How many people eat Halal food at home, and don’t eat halal outside? Or how many people just don’t care to eat Halal meat? I myself eat halal at home and also usually veggies outside…now. Before I would occasionally have chicken pasta or a burger somewhere, but not anymore.
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welll i eat halal food as welll
where i live many muslim live down here soow e also get take aways which provide halal food which is good for us
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I eat zabiha halal food in and outside of the home. I also eat vegetarian outside.
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sorry to seem ignorant guys...but what is 'jatka'?
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non kosher meat is jhatka
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well i live at a place where u cant find a place to get halal meat :(
not even a single one
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We eat only ZABIHA food at home. We avoid eating at the restaurants selling ham. We don’t even eat vegetable there. At Pakistani and other restaurants, we only eat GOAT and BEEF coz 70%-80% of the places have non-zabiha chicken.
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Hey Decent - Question?
Isn't it all in the intentions? Im asking seriously. For instance normally I eat out at zabiha restaurants, especially in NYC. Typically if they tell me its halal, I believe them. If it is actually using haram meat, at least I am not eating it intentionally. God forgive me for all the non-halal food I used to eat.
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I used to believe the same but now I realized that a bit of REASEARCH is not too hard to do in today’s world and if you can avoid non-zabiha with a bit of research, why not?
First I normally ask them “Is it Zabiha?” and 90% of them reply “Its hahal” and I insist on asking “Not Halal, is it ZABIHA or not?”. Some of them simply tell that’s its not ZABIHA and some say “we don’t know” and I just walk out or eat beef/goat (which is zabiha in 80% of the places).
Second thing that I do is ask about their supplier and give supplier a CALL and ask him if he supply all zabiha chiken/meat.
I live at a place where there is only one supplier of chicken and he slaughter the chicken with machines with “ALLAH-o-AKBAR” playing in the tape-recorder in the background. Once I did not eat chicken for 5 months and now I have to drive 5 hours (one-way) to get the chicken but I have no hard-feelings
Initially hameen thoree mushkil hotee thee but now everyone in our circle know that we only eat zabiha and they always buy zabiha when they invite us.
in the end its all about peaceful heart and maira dil mutmaeen hai
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Well where I live..the restaurants have certification that they are halal restaurants, other than that I avoid all the fast food chains, which also keeps me fit faat.
:)
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I eat zabiha only too but I think definition of halal is different for certain people. Some people believe its okay to eat from ahl e kitab, i am not sure i havent looked into it so for now i am just on the careful side.
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Guys I obviously need help :(
I know of Halal and Haraam...
What does Zabiiha mean...?
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Zabiha Halal: hand Slaughtered, with proper Quranic verses recited
Non-Zabiha Halal: Machine slaughtered with Tape recorder playing Quranic verses (or may be not) in the background (by the way, in my openion its not halal but most of the ppl call it halal)
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Zabiha is the way in which the animal is slaughtered.
--- Chicken is halal/permissible for our consumption. So is lamb, goat, turkey etc. Pork and other bi-products of a pig aren't halal for muslims. Some restaurants buy the chicken, lamb etc from western meat suppliers and pass it off as halal because muslims can eat those animals. However, since they weren't slaughtered (zabiha-ed) in the proper Islamic way, majority of muslims don't consider them to be halal. To make a long story short, it's best to ask if the meat is zabihah halal rather than just halal because that way you can ensure that the meat that you will be eating has been slaughtered properly.
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Thanks Hinna - that answers my question :)
By the way out of interest, I have Muslim Lebanese, Somalian, Algerian friends who all eat chicken bought from the local supermarkets and not even labelled as halal...
When I queried this they said that they believe chilken does not need to be slaughtered in a specific way for it to be halal
Anyone have any idea where this theory might have come from...? My understanding is that chicken must be slaughtered and have the appropriate Quranic verses recited during slaughter - just like all other permissable animals...
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phoenx there is a viewpoint out there that states since Christians and Jews are al-e-kitab, and therefore muslims can eat their food. However, the majority of scholars do not agree with this and they state that the meat must be slaughtered in the proper Islamic manner for it to be considered halal
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ok...that explains quite a bit
But...men are permitted to marry women who are al-e-kitab right? So would it not also signify that the meat of their wive's religion also be permitted...?
Hmmm sorry guys, I
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know I prob sound ignorant...but I am really interested to know
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I wonder the way they change their “kitabs”, there is a “Real” ehl-e-kitab lady out there. Dont you think so?
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Well where I live..the restaurants have certification that they are halal restaurants, Alhamdolilah i eat Halal Food.