Halal butchers. Advantages and disadvantages?

Question

A new Halal butchers is opening opposite where I work and I have never purchased or eaten meat prepared this way. I have eaten Kosher meat and enjoyed it, and I am looking forward to this new butchers opening. Can anyone tell me the advantages and disadvantages please?

I welcome comments from all religious groups and also people who do not eat meat as part of their religious beliefs.

Thank you all for your answers. They have all been very informative and I respectfully thank you for taking the time to explain your answers in the way you did. For this reason I cannot pick a best answer as they were all brilliant so I will put it to the vote. Many thanks once again.

Answer 1

Halal is to Muslims as Kosher is to the Jewish folks. The rules for halaal food are less stringent than the Kashrut laws. BUT the basic laws are hte same. THAT you kill the animal swiftly without scaring him or killing one animal in front of another. The person killing should be experienced and an adult. Give the animal food and water before killing it. Make sure you take the name of the MOST HIGH before killing the animal, recognizing that the animal really is the property of the Almighty Lord and you are taking life with HIS PERMISSION and for food. BE as kind to the animal as possible under the circumstances. Normally the process is so swift that the blood drains out and makes the animal black out and faints. Any movement thereafter is because of the muscles contracting.

Halal meat is made in a way to drain away blood which has many diseases and causes diseases in people who eat meat in which blood has not been drained. It is also meat that does not spoil as quickly.

Answer 2

Well, Muslims are allowed to eat meat, just as long as it is "halaal" or "zabeeha." We can eat the meat of the "people of the book" which includes the Jews and Christians, so long as they do not call on any name but God's when doing the slaughtering.

Halaal food means that whatever animal is being slaughtered, they do not see the knife before they are slaughtered. This let's them die in peace, and it does not frighten them or let them realize they are about to die.

They are also supposed to be slaughtered at the neck, in one clean cut, so that they die right then and there. The knife must be very sharp so that they do not suffer from having to feel the pain. Also, cutting from the neck lets ALL the blood drain out, so that we do not have meat that can harm us in any way.

As for disadvantages, halaal meat is actually usually more expensive, b/c it is more rare to find halaal/zabiha meat. Again, it is also rare, which is a disadvantage for most Muslims. Another disadvantage for Muslims is that sometimes people claim meat is halaal and it is not, but if we do our best to make sure it is, then we should take the other person's word for it and not judge them on what they say, and then it is permissible for us to eat the meat as well. :)

Answer 3

Benefits Of Halal Meat

Answer 4

I'm a Muslim and always eat Halal meat, nevertheless, My religion allows me to eat meat prepared by Jews and Christians (Named in Islam "People of The Book"). As long as it wasn't prepared or slaughtered with other than God's name on it.So you'll find it the same as Kosher. Disadvantages, like all butchers, if they were unclean, like if they don't wash their hands properly, although health precautions are strongly encouraged to do ( In Prophet's (PBUH) sayings) before the slaughter and after it, and while preparing it.

Thanks for asking brother.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

halal means not stunned, the only difference is they cut the neck of animal slowly and let all the blood drain from its vains.
as far as in stunnin, they just hit and seperate head from body, in this case the blood remains in the body,
but the only meat they could halal is chicken, lamb, cow, sheep etc, pork and other stuff cant be halal as it is haram for muslims so no matter how they cut it, it wont be halal for muslim,
similarly in case of fish, the moment it comes out from water, it is halal.
in islam, if you dont earn something, thats haram as well, (haram is opposite to halal) which means not halal. like lottery winnings, theft money, money gettin by fraud, bank frauds anythin which you do not earn, earning interest on your money is also haraam in islam.
the only advantage i knw beyond islamic point of view of eatin halal is that your skin becomes clear have you noticed the black spotts on some people's skin, it happens when their skin is sensitive and they eat stunned meat, because of the blood in that meat.
regards