Can I Eat Meat in the United States That Is Not Slaughtered Islamically?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

Is it permissible to eat meat that has not been properly slaughtered according to the Sacred Law of Islam, if the meat is being served by my mother who follows an opinion given to her by her local Imam that in the US it is permitted to eat such meat due to difficulty?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

Short Answer

In short, it is not permissible to eat any meat that was not slaughtered according to the Sacred Law of Islam; a person living in a Muslim minority country does not change that ruling as there still remains many options of permissible food, such as seafood and non-meat options.

Long Answer

Please see the two following links:

The criteria from meat to be Halal

Eating Haram meat in non-muslim country

Hope this helps

Allah knows best

[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.