What is Halal/Halaal?
What is Halaal?
What does it have to do with Muslims?
Halaal is ‘that which is considered acceptable/lawful to Allah/(God)’.
Most Muslims think of Halaal in regard to meat; lamb, beef ,chicken, etc.
Is the meat ‘Halaal’? Has it been killed in the proscribed way?
But to make them think, I use the example of a basic hamburger, containing, lean beef, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, salt, pepper, butter/margarine, tomato sauce, on a bread roll.
Is the meat Halaal,? We need to know.
Are the onions Halaal? Yes, it’s a vegetable.
is the lettuce Halaal? Yes, it’s a vegetable.
Are the tomatoes Halaal? Yes it is a fruit.
Is the salt Halaal? Yes.
Is the pepper Halaal? Yes.
Is the Butter/margarine Halaal? Unknown. We need to check.
Is the tomato sauce Halaal? Unknown. We need to check.
Is the bread roll Halaal? Unknown. We need to check.
So, as you can see, Halaal isn’t just about “Is the meat Halaal”?
In modern manufacturing processes there may be elements in every manufactured food that may cause Muslims concern about whether they can consume it with a clear conscience.
But Halaal isn’t only about food.
More in subsequent articles.
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