Brothers please read everything I have sent you before coming to a conclusion..

If I made
any mistakes or misprint then let me know inshallah.. Abu Bakr
To Begin:
People in the UK are free to choose and follow their own religious beliefs. Christianity
is the main religion amongst British people, but there are also large communities of
Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and Jews, and smaller communities of Baha'is, Buddhists, Jains
and Zoroastrians. Taken from http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Personal/Religion.htm)
Below is a table showing the percentage of followers of a certain religion in the UK
Taken in 2005. Dont say Abu Bakr didnt do his research!!!
Adherents % pop
Christian 42 079 000 71.6
No religion 9 104 000 15.5
Muslim2 1 546 626 2.7
Hindu2 552 421 1.0
Jedi Knight1 390 000 0.7
Sikh2 329 358 0.6
Jewish2 259 927 0.5
Buddhist2 144 453 0.3
Spiritualist 32 404
Pagan 30 569
Jainism 15 132
Wicca 7 227
Rastafarians 4 692
Baha'i 4 645
Zoroastrians 3 738
Christadelphia 2 368
Druidism 1 657
Pantheism 1 603
Satanism 1 525
New Age 906
Eckankar 426
Raja Yoga 261
Native American Church 234
Vodun (Vodoo) 123
Occult 99
Ancestor Worship 98
Free Church of Love 49
Amish 24
Other1 179 000 0.3
Total religious 45 163 000 76.8
No answer1 4 289 000 7.3
Now Quran And Sunnah!!!
Ibn Qudaamah said: The scholars are unanimously agreed that it is permissible to eat
meat slaughtered by the People of the Book, because Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning): The food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals) of the people of the Scripture
(Jews and Christians) is lawful to you [al-Maa'idah 5:5]. Al-Bukhaari said: Ibn Abbaas
said: Their food means meat slaughtered by them. Al-Mughni, 13/293.
After that we do not need to ask them about the way in which they slaughtered it, because
the basic principle is that their slaughter is valid because it was done by them as People
of the Book.
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
It is proven in Saheeh al-Bukhaari (no. 5507) from Aaishah (may Allaah be pleased
with her) that some people came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) and said: Some people bring meat to us, and we do not know if they mentioned the
name of Allaah or not. He said: Say it yourselves then eat.
I [Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen is speaking] say: They were new in Islam, and they did not
know whether they had said the name of Allaah or not, so he said: Say it yourselves,
then eat. So eating it is permissible even if we do not know whether the one who
slaughtered the meat mentioned the name of Allaah or not. Similarly it is permissible to
eat even if we do not know whether the meat was slaughtered in the proper manner or
not, because if the action is carried out by the right people then the basic principle is that
it is valid, unless there is evidence to the contrary. So if some meat comes to us from a
Muslim, a Jew or a Christian, we should not ask about it or ask how it was slaughtered or
whether the name of Allaah was mentioned over it. It is halaal so long as there is no clear
proof that it is haraam. This is a way in which Allaah has made things easier for us.
Liqaaaat al-Baab il-Maftooh, 1/77
Another Question and answer by both Shaikh Bin Baaz And Shaikh Uthaymeen..
Question:
Dear Imam: Asalamo Alakium warahmatullah. I am a student living in the UK, and will
be going on a field trip for school very soon. the hotel at which we are staying will
provide food for us, and my question is, if the food they provide us is meat, then it will no
be halal, so is it still ok to eat it, and if so, what steps should i undertake? jazak allah.
Answer:
Wa 'Alaykum Assalam Wa Rahmatulahi Wa Barakatu
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Dear brother! Thanks a lot for your question and the interest you show in having a clearer
view of the true teachings of Islam. May Allah help you get the right understanding and
stand firm on the Straight Path! Amen.
If these restaurants are in a country where the slaughter of meat is taken care of by
Muslims or People of the Book (i.e., Jews and Christians), or the restaurant owners take
care of the slaughter themselves and they are Muslims or people of the Book, then it is
permissible to eat there, even if we do not know whether they mentioned the name of
Allaah over the slaughter or not, because the basic principle is that their meat is allowed.
Al-Bukhaari (2057) narrated from Aaishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that some
people said, O Messenger of Allaah, some people bring meat to us and we do not know
whether they mentioned the name of Allaah over it or not. The Messenger of Allaah
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Say the name of Allaah over it and eat
it.
But if the slaughter of meat is taken care of by people other than Muslims or people of
the Book, such as atheists and Hindus, then it is not permissible to eat it.
It should be noted that meat slaughtered by a Muslim or a Jew or Christian is permissible
if it was slaughtered in the manner prescribed in shareeah or if we do not know how it
was slaughtered. But if we know that it was slaughtered in a way other than that
prescribed in shareeah, such as by strangling, electric shock, etc, then it is maytah or
dead meat and it is haraam to eat it regardless of whether the one who killed it was a
Muslim or a kaafir, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maitah (the dead animals cattle beast not
slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which Allaahs Name has not been
mentioned while slaughtering (that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others
than Allaah, or has been slaughtered for idols) and that which has been killed by
strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring of horns and
that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal unless you are able to slaughter it
(before its death)
[al-Maa'idah 5:3]
Shaykh Ibn Baaz in Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/414
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen said:
One of the following three scenarios must apply to this meat:
1 We know that it has been slaughtered in the proper manner. This meat is halaal.
2 We know that it has not been slaughtered in the proper manner. This meat is haraam.
3 We are not sure; we do not know whether it has been slaughtered in the proper
manner or not. The ruling in this case is that the meat is halaal, and we do not have to ask
about how it was killed, or whether the name of Allaah was mentioned over it or not.
Rather it seems from the Sunnah that it is better not to ask or try to find out. Hence when
they said to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), we do not know
whether they mentioned the name of Allaah over it or not, he did not say to them, Ask
them whether they mentioned the name of Allaah over them or not, rather he said: Say
the name of Allaah over it yourselves, and eat it. This tasmiyah or saying of the name of
Allaah which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told them to do is
not the tasmiyah of slaughter, because the slaughter is over and done with. Rather it is the
tasmiyah of eating, because what is prescribed is for the person who is eating to say the
name of Allaah when he eats. The correct view regarding saying the name of Allaah
when eating is that it is obligatory, because the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) enjoined it, and because if a person does not say the name of
Allaah, the Shaytaan shares his food and drink.
If a person wants to be cautious and forego eating this meat, there is nothing wrong with
that, but there is also nothing wrong with eating it.
From Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/415
Wassalam and Allah knows best.
Reference:
Islamicity
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None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
May Allah Guide Us And Increase Our Understanding Of His Religion..
Ameen..
Abu Bakr Sahih