and even same cutting board. Even few years ago in California subway tuba sandwich contained pork and chicken, you can search it was in news. Its all about business 💰.

[@dontBeAParrot]

@@jamajama9414 You can simply ask for your pizza not to be cut. If you are 100% sure the same cutter is used. Have you analysed any pizza samples to determine if cross contamination did imdeed occur? The principal of Fiqh is that doubt does not begets certainty, so if you say it "might" be contaminated then that is not sufficient for me to deem it impermissible, I would neeed to know for sure, otherwise you may find that most of the food on the planet is haram by your logic. It isn't my job to find out how every single restaurant cooks and cleans and as I understand the islamic teaching is not fore to go out of my way to find out either.

[@sultanfaiz6206]

With all due respect the sheikh is weing. In addition to being a Zabiha it must be Halal & Clean. There are cross contamination with the dishes and utensils. As he mentions in 4:40 about mentioning the Name of Allah Subbana hu wa ta'ala on the meat, then if my non-Muslum friend dies and I recite the Kalima (Testifacation of Faith) on his DEAD BODY would that make him/her a Muslim or a Muslima? Same concept about an animal who isn't slaughtered accordingly. The sheikh is talking without living in the West.

[@Vortex.08]

@@sultanfaiz6206You didn’t listen to the video at all. He says multiple times that he is talking about western countries. Cross contamination is possible but all you have to do is research how the health inspection works for certain restaurants. Besides do you really think that they cook meat on one grill? Of course not. Another point is people ordering an item that contains bacon but they specify that they want the bacon removed. The restaurant won’t pull out or grill the food on the same grill. The person could have a food allergy and could get sick if it is. It would cause problems for the restaurant as well.

[@liezryou9379]

"The US Constitution states in Article VI, Clause 3: "No religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." The US constitution does not and could never require the president to be christian.

[@Onemessagefoundationismyfav]

Maybe the sheikh was try to explain that the Presidents are only Christians. Also it’s not in their constitution for a president to be a Man.,. But have you ever seen a women? Probably they are better in practising their Christianity than how you perceive it.

[@AD-xe9pn]

While the U.S. Constitution does not mention God, nearly all state constitutions reference either God or the divine, according to a 2017 analysis. God also appears in the Declaration of Independence, the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

[@ChErRyaVe20pK]

Why do they make presidents swear on the bible? In God we trust written on the courts? Seems very christian to me

[@annispatel43]

As a muslim born in the UK, never mind eating and buying meat from non muslim outlets, we go as far as only buying meat from HMC certified butchers. According to this sheikh, we can eat literally anywhere. My father always taught me to be careful of what I ate unless it was a life or death situation. Another story about meat from "the people of the book." I was at tel Aviv airport queuing up to buy some food. A Palestinian brother working at the place said brother the meat here isn't halal!!!!! Do people of the book even exist in this day and age? What book? The one they distorted and changed or the original book as it was revealed to the prophets?

[@SoubhanAllahAlhamdoulilAllah]

Follow the evidences, if your respectable father is saying something and the evidences are in the opposite way we follow the Quran and Sunnah and you let know your father.

[@eleet321]

The books were declared to be distorted at the time that the Quran was revealed. They didn't get distorted in the last 100 years. It's always been the case since the inception of Islam, and yet the Quran still allowed to eat their food.

[@emraan_4]

PLEASE DO NOT BE IGNORANT, Quran was sent down because those books were corrupted.

[@annispatel43]

@@SoubhanAllahAlhamdoulilAllah Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The lawful is clear and the 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 honor, and he who falls into doubtful matters will fall into the unlawful as the shepherd who pastures near a sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Verily, every king has a sanctum and the sanctum of Allah is His prohibitions. Verily, in the body is a piece of flesh which, if sound, the entire body is sound, and if corrupt, the entire body is corrupt. Truly, it is the heart.”

[@SoubhanAllahAlhamdoulilAllah]

@@annispatel43 نعم

[@IA67676]

As an englishman I'll say that the uk is genuinely not a christian country even by name the uk is majority atheist according to latest census results.

[@Onemessagefoundationismyfav]

That’s not our concern… by default we know it’s a Christian country! The flag and the Crown are Covered and painted with Christian Crosses. Now whatever people opinion is then that is theirs. For Eg: India is a democratic country but it has a massive communist movement and groups, also the majority of the population can’t even write the word Democracy let alone define it. Does it change the fact that India is a democracy?

[@maazmustafa2322]

The sheikh is wrong in what he's said here and the scholars fatwa he's using are from the previous century. But you're wrong too. England & Wales stats show Christians being 46% and Muslims 6.5%. Add these up and these two faiths along with the jews are still in the majority (>50%)

[@IA67676]

@@maazmustafa2322 I said the uk as whole. The only truly religious part of the uk is london cause that's where alot of muslims are and also because only 45 percent of people there are white British so "irreligion" (which is what most white brits identified as when asked) would be less and other religions like islam and Hinduism made a over a qiater of the people there due ethnic minorites

[@33rdgrandinspectorgeneral18]

I concur. But even muslim countries are not very Muslim either. I'm grateful I met islam alone with Allah before I met most American Muslims. I'm not a fully obedient Muslim myself.

[@MsGoldensparkles]

Remember, he stated that majority was in the power-holding circles, not the general public

[@randomstuff3413]

9:38 With all respect to the Sheikh. It is NOT in the constitution that the president has to be a Christian..

[@TexasCoffeeBeans]

So you’re gonna throw out all the evidences the sheikh presented in the video just because he made a mistake about the constitution of a country he hasn’t visited in 40 years? Get real.

[@Onemessagefoundationismyfav]

Name us 1 president in US history that wasn’t a Christian?

[@Musafeer360]

They all swear on the bible. Atheist or christian want someone like us. Will you accept a Christian in Muslim countries? In some Muslim countries it is not a requirement

[@randomstuff3413]

@@OnemessagefoundationismyfavNone were non-Christian. Your point though? Still not in the constitution.

[@randomstuff3413]

@@Musafeer360Your point? Still not in the constitution.

[@fihamahmed5574]

SubhanAllah, this reminded me of the story of Musa (AS) and the cow. People goes into extreme for simple matters when Allah has made it easy for them.

[@Blacksugar259]

Good example. Also the prophet ﷺ was against this kind of attitude.

[@omarfaruque2757]

incredible example brother. right on point.

[@sonyhilary]

Can anyone clarify? 1. Did Al-Lh knew mohammad can't "IQRA" ( read recite any jilabi you would like to make) 2. So why did Jibreal insted of telling mohammad like he did to others ask him to IQRA after hugging him painfully? 3. This is a clear indication that Al -Lah did not know. Then can he be all knowing? 4. Mohammad didn't know who Jibrael was scared shitless ran to Khdija who after some drama declared him as Jibrael and mohammad as so called prophet. So who is better Al - Lah who didn't know mohammad can't IQRA Or Jibrael Or mohammad who couldn't recognise Jibrael or Khadija? Problem is even she couldn't see Jibrael. 5. In this entire story where there is not a single witness to prove? The beginning of the entire quraan is comically false so the rest of the so called unlearned mohammad's teachings. 🙏

[@juaritos2724]

@@sonyhilaryKeep coping with Islam being the true religion of God, because you obviously don’t have better things besides spamming made up arguments that don’t make sense. Speaking of which, stop spamming that with curse words in the same comments with our Prophet PBUH and Allah SWT angels. Such disrespect to our prophet PBUH and our creator of the universe. That’s a real bad unnecessary deed that you’re adding to yourself.

[@CountChocula-on9ix]

Well said

[@ubaidmemon4564]

Not even going to lie ... I live in london and there's sooo much halal food here alhamdulilah but i still see so many Muslims eat in haram restaurants after just 1 bismillah.

[@deej6669]

Facts! I agree with you

[@Anon72005]

Doesnt matter. Its permissible.

[@ImtianaJones]

A tourist from abroad could argue they're visiting a Christian country and hence the meat is permissible. We might disagree but it's not for us to tell them they're wrong, which I think the sheikh is saying.

[@ubaidmemon4564]

@@ImtianaJones i agree but what would you say if they are told and shown but still chose to eat from the haram places... Because according to them and the video its permissible

[@yoyomelon6275]

@@Anon72005and those rest get their meat from Haram butcher… that’s not slaughtered but killed. Killed with bolt to the head.

[@AishaSAzim]

The Fatawa of Sheikhs Ibn Uthaimeen and Ibn Baaz (RH), with all due respect, are decades old and according to the state of affairs in Western countries decades ago. A recent survey in the UK has shown that the majority of Christian scholars themselves don't even consider the UK to be a Christian country any more. Surveys show that approximately half of the Canadian population self-identifies as *non-Christian*. When people themselves declare they are not Christian, what are we getting from pretending they are? And even if they were, what is missed in this entire discussion that Ali (R) himself, among the Sahaba and one of the rightly guided Caliphs whose wisdom the Prophet (S) asked us to hang onto... It was reported by Imam Shafa’e (RA) and Abd al-Razzaaq with a rigorously authentic chain of narration from Muhammad ibn Seereen from ‘Abeedah al-Salmaani from Ali that he said: “Don’t eat what the Christians of Banu Taghlib have slaughtered because they have not retained of their religion anything but drinking wine.” In the Tafseer of the Ayah of Surah al-Maaida - the reason for the Halal status of the meat of the People of the Book is because they took the Name of Allah. Not only the Name of Allah but also the method of slaughter has to be correct for it to be Halal. Outside of some Muslim-owned Halal businesses, it is well known that the default situation of meat in some "Christian" countries is that it is slaughtered in a method that is not Halal, and without the Name of Allah. They're on record publicly talking about the poultry industry and how it works, in open interviews. We don't even need to ask. They talk about their unholy methods of slaughter themselves, and some even ban Islamically correct slaughter because they (falsely) think it causes more pain than the other methods. No one needs to ask or take a placement test of a Christian... their methods of animal slaughter are openly declared by themselves! One of the upcoming "kinder" technologies that Canada is hoping to adopt is to gas the chickens to death.

[@Shahzadiqbal2]

Sheikh mentioned the Hadith where prophet said to eat the meat by saying the name of Allah if you don’t know of it was slaughtered right or not. Also, do not quote a survey of scholars regarding Christianity. Instead, check the actual demographics of the counties in Question. USA is predominantly a Christian country.

[@hdhh0]

​@@Shahzadiqbal2no its not about if it was slaughtered or not, it's about if the name of Allah was mentioned.

[@anis-4297]

I doubt the Christian don't say Allah's name they took Jesus as their God I am still confused

[@layman-]

​​@@shakos4105brother do you think vast majority of turkey pray?than you might be wrong brother... secondly in Pakistan though the practicing Muslim number is better than turkey they have corrupt aqeeda and stuffs....christan aren't true christan is kinda wrong...as long as they are labeled Christan it shouldn't matter.. vast majority of the women of this ummah don't cover still we consider them Muslim right....then again i wouldn't dare to eat in the west:)

[@AishaSAzim]

Yes, that Hadith of the Prophet (S) was not violated by Ali (R)'s Fatwa when he said Muslims should no longer eat from Banu Taghlib since they were no longer following the laws of slaughter. In fact it was being followed fully when he gave that fatwa. The explanation of the Hadith is that the meat that the Sahaba were talking about was slaughtered by new *Muslims* (not non-Muslims), and the Prophet (S) was teaching them not to doubt their fellow Muslims *without a valid reason*. But when a valid reason appears (as it did after his death in the time of Ali (R), and the Christians of Banu Taghlib were known to have abandoned the rules of slaughter in their religion), then the Sahaba stopped eating from them. These were the Sahaba who the Prophet (S) told us to follow, because they understood him (S) better than you or me can. The valid reason to not eat from the Christians in our times is so open that one doesn't even need to ask how the commercially available meat was slaughtered or whether the name of Allah was taken or not. It's clear public knowledge how the majority of the industry works. It's not even like a 50-50 chance that the common commercial meat might be using Allah’s Name or slaughtering correctly or not. If we're not eating from a verified supplier, there is such a high chance that it's not according to Christian/Jewish law that you might as well just assume it. Therefore our reason to avoid their meat is probably even more valid than Ali (R)'s refusal to eat from the Banu Taghlib, because today's Christians have not only retained nothing but wine and pork but also legally honoured the People of Lut.

[@imahmud]

Very convincing answer, but Allah knows best. I think i will be on the safer side. May Allah reward our sheikh, Assim Alhakeem.

[@AbdulRahman.AlHashemi]

@@onnixchaney8797 Am I supposed to play detective to find your comment? You can't bother to copy and paste if you think he's gravely wrong?

[@hadiamrane]

@@AbdulRahman.AlHashemi These people are jokes, these don't want to learn islam at all. Just be defiant and make jokes about "saudi scholars never left saudi" like that "somo" username guy who left a whole paragraph of a joke if you sort to newest in the comments. I gave them everything, like every single proof, but they don't want to learn islam what so ever, just go by feeling.

[@abdinour8606]

It’s not convincing if you are in the west because we know they’re killing the animal haram way and everywhere they serve food there’s pork cooked next to it

[@imahmud]

@onnixchaney8797 how can I say he is wrong? He is a knowledgeable scholar, and his answer is based on the Quran and the Sunnah. The answer he gave was excellent, I personally want to be on the safer side without any shubuhaat.

[@MehtabReviews]

​@@onnixchaney8797you are not a scholar and why should I even see your comment

[@arshiabasheer75]

Alhamdulilah shaikh jazakallah hu khairan u are awesome REALLY, I was disturbed by the viral video's too, alhamdulilah Allah answered my dua and u explained it so clearly may Allah grant u a long and fruitful life serving his deen shaikh may Allah protect you from all evil and shower ur life with immense happiness ameen

[@musabkartal]

do not assume Allah answered your dua or not. you have no way of knowing. maybe it was going to happen if you make a dua or not. or maybe it got accepted but how do you know?

[@DZeuf]

Brother take it easy on this brother/sister. The Dua was somewhat heard/answered in the sense that Allah conveyed the video to this person. It could have been not be the case and Allah could have choose to not convey the information of this video one way or another and person still confused about the issue. But Allah knows best what's good for each person. And each Muslim needs to keep good faith in Allah and the firm conviction that any Duaa would be answered by Allah, either in this dunya life or akhira.

[@arshiabasheer75]

Jazakallah hu khairan brother @DZeuf that's what I meant, alhamdulilah

[@zhamed9587]

I live in the USA. Please read about how they slaughter, especially chickens. There are clear guidelines set by the overseeing agencies about how slaughtering is to be done, including allowing that the animal is dead (by shock or gas for example) before it is slaughtered. We don't live in a time where this information is hard to obtain, the regulations are strict. Not to mention that it is no longer a Christian country. Even the Christians themselves barely practice or believe. Churches are empty (Alhamdulillah some are being converted to Masajid), and it's mostly the older generations that are attending those churches. Give it a few more years and it will dwindle even more. Atheism and secularism are spreading more and more among the youth. Don't tell me the president is Christian. The clown biden permits homosexuality and zina. Which makes him a disbeliever of his own religion 😂 We won't even get to the issue of contamination. The same workers in McDonald's or Burger King or even pizza places will use the same gloves to put bacon on the previous sandwich or pizza, then make another one without bacon. It's already contaminated. The Jews are extremely strict when it comes to eating Kosher, so why can't we? Please listen to scholars who have explained why meat in the West, including in the USA, who have explained why the meat sold is not Halal. The Sheikh here, with all due respect, is mistaken. I recommend Shaikh Abdulkader Al Housien who explained this issue quite well. And also, grave worshippers in Muslim countries? Please let's not go there.

[@lastmanonearthlastman]

Avoid Food from the non halal outlets.. a small sacrifice .. Inshallah we will eat of the best in Jannah and may Allah accept our abstinence and sacrifice in this world for the next. Aameen

[@youtubeuser3182]

Let’s be honest indo-pak people over complicate their religion with outward innovations/practices so that they can say “we are better Muslims than Arab Muslims”

[@yoyomelon6275]

@@youtubeuser3182 Arab people always taking moral high ground and being racist as usual. Looking down on indo Pak people for following what’s right… Arabs on other hand? No hijab, drinking becomes permissible and sleeping around becomes permissible once they go west..

[@freemanontheland507]

Ameen...

[@youtubeuser3182]

Abstinence and sacrifice from that which is halal is actually haram. And making duaa for Allah to accept your haram actions as good deeds. So haram on haram. Shaytan has your mind washed

[@aj3706]

@@youtubeuser3182 It's not haram, they're in doubt so they are leaving it alone. Your mind : "It's wrong to avoid halal food to eat other halal food". That's essentially what you're saying. But in the end we are eating halal. So there is no harm in that. Hadith: Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711 In-book reference : Book 51, Hadith 173 English translation : Vol. 6, Book 51, Hadith 5714 "I said to Al-Hasan bin 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him: 'What did you memorize from the Messenger of Allah [SAW]?' He said: I memorized from him: 'Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.'"

[@dontdoit114]

9:34 - the Shaykh is incorrect about the US Constitution demanding that the president has to be Christian. In actuality there is no religious requirement to be the President of the United States. The U.S. Constitution clearly states in Article VI that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." Hence, a person of any faith, or no faith at all, can serve as President, provided they meet other requirements, such as being a natural-born U.S. citizen, at least 35 years old, and having lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.

[@fortnajt]

Almost all western countries are Non relgiios in the constitutions.

[@officialyusra]

yeah americans a secular country even thomas jefferson wasnt christian.

[@Theoneandonlyearthhuman]

@@officialyusraso is pakistan and bangladesh, secular nations lol

[@AD-xe9pn]

While the U.S. Constitution does not mention God, nearly all state constitutions reference either God or the divine, according to a 2017 analysis. God also appears in the Declaration of Independence, the Pledge of Allegiance and on U.S. currency The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

[@wqsnsr8]

​@Theoneandonlyearthhuman very true + majority is bidaati & mushrik in Pakistan unfortunately

[@anwar19khan]

MashaAllah! Was waiting for someone to question about this matter. The answer is great.

[@sqyed]

I respect the answer and it seems to make sense from your perspective. The only thing I'm not reading any comments mention is the fact that the Hadeeths, I think you mentioned 2 iirc, have an instance where food is presented or offered to Muslims... If you are emphasising that we can certainly eat food offered to us by a Christian or a Jew, whether it be a party invite or just casual or anything else, I can fully understand that. My issue is when we go out to look for buying food, does it not become incumbent upon ourselves to confirm what we are buying or ordering to consume?

[@carliemorales204]

ALLAH has made His Deen easy as mercy for you, but you prefer hardships and reject His Mercy.

[@carliemorales204]

@@onnixchaney8797 Where?

[@sqyed]

@@carliemorales204 what is your problem? I asked a simple question and your labelling me as rejecting things? Watch what you type.

[@carliemorales204]

@@sqyed You are. *"Today all good, pure foods have been made lawful for you. Similarly, the food of the People of the Book is permissible for you and yours is permissible for them."* (Qur'an 5:5)

[@carliemorales204]

@@sqyed You want to make your life harder and rejectimg ALLAH's favour on you.

[@nkausar1]

Masha’ALLAH TabarakALLAH. Very nicely explained. How do you ask Sheikh questions? He doesn’t reply to my e-mails anymore but this is crucial to learn from a well educated Sheikh like Sheikh Assim al Hakeem. BarakaALLAHU Feek.

[@tjhashimi]

Sheikh Assalam O Alaikum! You are 100% correct. May ALLAH give you reward for clearly understanding this matter and explaining it to us. And ALLAH knows best.

[@sulaimanjalloh]

Jazaka Allahu Khairan Sheikh for having the courage and integrity to address this question, which is actually a moot point. The Shari'ah about this matter is quite straightforward, but the main problem is that many Muslim laities presume they're "A'lim" or "Mufti", and thus make their own Fatawa. It's a trick of the Shaitan to sow so much doubt in our Deen that we spend more time confused and arguing about something clear. If anyone has doubt they can abstain, but it is NOT permissible for that person to tell others it's Haram.

[@bill8352]

He is so good at explaining, and not making it difficult to understand. Thank you

[@Hannestv4607]

Son of God does not mean that God has a child in Christianity! *what a mistake in the Qur'an!* Son of God are 2 titles one referring to the Word of God and one referring to creation (humans, angels, demons)

[@Hannestv4607]

*what a mistake in the Qur'an!* Allah himself testifies that he has a son and he is the son as Christians understand it! Only the Koran writer was too ignorant to know what Son of God means! Allah's word which created everything is Allah himself too! *The Word Allahs which created everything is the Son of God according to Christianity!*

[@mothernaturesounds9476]

I live in a small town in Canada and for me to get Halal meat I have to drive 25min min to Walmart where there is a limit which is fine to me. If not I have to drive one hour and a half to get it. Hamdulillah we do our best. May Allah forgive us

[@lingling1513]

@@Hannestv4607 may Allah guide you

[@mashpantm3623]

​@@Hannestv4607please don't spread Hinduism using the name of Christianity.

[@Rawhide_Rumble]

Finally someone who has explained this in a way we can all understand! Unfortunately, people will play Lotto 6/49, pay interest, lie, drink alcohol etc but these same people draw the line on halal food! It's crazy how they can justify haram stuff, but when there is a verse in Quran & Hadith about eating non-zabiha they will attack you as if you are bad Muslim! This is just my impression so if you disagree, I respect it. I was born in North America so its my own view. May Allah guide us. Ameen.

[@aqxico]

You really think the drinkers of alcohol and gamblers are the same ones worried about eating halal meat?

[@aqxico]

The United States allows homosexuality, allows people to insult Jesus, peace be upon him, and has no requirement for a United States president to be Christian (I’m not sure where he even got this from). How is this remotely a Christian nation? Not to mention, THEY DON’T SLAUGHTER THEIR MEAT, they kill it with a bolt to the head. He keeps parroting the fallacy of authority, talking about the SCHOLARS, but the scholars he’s referring to died DECADES ago, may Allah have mercy on them, and have NEVER lived in the west. It’s not SOME slaughterhouses that kill with a bolt to the head, it’s the overwhelming majority of them. I’m happy for you that you don’t gamble or drink alcohol, may Allah protect us from these things, but don’t the feeling accomplishment from abstaining from those things misguide you into eating haram meat. You won’t be questioned about those Muslims that commit other sins, you’ll only be questioned about your own sins, and likewise me mine. May Allah guide us all.

[@creelguy]

Thank you for this video Sheikh, it was very clear.

[@quettawalainamerica6497]

What about the idea: if you are in doubt, avoid it.

[@Idris.1994.Norway]

The shaykh said it in a way «After all of this, if you dont want to eat good for you. I have no problem».

[@alalnajjar2187]

Read this Important comment jazakum Allah khairan: First of all even if we eat the allowed meats anywhere is the world and we were lied about the method it was slaughtered i.e. not slaughtered by the people of the book and other Islamic conditions then the burden falls on those who lies not us alhamdulillah. Second: Even is we eat allowed Meats for any given reason we do not leave the fold if Islam ,however, if we did it intentionally it is a great haram (sin) and should ask Allah for forgiveness. Third: And this is for all scholars including shaikh Asim (may Allah protect them and benefit us with their knowledge ameen) : If shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen and Bin baz and Albani and others (past and present) were here today and saw that is going on in slaughter homes (since some Muslims opened that door and investigated) they may very well change their rulings (Allah knows best). Because a ruling "fatwa" can change according to time and place. I will add this very important and related point : " Today in slaughter houses/farms and level of neglect and abuse is unbelievable. I personally saw this in many of them. They treat animals without mercy. The places are full of germs. For example they walk on dead chicken/baby chicks and many other horrible things. However, there are good slaughter homes that do not do these bad practices. I think to me this is more important than anything else. Also undersstand that Shaikh Ibn Uthaimeen (may Alllah have mercy on his soul) gave a ruling based on what he knows and what he saw as a general benefit to the Ummah. We can say bismillah and eat and not worry about it. As prophet instructed the companions in one incident. (which shiakh Asim mentioned in this video clip). let us all know that it would be very difficult to live in some places in the world (especially remote areas) and find halal slaughter places or restaurants owned by honest Muslims. In America for example (and our family lived there for many decades till now) we remember driving many miles and for a long time just to go pray or find a Muslim owned place to eat or shop. But these days (alhamdulillah) things have greatly changes. In many cities even small ones you will find a Masjid (mosque) or a Muslim owned and operated shops or restaurants. You can even find farms owned by Muslims to buy such meat and offer sacrifice (udheyah) for our festival (Eid Al-Fitr). Fourth: The solution for this is easy . Just avoid these places and have a peace of mind like we do in my family. Brothers and sisters starts cooking at home it is cleaner and more economical as well. Fifth: I advice you not to eat at these fast food restaurants especially the big chains since there are many medical reports that expose the poor quality of the food and the processing of such foods (chemicals, using pork products...etc.). Finally: And this is what we do in our home. Always eat fish/seafood/vegetables if you have to eat for some reason (necessity). And certainly avoid places that serve alcohol and have fitnah (tribulation or trials ) in them like music/women who do not dress properly (half naked) or even some men. May Allah protect us from these things ameen. Remember this ayah : So fear Allah as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allah]; it is better for your selves. Quran 64:16 فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ وَاسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَأَنفِقُوا خَيْرًا لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗ And this great narration (Hadeeth) of our prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) will just paste the Important part of it and it is in sahih Muslim: What is lawful is clear, and what is forbidden is clear, and between them are doubtful matters that many people do not know Whoever avoids doubtful matters clears himself of his religion and honor (no burden on him) , and whoever falls into doubtful things falls into what is forbidden (haram) إنَّ الحلالَ بيِّنٌ وإنَّ الحرامَ بيِّنٌ وبينهما أمورٌ مُشتبِهاتٌ لا يعلمهنَّ كثيرٌ من الناس فمنِ اتَّقى الشُّبُهاتِ استبرأ لدِينِه وعِرضِه ، ومن وقع في الشُّبهاتِ وقع في الحرامِ We ask Allah to guide us and forgive us ameen نسال الله ان يهدينا ويغفر لنا انه على ذلك لقديروهو الغفور الرحيم

[@CountChocula-on9ix]

@@Idris.1994.Norway Exactly. People seemed to have not listen to the video. lol

[@3abdussalaam]

@@veiled.monotheist Assalamu 'aleikumu wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, akhi i cant find this hadith. In tirmidhi and ahmad these numbers are not correct, there are completly other ahadith.

[@thaknobodi]

I respect and understand his point of view. As for me, i avoid it. I will say though, that during my brief stint in a chicken slaughterhouse in Monroe Louisiana, it was a Christian man manning the chicken line behind us muslims renting a row during night shift in the next line. However, on both our conveyor belts, the chickens were scared and abused by both christian and non practicing muslims in my group. I had to quit.

[@christinearztmann7351]

I appreciate your first hand information, achi and do like you abstain from consuming meat coming from untustable sources.

[@humzdon4life]

Guys can someone please help what is your guys view on this Mohammad qasim guy In Lahore who claims to have these dreams jzk

[@KaifKhan-bk6bo]

⁠@@humzdon4lifehe’s a fraud lol. Ignore him lmao. No one believes him except a few brainwashed people back home in Pakistan. He has a lot of bots that also spams videos

[@SELFMOTIVATION007]

@@humzdon4life He doesn't speak Arabic and doesn't have a beard which proves he isn't Imam Mahdi. Don't be fooled brother.

[@nurabdi3600]

Jazakumulahu Khairan ya Sheikh. Respectfully, it is hard to agree on that one.

[@youtubeuser3182]

Let’s be honest you indo-pak people over complicate their religion with outward innovations/practices so that they can say “we are better Muslims than Arab Muslims” “I’d rather be safe and complicate my whole life. So that way I’m better than Arab Muslims who just say bismillah”

[@zerperior]

i would recommend getting ur meat from a halal butcher in ur area, may we one day not be asked about this

[@AlexOjideagu2]

@daymascus The Quran clearly states Christians believed in the Trinity at the time of Mohammad. They were still people of the book.

[@AlexOjideagu2]

@daymascus The Christians at the time of Mohammad believed in the Trinity and were now following teachings of the New Testament. These people are still called people of the book in the Quran. Although the very first Christians were a sect of Jews who believed Jesus was God and resurrected. They followed the Torah before the new testament was written. Nobody has any documents of an Injeel, there are no texts or records of one.

[@phoenixknight8837]

Subhanallah, best explanation. Nevertheless, in Australia, a Muslim brother who used to work at McDonalds confirmed to me that the halal meat is cooked on the exact same grill as the bacon. Would any practicing Muslim with such knowledge still order from fast food restaurants?

[@AishaSAzim]

The Prophet (S) said not to eat from the utensils of the People of the Book because they have bacon etc. Let alone having your meat *cooked* with the same stuff, which is more penetrating. That point is also missed out of the discussion.

[@boredalchemist]

@@AishaSAzim Prophet (Saw) said just to wash them if you cannot find your own ones

[@hadiamrane]

@@AishaSAzim You know why it is missed? Because you are not supposed to check everything out anyways! But anyways, yes washing it off suffises. But if you are 100% that restaurants in your area you live in do this clearly and you have seen it and it's beyond a doubt that all are doing it, then it becomes haram eating in that fast food restaurant group. But only speculating doesn't help, does it. You need to be 100% sure and have seen it with your own eyes in every restaurant. But I doubt it, really. Where I live they don't, they seperate everything as there were people in the past who died from cross contamination, oil that never gets changed and the washing was not very well done. I'm talking about more than 20 years ago. Since then they have very strict plans on how to cook and serve food, seperate eveverything, and washing it after using it. So I'm pretty sure that this is everywhere, otherwise many, many people would have gotten sick of the food as to much mixing is going on.

[@AishaSAzim]

@@boredalchemist yes he said to wash if you can't find your own. And this is more serious than just putting food in. Their food is not just put but cooked in those same frying pans and dishes and kitchens

[@AishaSAzim]

@@hadiamrane Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, one of the ten companions of the Prophet (S) who were promised Paradise during their lives, was asked, "Why is it, that from all of the companions of the Prophet (SAW), it is your Du'a that is always answered?" He answered, "I have not raised any bite of food to my mouth without knowing the details of where it was sourced." And why did he do this? Because the Prophet (S) himself instructed him. When the Prophet (S) told the Sahaba and say Bismillah to eat - that was because he was teaching the Sahaba not to doubt without a valid reason. When almost half the people of a country openly declare themselves to be non-Christian, and the country's poultry industry is open and on record about how the *majority* of the industry in general - what else does it take for there to be valid reason to doubt their food? Ali (R) prohibited people from eating the meat of the Christians of Banu Taghlib when it became evident that they were not following the rules of slaughter. The Sahaba knew better than us what the Prophet (S) taught. In any case, if a person is sincere in knowing the truth of the matter, they can dua and ask Allah directly, and if they ask with a pure heart, Allah will guide them. Although it's obvious what the right thing is to do, because the Prophet (S) said to leave that in which there is doubt.

[@rickjames9039]

I personally haven't had anything from McDonald's since 2009, after I found out that they prepare pork products on the same grill/oil as their burgers, or fish, or chips.

[@fortnajt]

I have worked in Mc dor a time. There are two grills in use, and only one is used to grill the McRib. But if there is no McRib in the menu then the grill should be safe. Also the smaller mcdonalds in germany where the make only thr small burgers and not the bigger ones like Big Tasty etc, in this case there is no pork at all in the kitchen

[@rickjames9039]

@@fortnajt I like that idea, sadly here in the UK I was personally told by a worker at McDonald's that they prepare everything on the same grill. Luckily they are now trying to change a bit, I mean places like KFC for example, there is one specific KFC restaurant in my town that offers Halal meals, and it is not too far away from another KFC that does not offer Halal meals. Kinda weird, but I guess they are trying to win over customers from all backgrounds.

[@fortnajt]

@@rickjames9039 they lose a lot of potential costumers you are right. I have seen so many muslims comming just to buy a shake, icecream or filet o fish, they avoid everything else. That must be millions of money lost in the whole country. Though I wish i could know if the halal KFC you mentioned is just an initative of the branch chief or at a company level. Most of these fast food chains could be made halal because there just a few tweaks that should be made, some branch managers decide to do them on their own but still it is not a standart procedure and makes their job a bit harder and more complicated

[@rickjames9039]

@@fortnajt I agree with you 100%, they are definitely missing out on so many customers. The Halal KFC in my town is run by some Muslims, because I rang them several times before ordering food from them and they assured me that everything they sell is Halal certified. That was actually the first time I had ever eaten anything from KFC and I have to admit, their chicken was good.

[@reidjcsn]

@@fortnajt what about the bacon/sausage used in the morning menu? Is this on a separate grill than the beef and chicken used in non-morning time?

[@rummanaisa1008]

Sheikh Aasim is mis-informed about constitutional laws… apparently he doesn’t live in USA and hasn’t visited the country in decades. For Sheikh to say eating at fast food chains like Burger King, McDonald’s is ok (halal) in western countries sounds extremely liberal and sugar coated just to please people who are not willing to sacrifice their food choices for Allah. Majority of Christians in America are not practicing Christians. Many don’t have any religious beliefs. So, how are they considered Ahl al-Kitāb? Just wondering how easily Sheikh Assim blurted out it’s halal to eat from Ahl al-Kitāb when they clearly don’t have any religious beliefs. He keeps saying Hadith when prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was invited by Jewish lady he didn’t ask if the Ram is halal or not. Of course at that time Ahl al-Kitāb really existed, following and practicing Jews and Christians. Don’t follow blindly, be more diligent and avoid if you can for sake of Allah!

[@remoasi3466]

Very good point, I agree with you 100%

[@JPB242hgc2]

I'm a American if YOU don't want to eat the meat don't eat it. The Sheikh gave you evidence from the Quran and the sunnah but you still reject. Also you are wrong, most Americans are Christians. Secularism isn't as large as the government media etc telling us.

[@Cookielachance]

Yeah, he answered this better on the other one that’s similar to this video. He basically said that it needs to be slaughtered whether it’s by a Christian Jew or a Muslim and that you can’t eat it even if it’s slaughtered by someone other than that.

[@raedbaffoun5819]

he couldnt have explained it better, may allah bless him and us and all muslims

[@fatimahridriguez6916]

Houston…We Do Have A Big Problem!!! Subhannallaah 😖! Jazakallaahu khayran for the great explanation dear Shaikh.

[@raheelshafi882]

At the time of Prophet Muhammad, the Jews and Christians slaughtered the way Muslims did. The only issue was that they didn't recite Bismillah. The Prophet addressed this by advising the Muslims to themselves say Bismillah. Now, even Jews and Christians do NOT slaughter the way Muslims do. This, therefore, adds another issue to the situation that the companions asked about. I personally believe that had this been the method of slaughter at Prophet's time, he would have declared to not eat that meat. والله عالم بالصواب

[@casilasgoaler]

Fear Allah when you use "personal opinions" on the Prophet PBUH. And please bring proof where it says that the Christians slaughtered like Muslims back in the day. Not your personal opinion please, we have had enough of opinions, facts only from Hadiths please.

[@MortalXtacy]

​@@casilasgoalerso you think christians and Jews used to electrocute animals as they do now? You are a strange person who can't see the obvious and are blaming others. Christians and Jews have changed their ways, it's obvious, if you want to pretend ignorant to ground realities then don't ask others for proof.

[@officialyusra]

9:35 america is a secular country, the consitution doesnt say the president has to be christian, weve actually had a quite a few presidents who were not christian too

[@Justalayman]

Please name them, as far as I know, ALL PRESIDENTS have been Christian

[@mohamedmo8128]

@@Justalayman Thomas Jefferson was a Deist. He believed in God but NOT in any of the Prophets/scriptures.

[@officialyusra]

​@@Justalayman abraham lincoln was an athiest, Thomas Jefferson openly rejected jesus and was an athiest. and Andrew Johnson was said to be athiest. you don't have to be Christian to be the president, you just have to live in the US for 14 years and be older than 35. right now we have a popular hindu running for president. he has a lot of support, most likely will win.

[@mbariso]

Most people care about eating Halal rather than keeping up with their daily prayers. In Canada it's illegal to slaughter a dead animal. There is a strict inspection to make sure that the animal is not completely dead but just stang.

[@w.k8624]

From what i remember, kosher meat is halal coming from the jews. But not from the Christians.

[@xjhkx]

Those who say the meat served in restaurants in the West can be halal quote a hadith where some meat was presented to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) by new Muslims and he ate it despite Aisha (RA) telling him that their zabiha is questionable since they are new Muslims. The main thing to note in the hadith is that the religion of the people who offered the meat was not questionable. Whereas in the West, we don't know the religion of those who slaughter the animals. Secondly, the standard practice (99%) in the West is to stun the animal and chop the head off in a single blow. Thirdly, the West considers it animal abuse if the animal is hand-slaughtered without being stunned. The cost of hand slaughter with a knife is twice as much and with all the animal rights issues, none of the places use that meat. It is common knowledge and a common sense thing as well. There is no point in going into the debate of whether we should interrogate or not. Now going back to the aforementioned hadith. It 100% proves that if anyone is a Muslim and they offer you food that they claim is zabiha, you don't question them. So, those saying we don't question halal places, why should we question non-halal, there is your answer.

[@abbyghanie5145]

Hello All Assalamoalikum my comment not only Burger on the same grill with Bacon, but when you order pancake it's made on the grilli where the pork is cookef, you can and see how the pork oil and the pancake being flipped, I saw it personally. it's in all restaurant and fast food joints.

[@seanou2837]

100% thank you

[@staru0180]

Brother and sisters keep educating our Middle East and Far East Muslims and ummah on halal and non halal food and meat in Uk Europe and USA

[@zaidhakim]

What people do not understand is Islam wants to make it easy for you by giving you the benefit of the doubt. If you do not want to adopt a particular view in areas where there are differing opinions, then as sheikh says, good for you. But it does not mean that their views are wrong, it is just different interpretation and Allah knows best.

[@Vortex.08]

Majority of America is not athiest, its Christian. In fact there are over 210 million christians in the U.S alone. This is over 166 million people (half the population) making it the majority religion in the U.S

[@salrah2566]

This is wrong and confusing Muslims. halaal meat is available in Muslim areas. The countries you speak of in Europe are atheists. They certainly do not follow the book

[@braveheart816]

I agree with sheikh...you can't verify even if someone claims that meat is halal ... just say Bismillah before eating and that's it ... don't have to go into nitty gritty... Eat the halal animals and take Allah's name before eating and you are good.

[@kitt7477]

At the end of the day, you are what you eat. Food has a large role in our overall personality. If you don’t do some research into where your food comes from; you could be eating meat that was dead before slaughtering or from an animal that was abused before slaughtering. Allah is The Most Wise, when animals are abused or terrified before slaughtering their “fight or flight” hormones increase & high cortisol levels increase & when you consume those animals you adopt these hormones which have a big role on your own personality.

[@KhalidRoche]

...the statement of an-Nawawi: “The default ruling regarding animals is their prohibition until it is established that they have been slaughtered correctly.”

[@D-A-N-]

How are people still arguing sheikh explained it so clear 😂 I think we can’t digest the issue

[@HH_754]

Maybe it is too big to swallow in one go. It will take time to bite and digest!!

[@youtubeuser3182]

Let’s be honest indo-pak people over complicate their religion with outward innovations/practices so that they can say “we are better Muslims than Arab Muslims” “I’d rather be safe and complicate my whole life. So that way I’m better than Arab Muslims who just say bismillah”

[@tanglunglung8100]

Subhanallah even if he made a mistake he is allowed to make one he is human just like every other human Subhanallah some people feed on other people's mistakes those are the most dangerous of them all

[@maazmustafa2322]

Sheikh Bin Baz and Sheikh Uthaymeen said it is halal according to the situation of the west in their times, this wouldn't apply today as Sheikh Fawzan clarified meat in these countries is NOT HALAL! You also quoted Ibn Tamiyyah before for this fatwa in another vid, he too said this based on the condition of the western countries at that time (i.e. centuries ago). I have benefitted hugely from listening to your fatawa on other things but I feel you're wrong based on what senior scholars *TODAY* have said. You would have been right if we were living in times of Bin Baz or Uthaymeen.

[@nurabdi3600]

Well said

[@AdamibnAmro]

​@radirandom133 this is a valid ikhtilaf. Ofcourse there is only one correct opinion but the truth of the matter is that you as a layman follow the opinion of your scholar. If you follow sheikh alfawzan or your local imam who has this view then you will not be held accountable and if you follow sheikh ibn baz or ibn uthaymeen then you will not be held accountable. This is a valid ikhtilaf and the one who is incorrect will only have 1 reward from allah and the one who is correct will have 2. As laymen we do not look down on others for following a different opinion when there is valid ikhtilaf. The scholars will also not do that they will just say the other is mistaken and give their evidences. What is the safer option? To only eat zabiha by Muslims and if we follow this opinion it is fine. This is the opinion I follow from sheikh uthman ibn farooq and sheikh fawzan but I know many people more knowledgeable then me who follow the other opinion and many people more knowledgeable then me who follow the same opinion that I follow. I don't look down on either or any because this is a valid difference of opinion amongst the scholars and their reward is with Allah alhamdulillah.

[@ybtl]

Uthaymin only spoke of the USA not the west in general. Then he added if you have the possibilty to buy from a muslim you should, even if it is more expensive. This part is skipped often. Even to generalise the entire west based on USA is strange. Imagina generalising the entire east based on Japan, then we would consider Afgahanistan, Yemen and Russia as zen buddhists..

[@ahmedparker1079]

There are many scholars today alive that say the same thing about meat in USA( halal) amongst them sheikh Ramzan al hajiri and many others. He is a scholar and student of ibn baz. This is a Valid view and opinion that should be respected and not condemned. Allah guide us all

[@Anon72005]

Student of Ibn Uthaymeen, Sheikh Uthman al Khamis says it is still permissible in todays time.

[@EazbirAkash]

Those who lives in western countries knows for certain that they do not butcher in traditional way. It's very simple. No need to complicate any further. Sheik shared his knowledge with us and no, we cannot eat that meat, we cannot eat non halal meat as we do have alternatives, we do have halal butchers around us, we cannot use this as an excuse that "I didn't know" or that "I have no other options". If somebody lives in a country where they do not have alternatives, it's another story.

[@syedmohammedhussain799]

You're the one complicating it. If we apply the same standard, meat from turkey shouldn't be halal

[@EazbirAkash]

@syedmohammedhussain799 What's wrong with Turkey? I'm asking cause I don't know. It is a Muslim country and I presume they do follow Islamic standards. Do they not slaughter in the Islamic way? If not, the meats are not halal bro. It's simple.

[@md.helaluddin7613]

AllahuAkbar. Taqwa is best, Islam is easy, confusion is problematic : ALLAH is mercyful. Alhamdulillah

[@neloyislam4002]

Then go eat pork

[@DaudBurke]

The time of ibn uthaymeen was in a different time and the majority has changed since that time.

[@outworld15]

What a well-rounded lecture. My respects, Sheykh

[@eLion27]

I think the distinguishing matter in the ahadith being used is that the meat was prepared and served to the Prophet (saws) and his companions by the non-Muslims, it's not like they went out of their way to go and eat that meat over the halal zabiya meat that may have been available to them. So, in cases where the meat being put into question is being served to the Muslim by the non-Muslim, we should mention Allah's name over it and eat. And Allah knows best.

[@hammadhussain3082]

The constitution does not, in fact, require the president to be a Christian, and around 47% of Americans are estimated to be non-Christians. However, there are states like Texas and Florida with 70%+ Christian Population, so Sheikh's fatwa can be applied in some places, for people who like to be extra careful.

[@sallubegg6225]

As someone worked in these type of shops remember there is strong contamination between meats when cooking and making burgers or pizzas

[@sammythewarrior]

JazakAllah u khair MashaaaaAllah the best answer ever….Allah bless our Sheikh Assim Al Hakim ❤️

[@firdoussalam6288]

Very well explained....mashallah.

[@irfand4]

Excellent answer. Bottom line : one can eat . Those still unconvinced need not eat but must not look down upon those who do.

[@youtubeuser3182]

Let’s be honest indo-pak people over complicate their religion with outward innovations/practices so that they can say “we are better Muslims than Arab Muslims” “I’d rather be safe and complicate my whole life. So that way I’m better than Arab Muslims who just say bismillah”

[@Zazai101]

16:27 "Houston, we DO have a problem" LOL. Sheikh Assim FTW.

[@Idris.1994.Norway]

The American muslims are so strict when it comes to halal meat but very lenient on other issues.

[@thaknobodi]

I am an american muslim and people say im strict on everything. Idk who you refer to. Im a revert though

[@thaknobodi]

@egg3931 salam alaykum. Thats what my response often is; "Do you think the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him and the sahaba would just let you off with such infractions without at least frowning at what you do?"

[@superwatcher456]

@@thaknobodi it’s because of perspective of Americans. They’re not the standard for your religion.

[@Idris.1994.Norway]

@@veiled.monotheist I agree.

[@zxcv4090]

Shaykh Uthaymeen and Shaykh Bin Baz are a million times more knowledgeable than the people moaning in the comments. They are able to derive and apply principles from the Qur'an and sunnah.

[@jahankhan1654]

The UK is now known to have majority atheist population (by a census). Also the leader is Hindu. Also meat in general is known to not be slaughtered. Therefore what is the verdict here. I think we should follow local scholars here in the UK for local issues as they know the reality of our country better

[@ShabbaKO]

I totally agree with you

[@shadowstorm5261]

1 the leader changes nearly every wee. 2 they are literally a Christian country. do you not see the coronations happening? 3 the farmers are the most religious group of people

[@jahankhan1654]

@shadowstorm5261 what makes it a Christian country? Is it the majority of the population?

[@ShabbaKO]

@shadowstorm5261 I live in the jk and went to schoo here ,most of the people were not Christian at school. The other thing is even if you have Christians here most of them dont know anything about Christianity, so if they were to slaughter would they even know the correct Christian method or just use machine slaughter. Plus farmers don't slaughter all animals in the UK, they give their animals to slaughter houses whos staff don't do farming but often just slaughter.

[@arsalanuljamil6840]

Sheikh, I would like to point out one mistake about the constitution that you quoted. There is no requirement for the President to be Christian, in fact constitution opposes mixing religion with state.

[@abdullahalam4929]

This shows his lack of knowledge about Western countries and lack of knowledge about the ground realities in these countries

[@jxmal]

He got these rulings from the greatest scholars of our time. For you to say they have a “lack of knowledge” just because you disagree is ignorant

[@humzdon4life]

Guys can someone please help what is your guys view on this Mohammad qasim guy In Lahore who claims to have these dreams jzk

[@abdullahalam4929]

@@jxmal Oh yeah those scholas who've never stepped a single foot inside the US are passing rulings on an topic in said country. This isn't about disagreeing, this about this position being categorically wrong in the context of the West. As an American, we know that it isn't considered a Christian country nor can we apply rulings a Kitabi country on the US or West as whole. WE KNOW the US laws aren't slaughtering acc to practices of the Bible or Torah. Legally anyone (Budhist, Athiest, Hindu, Satanist) can slaughter in any manner they want provided it doesn't break the laws. Almost all the methods employed by non-Halal and non-Kosher plants are not halal for consumption. EIther the tasmiyya isn't recited, all the veins aren't cut, and the slaughtermen aren't even Kitabi to begin with. The legal ruling for meat fiqhan, is that it haram until proven halal. Imam Malik would refrain from giving a fatwa for people from other lands and now you got "greatest scholars of our time" passing rulings on an issue they've barely researched.

[@radirandom]

​@@jxmallook at other wahabi salafi scholars like sheikh al fawzan who refuted him

[@AdamibnAmro]

@@radirandom this is a valid ikhtilaf. Ofcourse there is only one correct opinion but the truth of the matter is that you as a layman follow the opinion of your scholar. If you follow sheikh alfawzan or your local imam who has this view then you will not be held accountable and if you follow sheikh ibn baz or ibn uthaymeen then you will not be held accountable. This is a valid ikhtilaf and the one who is incorrect will only have 1 reward from allah and the one who is correct will have 2. As laymen we do not look down on others for following a different opinion when there is valid ikhtilaf. The scholars will also not do that they will just say the other is mistaken and give their evidences. What is the safer option? To only eat zabiha by Muslims and if we follow this opinion it is fine. This is the opinion I follow from sheikh uthman ibn farooq and sheikh fawzan but I know many people more knowledgeable then me who follow the other opinion and many people more knowledgeable then me who follow the same opinion that I follow. I don't look down on either or any because this is a valid difference of opinion amongst the scholars and their reward is with Allah alhamdulillah.

[@gertikajaci]

Love for you brother The best explainer of all things

[@samk6417]

🤣🤣🤣. Let him try debating Christian Prince

[@salimr4718]

You can find a "scholar" to justify just about anything nowadays.

[@ChErRyaVe20pK]

The nerve of you to belittle scholars without knowledge. Allah has warned people like you.

[@ChErRyaVe20pK]

@@ABC-wi6vt "idol worship". What a fool you are. Also when did i say he was a scholar?

[@michaellynch1085]

@@ABC-wi6vtfear Allah. He’s talking about bin Baaz and Uthaymeen

[@michaellynch1085]

@@ABC-wi6vt how is accepting fatawa idol worship? This is take it since shirk is a nullifier. It will fall back onto one of us.

[@ronin10104]

looks like your "robust education" didn't teach you to not to backbite or showoff@@ABC-wi6vt

[@princelobo46]

what happens is that there are many radical people and even if you teach them the coran and sunnas they will judge you, and criticize you in one way or another 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@Ashytoclassyy]

It's much more complicated than that because there's a lot of mixing with pork

[@husseinalramini4506]

وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِسْقٌ ۗ وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَىٰ أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ لِيُجَادِلُوكُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُمْ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُشْرِكُونَ

[@unknown_guy7439]

To anyone who has a problem or disagrees with the sheikhs answer: 1- ignore what he said and eat only halal that's literally it😂😂 2- do not bring your own interpretation of the quran "but the Christians/jews of today are different from the people of the book in the past ...christians worship jesus..." ask real scholars before speaking without knowledge😊 3- if you are SCHOCKED by an opinion because it is NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED, remember that islam doesn't follow you, you follow islam. so do your research because most of yall haven't studied the quran and hadiths deep enough like this sheikh 🙂 4- no one is perfect not even sheikh assim and no hard feelings to yall, may Allah guide us all ameen

[@Onemessagefoundationismyfav]

‘Islam does follow you, you follow Islam’ This Gem right here is Priceless!

[@moortadabeshir7765]

The second statement that you made about not having our own interpretation of the Quran and Sunna is arrogant. For a mufti and an alim whom I know personally told me to not eat the meat from regular restaurants in America, because the people of the book today are not the same of those in the time of the prophet peace and blessings be upon him. So as Muslims we should avoid eating the meat in these non halal establishments.

[@mohamedmo8128]

The shaykh is wrong about US being a Christian country or that their President has to be a Christian. Most Christians don't follow biblical method of slaughter so they don't mention the name of God.

[@ishubaba4202]

The UK according to the official Govt census “…Across England and Wales, 46% of people identified as being Christian, 37% said they had no religion, 6% identified as Muslim…” I would not call that definitively predominantly Christian. So whats the fatwa now Sheikh ?

[@ChErRyaVe20pK]

Its predominantly christian. You literally put the math up there in your comment.

[@ishubaba4202]

What was the word used before predominantly? It is a close call. and with each passing year it’s getting closer and closer and closer. Christianity is haemorrhaging Also, the method of slaughter has changed

[@ChErRyaVe20pK]

@@ishubaba4202 Sure, but others would interpret this as being predominant. And yes i agree it is getting closer and closer, but being in the here and now, what sheikh said is correct. Is there consensus of all scholars on this? No. So it is upto you. But if someone takes an opinion of a different scholar, you have to accept it and not look down upon them.

[@BigNaz1]

The biggest point was missed here. Can you call the western countries the people of the book? For example Christians believe in the trinity and their book (bible) is nothing near what Isa (as) taught. So can you even call them the people of the book? I would say no, if someone wants to correct me. It's a similar situation with the Jews. When you talk about the people of the book, you are referring to those Jews and Christians that followed the teachings of their prophet - properly! So this 15 min answer could have been answered in 1 min. No, we can't eat their meat, as they're not even people from the book. To find a Jew or Christian that is following their religion the way it was meant to be, is like finding a needle in a haystack. If these people existed then Allah (SWT) had no need to send Isa (as) or even Muhammad (SAW).

[@hanbali1346]

They ARE People of the Book. The Christians during the time of the Prophet ﷺ believed in a trinity. It’s literally mentioned in the Quran. I wouldn’t eat meat that is not certified halal but this idea that modern Christians aren’t the People of the Book is baseless. I don’t know where people get it from but it’s completely wrong. By definition, the People of the Book are, since the revelation and completion of Islam, disbelievers. They have, since the time of the Prophet ﷺ worshipped Jesus and believed in a trinity. In that respect they are no different today than they were then. There is no following Christianity or Judaism as it was meant to be. That has nothing to do with it. They were meant to follow prophets. If they were doing it correctly they would be MUSLIM. The People of the Book even back then were astray just as they are today. History and the Quran make this clear.

[@bz2017]

Somebody above you answered to this and I quote: "that was the same situation at the time of the prophet peace be upon him, coz the verses in the Quran indicate about the existence of the Trinity as in surah maidah during the time of the prophet peace be upon him."

[@BigNaz1]

@@hanbali1346 Mentioned in the Qur'an but you forget to reference it. I would disagree with you on the point they are people of the book. Which book are they flowing and who were the authors of these books? Just look at the bible for example. All the authors had never even met Isa (as) and a lot of the the authors are unknown. So how can you call these people of the book. Yes, at the time there were Jews and Christains on the wrong path, believing in the Trinity, but there was also many Jews and Christains that were on the right path. Those were the people of the book!

[@hanbali1346]

@@BigNaz1 are you serious? Do I need to mention the Quran condemning Christians for believing in the trinity or worshipping Jesus? Are you denying those ayat exist? Show me one scholar who says that Christians have to reject the trinity to be considered People of the Book. Where do you get this understanding from?

[@hanbali1346]

@@BigNaz1 the People of the Book are specifically DISBELIEVERS. The Christians among them were trinitarian worshippers of the Messiah during the time the verses allowing us to eat their meat was revealed. Research it for yourself. It’s crystal clear.

[@staru0180]

Sheikh can you explain if the Christians that lived after the arrival of Islam and believe in trinity or Modern day Christian’s are people of the book . When they don’t slaughter according to times of ISA(as) teachings . We in Uk know that their meat is not halal .

[@liquille]

If there’s doubt, AVOID IT! This is the Islamic way.

[@Mibs.]

It is, but if he explains it clearly, and u still have doubt it’s not Islamic jus bcs you didn’t understand it. Just don’t complicate it

[@redlionkeg6654]

You complicate the simple. I swear we are starting to sound like the people of Musa (as).

[@hamnaamir4127]

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu Sheikh, I really respect you and follow you. I just wanted to let you know humbly that the Constitution of America doesn't restrict anyone to be a Christian for running for a President.... Allah Knows the best!

[@paccel2285]

Was going to say the same thing! Wondering where the Sheikh got his information. Many of the founding fathers considered themselves Deists, not Christian, especially Thomas Jefferson.

[@1684ba]

I live in USA, I have never touched all this non halal restaurant while living here. The fatwa has missing critical details about the slaughering process here. The Seikh makes a lot of wrong assumptions. We know the process and we can't igonore that the fact the animal must be stauned before slaughtering. There is a chance that the animal died from electric shock therefore making it haram to eat. You have option brother and sister please make the right call. This is serious stuff. There a full episode on onepath network channel for more details.

[@ChErRyaVe20pK]

Everything mustve gone over your head. Like he said, apply that same logic to muslims. There is a possibility that the person slaughtering your meat is a closet athiest with a muslim name, are your going to investigate this too?

[@zizu-lakaka]

Stop making thinfgs HARD for yourself! Muslims like to behave like Allah is waiting at every corner trying to punish us for the littlest things! Subhanallah! Say Bismillah and enjoy your food!

[@BEANman-d5i]

@@zizu-lakaka {So do not assert similarities to Allāh. Indeed, Allāh knows and you do not know.} The Glorious Quran 16:74 {Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity} The Glorious Quran 17:43 don’t describe Allah like that! Even though you’re trying to give an example!

[@zizu-lakaka]

@@BEANman-d5i I'm not describing Allah though. I'm stating how muslims subconsciously perceive Allah S.W.T. We perceive him more with fear than love, which is wrong!

[@sadruddinahmed558]

I agree 100 %

[@mohammedishaq1085]

Shaikh, can l make dua after every Salah? Or is it compulsory to make during Sajhood, please note due Shingles causing headache, l am unable to do Sujhood.

[@ahmedparker1079]

Allah bless sheikh assim very clear and simple to understand your choice if you want to refrain as he said. That first video went booming like crazy subhanallah. …. Allah bless you mehwish for the question

[@SkipperKarim]

I’m still not convinced Sheikh. I won’t base my deen on the US constitution and I won’t eat non certified halal meat. This issue look like a grey zone so it’s better to avoid. May Allah guide you.

[@rehanshah1982]

Sheikh, with all due respect. Your no check policy will make doors wide open for cross contamination. We all know that cooking utensils do not change when a cook is cooking pork or other forms of meat permissible to Muslims. They use the same fryers, same skillets, same knives, and even the same gloves at various restaurants like Subway to make a sandwich for people. I used to eat donuts from a bakery and later found out they were frying them in animal fats. In some english restaurants, they put beer in fry fish batter. Such kind of no check behavior is making people eat anything, even candies and cookies that contain gelatin in them. Statistics confirms that 60% of the gelatin used in nonmuslim countries comes from pork. You do your thing but now with the blessing of social media, you have millions of followers. If they are misguided, then kindly think of the consequences for them and you in hereafter. Jazaak ALLAH Khair

[@zizu-lakaka]

Allah gave you benefit of doubt and you choose to reject it in the name of Allah! Stop making things hard for yourself! The religion of Islam is simple!

[@aafuuu]

The one thing i wanted to say that i dont think thf Sheikh elaborated on was that the christians of the prophets time are very different to the christians of our time.

[@Musafeer360]

One point for him: do we have to doubt everyone? But our best is to follow the halal food in the west. Sheikh Fawzan is going to an opposite opinion about that. Ulema differs... But if someone wanna do the job and invistigate all slaughterhouses even in Muslim countries we will find a lot of surprises. As I said. He have a point. But ALLAH is clear in the Quran. Halal need to be under certain conditions. How many people eat halal and don't pray?? So there are a lot of hypocrites.....

[@princelobo46]

👏👏👏

[@Ulen904]

It's fair that the prophet (pbuh) told us not to 'check', but, today, we very well know how they are slaugthered.

[@christinearztmann7351]

if you find a trustworthy muslim and he is telling its halal then he is responsible

[@abbasbinfirnas459]

Who are you to be speaking on this matter...? Also, your argument is wrong, cause Muslims can not just take the easy way out.

[@HH_754]

Yes true indeed if the muslum is saying it is Halal then he is responsible.

[@abbasbinfirnas459]

@AKH725 Again, Muslims are taught to be responsible by investigating, and not just to take the easy way out.

[@HH_754]

@@abbasbinfirnas459 Would you not believe your fellow muslim?

[@abbasbinfirnas459]

@@HH_754 Munafiqeen could be Muslim. Also buddy, I live in Dearborn area, the amount of both munafiqeen and non-religious "Muslims" is huge around here, some own supermarkets, butcher shops and slaughter houses, yet not all of them sell you halal meat, even though they claim it is, what do you think about that...?

[@yousofnoorsher7623]

This will have immense effect in the future. For instance, imagine the jews in the west started boycotting their traditional kosher slaughtering we wouldn't have seen any kosher products today. Likewise, we should encourage and promote halal methods everywhere. After all Halal meat is considered healthiest way of consuming meat.

[@PakandGo]

I do not agree because the Hadith was about the meat received from new Muslims, and not about Jews/Christians

[@chadedwards3676]

The Prophet muhammad saw ate poisoned lamb from a Jewish woman though

[@maazmustafa2322]

I also don't agree with him but don't mind your logic is wrong here to use as evidence too. Yes those people were new muslims, but that's not why he is wrong. He provided other evidences. He's wrong coz all the evidences and the fatwas permitting this were of previous centuries and the way meat comes from factories now is totally different to back then.

[@imransahib07]

Allhamdulillah. But respectable sheikh حفظ الله is not aware of the situation in the west. It is predominantly declared policy of governments that the animals will not be slaughtered but be killed with shock or jerk because in their mind they are making pain less death.

[@arcader54tdbank55]

I might be wrong, Allah knows best, aren't most christians worshipping Isa Alayhi Salam, would that mean we can't eat it?

[@TheMaximer16]

They are still considered Christians, people of the book. And that does not make it haram unless they slaughter in the name of Jesus peace be upon him as the sheik said.

[@redum2277]

That was the same situation at the time of the prophet peace be upon him, coz the verses in the Quran indicate about the existence of the Trinity as in surah maidah during the time of the prophet peace be upon him.

[@shokzz1532]

There are Muslims that elevate the status of the prophet similarly to the Christians and they are Muslims who worship graves and do a lot of shirk.

[@maazmustafa2322]

Sheikh's fatwa is wrong for other reasons, not for what u said here. Coz Christians at the time of Prophet SAW were also worshipping ISA AS (Surah Maida verse 17 says they took Jesus as their Lord, but their meat was made permissible to consume then)

[@arcader54tdbank55]

@@maazmustafa2322 i follow this Sheikh in a lot of things Allahu A'alam if its according to the Quran and the Sunnah. This matter I feel like it'd be wrong eating in such places could u kindly give me those reasons. JazakAllah Khair

[@mymore195]

Islam is easy to follow and practice. Alhamdu-Lillah.

[@remoasi3466]

Totally disagree, either this Sheik does not know what he is talking about or has a biased opinion to just for the convenience of eating at McDonald’s: 1- The USA is not a Christian country and has never been one ( the separation of church and state is made VERY clear in the constitution) . It is a secular country, some of the original laws were based on Christian values but it is a secular country, no American today claims the US to be a Christian country, there are no “Christian laws” being practiced anywhere in the US, there is no requirement for US president or congressmen to be Christian. Why are you so adamant in calling it a Christian country? Just so you can eat at McDonald’s? The truth is that the Vatican is probably the only Christian country that exists in the world today. 2- The term “Ahl Al Kitab” does not even apply to today’s so called “Christians” , who are clearly Mushrikeen . The only people this word may apply to are the extremely small minority of Orthodox Jews who are strictly following kosher guidelines. You can eat kosher (this is can be considered Alh Al kitab food) because it is slaughtered in the right way by a non-mushrik Jew who follows kosher guidelines. 3- All the non-Muslim and non-kosher slaughter houses in the US either stun animals to death or completely chop the head off, this is not a secret, everyone who lives in the US knows this. Even if a Muslim is slaughtering these animals in this way it is not halal, never mind Christian or Jew.

[@layman-]

Brother ahlul kitab still applies for them... check the previous comments someone explained it beautifully

[@hadiamrane]

@ remoasi Hey, since you are on the way of making takfeer to all people, why are you going to say to the people in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, etc, are these kafir too since they seperate islam CLEARLY from the government? Algeria even is happy with the christians living in the Berber area. You can clearly see the cross, them praying, etc. Are these countries kafir?

[@AlexOjideagu2]

Your second point is totally false. The Quran clearly states Christians worshipped Jesus at the time of Mohammad. Yet states Muslims can eat their meat and marry them.

[@Z1578S]

Be careful, how do you know that the so called christians are ALL mushrikeen? Do you know them ALL as a friend and have you visited them personally? Assumptions are very dangerous. May Allah azzawajal guide us all and have mercy on us.

[@mohamedmo8128]

I agree with your first point but trinitarians are ahl al kitab. The Quran refers to the trinity and the Christians in Syria, Palestine and Egypt all believe in the trinity and the companions treated them as ahl al kitab when they conquered the Byzantine Empire.

[@sufiahmed100]

The sister is 100% correct , most of the slaughter houses are Haram. People in western culture, don't live the way The Prophet pbuh lived. Most all the meat in the is Haram.

[@kemchy3838]

Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The lawful is clear and the 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 honor, and he who falls into doubtful matters will fall into the unlawful as the shepherd who pastures near a sanctuary, all but grazing therein. Verily, every king has a sanctum and the sanctum of Allah is His prohibitions. Verily, in the body is a piece of flesh which, if sound, the entire body is sound, and if corrupt, the entire body is corrupt. Truly, it is the heart.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 52, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1599

[@kemchy3838]

Those people who want to be extra cautious have every right to, without getting criticised for being too strict or rigid. There are plenty of halal options. And worst comes to worst. Nowadays a person can have so much vegetarian amd vegan options and seafood too

[@Musafeer360]

Are you sure that Muslim countries have halal food? If you go to turkey, Tunisia, Egypt and many more where people doesn't pray and doesn't know a lot of their religion. So we all start having OCD. Now of course halal is better!!!! But if there's not a lot of choice and you're backed by ulema then Bismillah. The Hadith have another meaning bro. Go to your imam and ask him about it.

[@dontBeAParrot]

And it is clear from the Quran and the Sunnah that the meat of Jews and Christians is Halal, so why would you consider this a doubtful matter? "Today all good, pure foods have been made lawful for you. Similarly, the food of the People of the Book1 is permissible for you and yours is permissible for them. And ˹permissible for you in marriage˺ are chaste believing women as well as chaste women of those given the Scripture before you-as long as you pay them their dowries in wedlock, neither fornicating nor taking them as mistresses. And whoever rejects the faith, all their good deeds will be void ˹in this life˺ and in the Hereafter they will be among the losers." Quran 5:5

[@kemchy3838]

Looks like the point went over everyones head.

[@ArthurDavis89]

The constitution doesn’t say you have to be s Christian to be president. Jews have run to be President of US. I don’t like this guy but I agree with him. I used to eat from McDonald and other places but I stopped because I am able to find halal meat very easily. If I need burger I make it at home. I did go with the same understanding of this guy for 33 years. i have only changed this year but mainly because my daughter insistance.

[@RoselinaARahim]

MasyaaAllaah Tabarakallah. Jazakallah khayr!

[@sonyhilary]

Can anyone clarify? 1. Did Al-Lh knew mohammad can't "IQRA" ( read recite any jilabi you would like to make) 2. So why did Jibreal insted of telling mohammad like he did to others ask him to IQRA after hugging him painfully? 3. This is a clear indication that Al -Lah did not know. Then can he be all knowing? 4. Mohammad didn't know who Jibrael was scared shitless ran to Khdija who after some drama declared him as Jibrael and mohammad as so called prophet. So who is better Al - Lah who didn't know mohammad can't IQRA Or Jibrael Or mohammad who couldn't recognise Jibrael or Khadija? Problem is even she couldn't see Jibrael. 5. In this entire story where there is not a single witness to prove? The beginning of the entire quraan is comically false so the rest of the so called unlearned mohammad's teachings. 🙏

[@longliveliberty2257]

Muslims need to concentrate more on their conducts with others, rather than where their food is coming from. Don’t complicate what Allah has made easy. Say BismAllah and eat.

[@somo1757]

Do you want to be among the mushrikeen? If not, then do not make the grave mistake of following this trainwreck of an opinion based upon false and feeble arguements. Allah says "And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allāh has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is grave disobedience. And indeed do the devils inspire their allies [among men] to dispute with you. And if you were to obey them, indeed, you would be associators [of others with Him]" Surat Al An'am verse 121. Let me repeat, he said if you obey those who dispute about this matter, you would be *mushrikeen.* The people who brought food for the prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, were *muslims,* so how he reacted does not apply to modern day USA, where 64% of the people respond NO to a Pew study asking if the USA is a "Christian" country. And no, the constitution absolutely does not say the president must be Christian - that is totally false statement. The willfully blind are like fish in a barrel for the Shaytan, and that is what this opinion is inviting towards.

[@carliemorales204]

Tell us where does it say that they were Muslims. Let us see if you value HONESTY.

[@hadiamrane]

@somo1757 What kind of non sense has your culture thought you! So scholars like ibn baaz, ibn Utyameen, islam ibn taymiyah are all ignorant because they stated that these were jews and christans?! Also, I have seen you on that other video, you guys are not sincere, really you are one heck of joke and you call yourselves a proper muslim? Now your OCD has gone too far. I gave everything you needed to know on that others video comment section yet here you are, lowering your IQ level even more, I hate that. I'm very intersted to see what the answer will be on the day of judgement when Allah is going to ask you of what kind of fun you are making of the scholars. Repent and stop making non sense, it's not to late!

[@somo1757]

@@carliemorales204 "A group of people said to the Prophet, "Some people bring us meat and we do not know whether they have mentioned Allah's Name or not on slaughtering the animal." He said, "Mention Allah's Name on it and eat." Those people had embraced Islam recently." Sahih al-Bukhari 5507. Book 72, Hadith 33.

[@carliemorales204]

@@somo1757 I did not see the word MUSLIMS. Are you using Christian TACTICS reading things that are not there?

[@somo1757]

It says, "Those people embraced islam recently." What do you think that means?@@carliemorales204

[@bluemountain19]

As for me whether Christian, Jew or Muslim if you don't trust just don't eat simple as that. When I was in Thailand have seen Saudi people eating at non halal restaurants without problems. In general arabs don't take Halal so serious like people iin Asia like Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The Sheikh just expressed his view if you like accept it if not it's okay. Every Muslim has different views when it comes to Halal. May Allah SWT give us all the right understanding of our deen Ameen.

[@louayghassan7224]

But there is right and wrong brother. If you going down this line, so many other matters will be seen the way you view this point. I agree this topic needs further research from all our scholars. In the mean time, it is best to be safe. Which is choosing to eat only halal meat.

[@mohamedmo8128]

Thailand is majority Buddhist. 😂😂

[@Emman.123]

@@mohamedmo8128maybe they didn’t know that, in Philippines there are many Christians so they maybe thought it’s the same; you should make excuses for people and assume Khair

[@Emman.123]

@@mohamedmo8128or maybe they knew the owner or supply is from a Christian source.

[@mohamedmo8128]

@@Emman.123 I would avoid Christian restraunts because they don't have kosher regulations like Jews.

[@yunushaleebi]

Have I misheard or misunderstood? Did the Shaykh on 12 mins say, just like you marry a woman from UK , USA and Germany without asking whether she is Christian or Jew, the same applies here with food from UK, USA, Germany, we don't ask? Really? We shouldn't ask about the religion of a woman in these countries?

[@layman-]

Maybe he implied that christan women...you should obviously ask her religion:)

[@humzdon4life]

Guys can someone please help what is your guys view on this Mohammad qasim guy In Lahore who claims to have these dreams jzk