AskImamDarul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah (AskImam)

Are Muslims allowed to be vegetarians and therefore have no meat at all?

Fatwa 805English
Food and Drink

Question

The question text was not published separately; the title stands in for it.

Are Muslims allowed to be vegetarians and therefore have no meat at all?

Answer

A Muslim may be a vegetarian. However, he should not regard eating meat as prohibited.

And Allah Taãla Knows Best.

Was salaam

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
View original Ask AskImam directly

Fatawa SA is an independent, read-only index of fatawa already published by Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah (AskImam). It is not a fatwa service. For your own situation, ask the issuing Darul Ifta directly.