Question
What alternative to commercial chickens is there for Muslims in North America and Europe? In these countries Muslims depend on organization like SANHA, which halaalize commercially slaughtered chickens and meat. It is not realistic to expect Muslims to stop consuming chicken and meat. So what is the alternative?
Answer
Your argument about 'not being realistic' is baseless and Islamically unrealistic. Does it mean that as long as an alternative is not available, Muslims should continue to consume poison and pork? What type of Muslims are living in North America and Europe who are unable to abstain from the addiction of poison, pork, rotten carrion and diseased chicken and meat? Are they cannibals or barbarians? Even if there is no alternative, it remains haraam to consume what is haraam. If no halaal chickens and meat are available, they should eat of the large variety of non-chicken, non-meat foods which Allah Ta'ala has made available for them.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 22 No 12
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