What is difference between Halal and Haram Meat?

The debate of what represents halal (allowed) and haram (prohibited) meat goes on. Some Islamic ulama (scholars) assert it is fine to eat meat from your neighborhood market, as long as it's not pork and when before it's eaten the name of Allah is pronounced over it. Other scholars say that meat in the"People of the Book" is halal for Muslims to eat and nothing special needs to be mentioned. Finally, there are scholars who qualify the gap between the conditions halal and zabiha (a more specific method of slaughter). They state that, according to the Qur'an and the Hadith, Muslims should just eat zabiha meat. They explain that a type of meat (poultry, beef, etc.) could be halal if it's taken from animals that we are allowed to consume, but that, unless these animals are killed according to Shariah law, their meat isn't zabiha and therefore to not be eaten. In other words, all zabiha meat is halal, but not all halal meat is zabiha.

To be able to prove that of the aforementioned three perspectives is right, it has to be determined which one is in agreement with all the Qur'an.

The belief that meat can come from local shops as long as"Bismillah" is said more than it runs counter to the subsequent Qur'anic ayyat:"He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swine flesh, and that over which has been invoked (the name of) any other than Allah. But he that is driven by necessity, neither craving nor transgressing, it's no sin for him. Lo!

This Allah is telling us that no name other than His should be invoked over the meat we consume. This is clear, and all Muslims agree. The question is: When should"Bismillah" be mentioned -- prior to eating or at the time of slaughter? For those who argue it is meant to be mentioned before eating, I ask: Why do we need a special ayaat to tell us this when Muslims have to say"Bismillah" over our food, not just meat? Additional the following ahadith explain that it's while slaughtering the animal that"Bismillah" must be declared and That There's a consequence for not doing so:

The Messenger (SAW) said to this Companion Sa'd:"O Sa'd! Purify your food and your supplication will be approved. From the one in whose hands lies the life span of Muhammad, verily a servant places a morsel of haram in his belly (and consequently ) forty times of worship won't be accepted from him" [Imam Tabrani].

Reading these verses of the Qur'an and the above ahadith it makes it crystal clear that we aren't allowed to eat just any brand of grocery ; this isn't halal for us. Halal meat needs to be killed in the Zabiha manner.

However, this view can be disproven also. Neither Jews nor Christians invoke the name of Allah Subhana T'Allah over the animal before killing it, as Muslims do. If they had been calling on Allah, they'd be Muslims, right? Some sheikhs, scholars, and Imams assert the Qur'an states which we can eat the meat of Jews and Christians based on this ayyat:"This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. On the other hand, the Arabic term used in this ayaat, ta'am, doesn't necessarily refer to beef. Those scholars that argue rigorously in favor of zabiha say this word ta'am is referring to produce and grains, not meat, as the edict for meat has been made apparent elsewhere. When Allah speaks about beef in the Qur'an it's usually referred to using the word for meat or flesh, which is lahm.

As if the above ayaats weren't sufficient to make you wonder, in 6:119 Allah says:"And what hath occurred for you that ye eat not (meat) of the over which hath been mentioned the name of Allah, what ye were forced toand many could lead people astray by their own vain desires without knowledge; Verily, thy Lord knoweth best the transgressors." This should definitely make one stop and ponder the validity of their initial two arguments.

 

The third view that's taken by many scholars in Islam is that the only meat that's halal for Muslims to eat is that which has been slaughtered in accordance with the shariah law. In short, just zabiha meat is halal. It is zabiha to slaughter, kill, or forfeit an animal by cutting his throat, according to the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad. There is no denying the fact that zabiha meat is halal. Nobody can refute this announcement. Zabiha meat is legal, and it is the best choice of all. The ayaat and ahadith that I have supplied are sufficient to prove that zabiha meat isn't just halal (great ) but also wajib (obligatory).