Ruling on eating KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
I work for about three years in KFC. They
told me that the chicken is halaal. They also had a certificate. But now i have
checked the e-codes on the site guidedway.com and i have seen that it is
mushbooh. So i want to know ur opinion.
And i
have one more very important question. They use shortening(oil). i checked that
about shortening on guidedway.com and it says IT DEPENDS. so i am not sure
whether is haraam or halaal. my question is can I eat fries or is it better to
avoid it.
What is
the ruling on fish burger?.
Praise
be to Allaah.
Firstly:
In order for it to be permissible to eat
chicken and meat that is sold in Muslim countries and elsewhere, two conditions
must be met:
1. The meat should
have been slaughtered in the manner prescribed in sharee‘ah; it should not have
been stunned with electricity, or drowned in water, or any other means of
killing that is done in some countries.
2. The one who
slaughtered the meat should have been a Muslim or a kitaabi (one of the people
of the Book, i.e., a Jew or Christian); it is not permissible to eat meat
slaughtered by a communist, atheist or idol-worshipper.
See the answer to question no. 83362.
If it becomes clear to you that the chicken
sold in these restaurants has not been slaughtered in the manner prescribed in
sharee‘ah, it is not permissible for you to eat it and it is not permissible
for you to work with those who sell it, because that comes under the heading of
cooperating in sin and transgression.
Secondly:
It is permissible to eat fried meat and fish
from these restaurants, subject to two conditions:
1. That it is not
fried in the same oil as the non-halaal chicken or in vessels in which chicken
was fried, until they have been washed, because the non-halaal chicken is
maytah (dead meat) and is najis (impure).
2. The meat should
be halaal.
And Allah knows best.
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