Six kebabs were found to include pork when it had not been declared as an ingredient. Two of the six were described as Halal – food or drink permitted for Muslims, which must not contain pork.
I suspect this is one (of many valid) reasons that we are cautioned against eating in restraunts and other “public” places. As you mention, Abu Fluffy, unless we personally know who actually slaughtered the meat… there is just so much opportunity to get all kinds of things happening to it that we don’t realize. That said, I am horrible myself with sticking to the principle of it all, so inshaAllah this serves as an important reminder to me!
[...] and aqiqahs, rather than with every dinner. But if that isn’t enough to turn you off, Yursil has a report from the BBC on pork in certified ‘halal’ [...]
We’ve been doing a lot better with the eating out thing now but on occasion we still eat out. I find that because I’m not naturally inclined to loving being in the kitchen sometimes we go out during those days of laziness. I don’t trust the ‘halal’ restaurants 100% and although I tell myself that it’s halal so it is better, I know deep within that it will probably not help me in my spiritual path. Yet we still do it because it’s the easy thing to do sometimes. Keep us in your ad’iyah insha’Allah.
Assalamu alaikum.
This is why I don’t eat meat in the West unless I personally know who slaughtered it.
Bismillahir Rahmaanir Rahiim
Asalaamu alaikum.
I suspect this is one (of many valid) reasons that we are cautioned against eating in restraunts and other “public” places. As you mention, Abu Fluffy, unless we personally know who actually slaughtered the meat… there is just so much opportunity to get all kinds of things happening to it that we don’t realize. That said, I am horrible myself with sticking to the principle of it all, so inshaAllah this serves as an important reminder to me!
[...] and aqiqahs, rather than with every dinner. But if that isn’t enough to turn you off, Yursil has a report from the BBC on pork in certified ‘halal’ [...]
asaalamu alaykum
“Naqshbandi Murids Should Not Eat Out At Restaurants”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MYSv7qq_OU
as salamu alaykum
It’s scary stuff especially after realizing how much of an effect the food we put in our mouth has on our spirituality.
We’ve been doing a lot better with the eating out thing now but on occasion we still eat out. I find that because I’m not naturally inclined to loving being in the kitchen sometimes we go out during those days of laziness. I don’t trust the ‘halal’ restaurants 100% and although I tell myself that it’s halal so it is better, I know deep within that it will probably not help me in my spiritual path. Yet we still do it because it’s the easy thing to do sometimes. Keep us in your ad’iyah insha’Allah.