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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Your Questions Answered (volume 3) Q80: If Meat Becons Najis? It is very difficult for us to know whether the meat or poultry we buy these days from butchery and other shops is 'Halal' or 'Haram' because (a) we don't know if the cattle or poultry is slaughtered according to the Islamic Principle, (b) we know that the scales are used for weighing pork also.

We know for certain that cattle and poultry is kept in cold storage together with the meat of other haram animals. Now in such situation, how can we continue to eat meat and poultry and at the same time ensure that it is halal. How about imported meat? How can we be sure that these imported meat (fresh and tinned) are also halal?

Please, we need a clear guidance on this: especially for our people who are now in Canada, where it is very difficult to know these things, in this connection, please enlighten us on the tinned fruits, breads, cakes, vegetables and other Chinese cooked food, fresh and tinned. How far can we use these? A. I have been informed that in Tanzania, they follow the Islamic rules of slaughter.

If, after proper slaughter, the meat becomes Najis by coming into contact with Najis meat or scales, it may be made 'Tahir' (clean) by water in normal way. If meat is imported from a Muslim country, you may use without any doubt. The meat imported from non-Muslim countries is Najis and Haram (unless you know that this particular meat which you are buying was "slaughtered according to Islamic rules.) The only way for a Shia Ithnasheris in Canada etc.

is to purchase goat, for example, in shares, and slaughter it properly. The imported food, in which meat or animal fat is not used, may be used (unless you know that this particular food which you are buying is Najis.) Q81: BAKE-N-TAKE SHOPS We have so many bake-n-take shops here in U.K., and i have noticed so many of our brothers buying such items from there and they eat it. The shop is owned by Christians, and you know that fish, chicken and other meat which they use there is not halal.

Can we buy potatoes, bean-crisps from that shop and eat it which is also cooked there? A. The meat of an animal killed by a non-Muslim is Najis. If that meat is cooked in pot, that pot also becomes Najis because of the Najasat of the meat. If the potatoes and beans are cooked in that very pot, then they will be Najis. But, if they are cooked in another pot, then you may use them according to the Fatwa of Agha-e-Hakeem (r.a.).