Ruling on meat slaughtered by the Shi‘ah (Raafidis)

Praise be to Allah.

One of the
conditions of meat being halaal is that the one who slaughters it must be
a Muslim or a kitaabi (i.e., a Jew or a Christian). Hence meat slaughtered
by a mushrik, Zoroastrian or apostate is not permissible and is not
halaal. 

The Shi‘ah have a
number of beliefs and actions that put them beyond the pale of Islam, such
as their belief that the Holy Qur’an has been distorted, and that their
Imams have knowledge of the unseen, and are infallible and cannot be
heedless or forget. 

They seek the help of
the dead and call upon them instead of Allah; they prostrate towards their
graves; and they revile the best of mankind after the Prophets and
Messengers, namely the Companions of the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him), and regard them as disbelievers. This has been discussed
previously in the answers to questions no. 1148,
10272 and 21500. 

Whoever believes in
any of these things, or does any of these acts that constitute kufr
(disbelief) has gone beyond the pale of Islam, and meat slaughtered by him
is not halaal. 

The scholars of the
Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked about eating meat
slaughtered by the Ja‘fari Shi‘ah, knowing that they call upon ‘Ali,
al-Hasan, al-Husayn and all their leaders, at times of hardship and of
ease. 

They replied: 

if the matter is as
the questioner said, that the group that he is referring to are Ja‘faris who
call upon ‘Ali, al-Hasan and al-Husayn, and their leaders, then they are
mushrikeen and apostates from Islam – Allah forbid – and it is not
permissible to eat meat slaughtered by them, because it is “dead meat” (meat
that was not slaughtered properly), even if they mentioned the name of Allah
over it. End quote. 

Fataawa al-Lajnah
ad-Daa’imah (2/264) 

They were also
asked: 

I am from a tribe
that lives near the northern border and we mix with tribes from Iraq whose
madhhab is idolatrous Shi‘ah; they worship domes (shrines) and call them
al-Hasan, al-Husayn and ‘Ali, and when one of them gets up, he says “O ‘Ali,
O Husayn.” Nevertheless, some people from our tribe have intermarried with
them. I tried to admonish them but they did not listen. I have heard that
meat slaughtered by them is not to be eaten, but these people eat meat
slaughtered by them and they do not care. We ask you to please explain what
we should do with regard to what we have mentioned. 

They replied: 

If the matter is as
you have mentioned, that they call upon ‘Ali, al-Husayn, al-Hasan and
others, then they are mushrikeen in the sense of major shirk that puts them
beyond the pale of Islam. Hence it is not permissible to give Muslim women
to them in marriage, and it is not permissible for us [Muslim men] to marry
their women. It is not permissible for us to eat meat slaughtered by them.
Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And
do not marry Al-Mushrikat (idolatresses, etc.) till they believe (worship
Allah Alone). And indeed a slave woman who believes is better than a (free)
Mushrikah (idolatress, etc.), even though she pleases you. And give not
(your daughters) in marriage to Al-Mushrikoon till they believe (in Allah
Alone) and verily, a believing slave is better than a (free) Mushrik
(idolater, etc.), even though he pleases you. Those (Al-Mushrikoon) invite
you to the Fire, but Allah invites (you) to Paradise and Forgiveness by His
Leave, and makes His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) clear to mankind that they may remember”

[al-Baqarah 2:221].

End quote. 

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez
ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Baaz, Shaykh ‘Abd ar-Razzaaq ‘Afifi, Shaykh ‘Abdullah ibn
Ghadyaan, Shaykh ‘Abdullah ibn Qa ‘ood 

Fataawa al-Lajnah
ad-Daa’imah (2/264) 

Shaykh ‘Abdullah ibn
Jibreen (may Allah preserve him) was asked about eating meat slaughtered by
the Raafidis. 

He replied: 

Meat slaughtered by a
Raafidi is not halaal and may not be eaten. That is because the Raafidah are
usually mushrikeen who always call upon ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib at times of
hardship and of ease, even in ‘Arafaat and during tawaaf and sa‘i. And they
call upon (‘Ali’s) sons and their Imams as we have heard many times. This is
major shirk and apostasy from Islam, for which they deserve to be executed.
They also go to extremes in describing ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)
and ascribing to him attributes which are befitting only for Allah, as we
have heard them say in ‘Arafaat. Because of that they are apostates, because
they regard him as a lord and creator who controls the universe, has
knowledge of the unseen, has the power to bring benefit and cause harm, and
so on. They also cast aspersions upon the Holy Qur’an and claim that the
Sahaabah distorted it and erased many things from it having to do with Ahl
al-bayt (the Prophet’s family) and their enemies. Hence they do not follow
the Qur’an and they do not regard it as proof. They also impugn the senior
Sahaabah, such as the first three caliphs and the rest of the ten (who were
promised Paradise), and the Mothers of the Believers, and the well-known
Sahaabah such as Anas, Jaabir, Abu Hurayrah and others. They do not accept
their hadeeths because they are disbelievers, or so they claim, and they do
not accept the hadeeth of Saheeh al-Bukhaari and Saheeh Muslim, except those
hadeeths that were narrated from Ahl al-Bayt. They hold fast to hadeeths
that have been fabricated or in which there is no evidence for what they
say. Yet despite that they act in a hypocritical manner, saying verbally
that which is not in their hearts, and they conceal in their hearts that
which they will not express to you. They say “The one who has no taqiyyah
(dissimulation) has no religion.” So do not accept their claim to be
brothers and to love sharee‘ah, etc. Hypocrisy is a major tenet of faith for
them, may Allah protect the Muslims from their evil. End quote. 

And Allah knows best.