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Consuming drowned animals?
Question
Q. If the cattle (cow or sheep for example) drowned in the river, whether it is possible to eat its meat?
Answer
It is not permissible to consume such meat. Animals that have died without being slaughtered in the name of Allah are carrion and are prohibited for Muslims to consume.
And Allah says in the Qur’an:
Do not eat that (meat) over which the name of Allah has not been pronounced. This is surely a sin. (Qur’an, 6: 121)
- Answered by
- Mufti Suhail Tarmahomed
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