QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH SHAYKH (DR)SHAROF GBADEBO ROOJEE
[HAFIDHO-ULLAAH]
Questioner: Can we eat from the foods of the Christians
during their festivals?
Dr Sharof: We have explained it. If they give you gifts
during their festivals, there is no harm in collecting it. The companions used
to collect it. It is not permissible to eat whatever they slaughter because of
their celebrations; you must not eat it. This is because whatever they
slaughter because of their celebration is under what is used to praise other
than Allaah. From its meaning is also that it is what is slaughtered without
mentioning the name of Allaah. They have also known this, and that is why they
ask some Muslims to help them slaughter their animals. Can’t they slaughter the
animals themselves? They see nothing wrong in you slaughtering their animals,
but they see a great crime in accepting Islaam. Even if you’re the one who
slaughtered it, you must not eat it.
[SOURCE: Q&A session of the tape, “Extremism in Islaam”
at Lagos Island]
Transcribed by Aboo
Aaishah Al Odeomeey
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