Some Ulama have seen the stun to stun process and had allowed it for chickens (this was a few years ago), but please note, the documentary did not mention mechanical slaughter which is no doubt Haram.
An-Nu'man ibn Bashir, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that he heard
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say:
"The halal is clear and the haram is clear. But between the two there are
ambiguous matters about which most people have no knowledge. Whoever
exercises caution with regard to what is ambiguous shows prudence in respect
of his deen and his honour he is safeguarded. Whoever gets involved in the
ambiguous things is like a herdsman who grazes his animals near a private
preserve. He is bound to enter it. Every king has a private preserve and the
private preserve of Allah on His earth are the things that He has made
forbidden."
"Yusuf al-Qardawi" wrote:The following is taken from Yusuf al-Qaradawi's book entitled 'The lawful and prohibited in Islam', Chapter 2 under subsection 'Islamic manner of slaughtering'
Animals Slaughtered By Electric Shock and Other Methods
The second question is this: Is it necessary that the method of slaughter of an animal employed by the People of the Book so that it is halal in their religion be the same as ours, which is to cut the throat? A majority of jurists stipulate this as a condition, while a number of Maliki jurists have ruled that it is not a condition.
Qadi Ibn al-Arab), in explaining the verse of Surah al-Maidah, "The food of those who were given the Scripture is permitted to you," (5:6 (7)) says: This is a decisive proof that the game and food of the People of the Book are among the good things which Allah has allowed for us. He, the Most High, has repeated it twice in order to allay doubts and to seal the mouths of those mischievous objectors, who would raise questions and prolong the discussion. I was asked: 'If a Christian kills a chicken by cutting off its head and then cooks it, is it permissible to eat with him or to partake of his food?' I said: 'Eat it, as this is his food and the food of his priests and monks. Although this is not our way of slaughtering the animal, yet Allah has permitted their food to us unconditionally, and also other things in their religion excepting those which Allah says they have falsified.' Our scholars have said: They give us their women in marriage and it is permissible to engage in sexual intercourse with them. In matters concerning halal and haram, sexual intercourse is of graver import than eating; how then does it make sense to say that their food is not halal?
This is the opinion of Ibn al-Arab). On another occasion he says: "What they eat without intending to make it lawful for eating, as for example by strangling the animal or smashing its head, is haram." There is no contradiction between these two statements of his. What is meant here is that what they consider as religiously lawful to eat is halal for us, even though the method of killing the animal in their religion may be different from ours, and what is not religiously lawful to them is haram for us. What is meant by killing the animal in their religion is killing it with the intention of making it lawful as food according to their religion. This is the opinion of a group of Maliki jurists.
In the light of this ruling, we know that imported meats, such as chicken and canned beef, originating with the People of the Book are halal for us, even though the animal may have been killed by means of electric shock or the like. As long as they consider it lawful in their religion, it is halal for us. This is the application of the above verse from Surah al-Maidah.
SubhanAllah, I agree to disagree, big time!
HMC do not and have not ever directly/officially supplied any national supermarket (i.e. Asda)....far as i know
....imho more appropriate to label such meat as highly questionable rather then out right haraam.
ASDA is NOT...the company that has its own branch/stall within the Bolton ASDA store does. Halal World Centre - which i think is mainly 'certified' by HFA but this specific branch is HMC certified.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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