Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat
Question:
Is the lamb from New Zealand ḥalāl?
Answer:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute.
Lamb from any country can be rendered ḥalāl if all Islamic slaughter requirements and conditions are fulfilled, which entail the following:
- The slaughterer must be sane and Muslim, Jew or Christian.
- A blessing or recitation incorporating the name of Almighty God must be articulated by the slaughterer at the time the lamb is being slaughtered.
- The lamb must be alive during the ritual slaughter.
- At least 3 of the 4 arteries must be severed (trachea, esophagus and two jugular veins).
(See: Al-Bināyah Vol 11, Page 528, Dār Al-Kutub Al-Ilmīyyah, Tafsīr Al-Rāzīy, Vol 11, Page 293, Dār Iḥyā Al-Turāth)
If you are referring to the lamb of New Zealand from a specific abattoir, slaughter plant, company or farm, we are unable to comment on it’s ḥalāl status as we have not observed the process and procedures there, nor have you provided any name of such plant or company.
“Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allāh, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death].” – (Qur’ān 5:3)
“So eat of that [meat] upon which the name of God has been mentioned, if you are believers in His verses.” – (Qurʾān: 6:118)
“And do not eat of that upon which the name of God has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is grave disobedience.” – (Qurʾān: 6:121)
“The food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them” – (Qurʾān 5:5)
“’Abd Allāh ibn Abbās (may Allāh be pleased with him) used to say, “You can eat any [permissible animal] that has had its jugular veins cut.” – (Muwaṭṭā Mālik 1050)
Only Allāh knows best
يعتبر في حصول الذكاة أربع شرائط أحدها صفة في الفاعل بأن يكون معتقدا بكتاب نزل في دين مقر فيه والثاني صفة في الفعل وهو وجود ذكر الله سبحانه وتعالى في حق المذكى والثالث صفة في الآلة بأن يكون ما يقطع له حد والرابع صفة في الموضع فيه وهو قطع الأوداج والأوداج أربعة الحلقوم والمريء والودجان – كتاب البناية شرح الهداية ج ١١ ص ٥٢٨ دار الكتب العلمية
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُمَا أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ ذَبَائِحِ نَصَارَى الْعَرَبِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَبِهِ أَخَذَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّه – تفسير الرازي مفاتيح الغيب أو التفسير الكبير ج١١/ ص٢٩٣ دار إحياء التراث
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْأَزْلَامِ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ الْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّإِثْمٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ – سورة المائدة ٣
فَكُلُوا مِمَّا ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُم بِآيَاتِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ – سورة الأنعام ١١٩
وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَفِسْقٌ وَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ لَيُوحُونَ إِلَىٰ أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ لِيُجَادِلُوكُمْ وَإِنْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُمْ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُشْرِكُونَ
الْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتُ وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ – سورة المائدة ٥
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَا فَرَى الأَوْدَاجَ فَكُلُوهُ - رواه مالك في المؤطا ١٠٥٠
