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If meat is not provided according to the beliefs of Muslims, then eating it is not permissible

If meat is not provided according to the beliefs of Muslims, then eating it is not permissible

Question:On a ship, beef is slaughtered by non-Muslims. Is it permissible to eat it? Is it permissible to eat meat slaughtered by someone other than a Muslim or a true People of the Book? What are the conditions for this?

Answer: It is permissible to eat meat slaughtered by a true Muslim or a genuine People of the Book, provided it was slaughtered properly with the utterance of 'Bismillah' (بسم اللہ). Meat slaughtered by other non-Muslims is not halal. If meat is not provided according to Islamic beliefs on a ship owned by a non-Muslim company, it is not permissible to eat it.

(Jami'-ul-Fatawa, Volume: 8, Page: 273).