Seafood..

[USResident]

Bro

@psyah

Assalamu’alaikum bro USResident

I think BIB didn’t quite understand me. I did say there is a reason and that it was the instruction of Allah (SWT) that is reason enough for the Muslim, but I also said there were WISDOMS which do not exceed in importance other than the basic instruction that such and such is permissible or not. I think we need to balance wisdom with reason. Context can make things easier for us to live our lives, but make things more complicated for the science of determining those contexts. Where possible people should strive to achieve the basic requirements without looking for loopholes. That is a greater position of piety. So in reality I actually agree with you and disagree that I had a better explanation than you rather I think we are saying the same thing.

I think now we are on the same page. You are correct, that we can always find some wisdom in it, the most important of which is our submissiveness to the command of Allah SWT. However we should clearly understand the fundamentals that differentiate between the two i.e. halal and haram.

@psyah

With regards to your question … If the Hindu done the sacrifice in my supervision with the slaughter and words in the right way then I will have nothing except my personal biases to overcome for not eating that meat. Yes, I would eat it.

Unless of course there is a clear statement saying that the one doing the sacrifice has to be either a Muslim or from other People of the Book.

I don’t know if I want to open a pandoras box here but well, anyway. Is it the method of slaughter which makes it halal or the acknowledgement that Allah SWT has provided us this food or both? I have researched this area many a time and have even flip flopped in my opinion sometimes however currently I am steady with what I think I understand. To me, the acknowledgement that this food has been provided by Allah SWT takes priority over the method of kill (with the exception of those specifically mentioned in Quran, specifically Surah Maidah). I say this because I have not come across conclusive evidence that the method of kill or slaughter used by the muslims was any different from other Arabs or non-Arabs of the time. What the Quran did was further restrict a few of the prevalent categories and clarified that all food is a blessing from Allah SWT and that only He SWT should be acknowledged for it.