INTRODUCTION TO HALAL

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 CONTENT
•  Main Objectives
•  Begin with the end in minds
–  The final destination
–  Five rulings in Islam
–  Food as life basic needs
–  The relationship between food and the final destination
–  Concept of Halalan Toyyiban
–  Najs
–  The Rationale of Prohibition
•  Class of Halal/Haram food in Islam
•  Slaughtering
–  Definition
–  Requirement
–  Checklist
–  Rationale
•  The source of Islamic law (Syariah)
•  The objectives of Syariah
•  Conclusion

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 MAIN OBJECTIVES
•  To understand what is halal or haram
food in Islam and the sources
•  To practices the principles of halal and
haram and managing the products
•  To understand the objectives of shariah

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 THE FINAL DESTINATION

Heaven
MUSLIM
Hell
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 FIVE RULINGS IN ISLAMIC
JURISPRUDENCE

MUSTAHAB •  Recommended

WAJIB •  Obligatory

HARAM •  Prohibited/Sinful

MAKRUH •  Discourage

MUBAH •  Permissible

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 FIVE RULINGS IN ISLAMIC
JURISPRUDENCE

MUSTAHAB

•  Recommended
•  Practicing matters that are Mustahab will be
beneficial to an individual and shall be
rewarded by the creator.
•  Omitting Mustahab matter will not be
considered as committing a sin nor it will be
punishable
•  Example: Reciting Basmallah

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 FIVE RULINGS IN ISLAMIC
JURISPRUDENCE
WAJIB

•  Obligatory
•  Muslim are obliged to consume food and
partake in services that are Halal
(permissible)
•  To abstain taking food or indulging in
services that are Haram (prohibited)
•  Example: Muslim wajib to abandon
gambling activity

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 FIVE RULINGS IN ISLAMIC
JURISPRUDENCE
HARAM
•  Prohibited/Sinful
•  Any act that is forbidden by Allah and
rewarded for leaving it
•  Two categories:
•  Haram li zatihi – khamr, pig, carrion, blood
and etc
•  Haram li ghairihi – prohibited due to other
reason
•  Example: Eating chicken is not haram,
BUT…
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 FIVE RULINGS IN ISLAMIC
JURISPRUDENCE

MAKRUH

•  Discourage
•  Better to leave than to practice
•  Somewhat practicing is not
considered sin
•  Example: Eating pungent smell
food (onion, garlic)

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 FIVE RULINGS IN ISLAMIC
JURISPRUDENCE

MUBAH

•  Permissible
•  No objection to doing it in Islam.
•  Muslim are free to do it or not do
it.
•  Example: sleeping a lot, eating
excessively, live lavishly

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 FOOD AS LIFE BASIC NEEDS

•  Food is regarded as
nourishing
Human substances taken
into and absorbed
by an organism to
sustain life and
FOOD enable growth and
repair of tissues
Plant Animal •  Food can be in the
form of nutrients,
water, lights etc.
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 THE RELATIONSHIP OF FOOD & THE
FINAL DESTINATION
•  As food are the
source of life, food
or eating is such an
important activity
which relate to our
final destination
•  It is so important,
“O Allah, bless upon us by whatever that we pray for
food you have provided to us. And Allah’s protection
save us from the punishment of hell”
from hellfire before
we ate
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CONCEPT OF HALALAN TOYYIBAN
•  Muslim should
consider only halal
SYARIAH SCIENTIFICALLY
food
•  “Halalan Toyyiban”
HALALAN TOYYIBAN food is better
Lawful, legal, Good, clean, •  “O ye people! Eat of
permissible nutritious, safe what is on earth, lawful
and good, and do not
follow the footsteps of
the evil one, for he is to
you an avowed enemy”.
(Al-Baqarah 1:168)

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 CONCEPT OF HALALAN
TOYYIBAN
MENIFESTATION OF
TOYYIBAN
•  Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Point (HACCP) MS
•  Good Manufacturing
Practice (GMP) MS
•  British Retail Consortium
(BRC) Standard
•  European Union (EU)
Standard
•  Food Act (1993) and Food
Regulation (1985)

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DEFINITIONS OF HALAL, HARAM &
SYUBHAH

HALAL SYUBHAH HARAM

•  Permitted •  Doubtful •  Prohibited

•  Unsure

..grey
area..

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PRINCIPLES OF HALAL & HARAM IN
ISLAM
§  All things created by Allah are halal, with few
exceptions that are specifically prohibited
§  To make halal or haram is the right of Allah alone
§  The basic reason for the prohibition of things are
due to impurity and harmfulness
§  What is permitted halal is sufficient and what is
prohibited haram is then superfluous
§  Whatever is conducive to the prohibited haram is
in itself is prohibited haram
§  Falsely representing unlawful haram as lawful halal
is prohibited
§  Doubtful things should be avoided

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 HALAL – HARAM FORMULAE

HALAL HARAM HARAM

HARAM HALAL HARAM

HALAL HALAL HALAL

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 NAJS

DEFINITION CLASSIFICATION
•  Dog & pig and its •  Blood, urine,
decendant stool, pus, khamr

LANGUAGE Things
which are
dirty or
filth like Mughalazzah Mutawassitah
(heavy najs) (medium najs)
blood,
urine and
stool •  Urine of a baby
boy aged less
SYARIAH Any filth than 2 years and
which only feed from his
prevent mother’s milk
from
performing Muhafaffah
(light najs)
solah
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RATIONALE OF PROHIBITION
§  Carrion and dead animals are unfit
for human consumption because the
decaying process leads to the
formation of chemicals that are
harmful for human
§  Blood that is drained from an
animal contains harmful bacteria,
products of metabolism, and toxins
§  Intoxicants are considered harmful
for the nervous system, affecting the
sense and human judgments,
leading to social and family
problems and in some cases even
death
§  Swine serves as a vector for
pathogenic worms to enter the
human body. Infections by
Trichinella spirals and Taenia solium
are common.
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CLASS OF HALAL & HARAM FOOD
IN ISLAM

Land &
Aquatic Plants
Animal

Mushroo Natural
m& Minerals
Micro- Chemical
organism Elements

Drinks GMO

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CLASS OF HALAL & HARAM FOOD
IN ISLAM
•  All land animal ARE halal
except the followings:
–  Animal that are not
slaughtered according to
Syariah
–  Pigs, dogs and their
decedents
–  Animal/birds which
hunting food (prey) using
Land their claw, tusk, fangs,
Animal –  Pest such as rats,
centipedes, scorpions etc.
–  Repulsive animal such as
lice, flies etc
–  Animal which are
forbidden to kill in Islam
e.g. bees, woodpeckers

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CLASS OF HALAL & HARAM FOOD
IN ISLAM
•  Animal which lives in water
and cannot survive without
water
•  All aquatic animal ARE
halal, except those that are
hazardous, intoxicating and
poisonous to health
•  It is also halal, if the poison/
toxin can be eliminate during
Aquatic processing time, as
Animal permitted by Syariah law.
E.g. Eating puffer fish/jelly
fish
•  However, animal lives BOTH
on land and water ARE non
halal. E.g. Crocodiles, frogs,
turtles

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CLASS OF HALAL & HARAM FOOD
IN ISLAM
•  Genetically Modified
Food
•  Food & drinks which
containing products
and/or by-products
of GMO or
ingredients made by
GMO the use or genetic
material of animal
that are non-halal by
Syariah law are NOT
halal

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CLASS OF HALAL & HARAM FOOD
IN ISLAM
•  All types of these
products and their
Plants
derivatives ARE halal
except those that are
Mushroom hazardous,
& Micro-
organism intoxicating or
poisonous to health
Natural
Minerals &
•  It is also halal, if the
Chemical
Elements
poison/toxin can be
eliminate during
processing time, as
Drinks
permitted by Syariah
law
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SLAUGHTERING
•  Definition: The
process of cutting the
throat to sever the
trachea, esophagus
and major blood
vessel back and forth
the head and heart
•  Major blood vessels
are the left and right
carotid arteries (from
the heart to the head)
and the left and right
jugular veins (from
the head to the heart)

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 SLAUGHTERING
Method for
slaughtering chicken

Slaughtering part for

chicken

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 SLAUGHTERING
Slaughtering part for
cattle

Method for
slaughtering cattle

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SLAUGHTERING •  Muslim (either male
REQUIREMENT or female)
THE SLAUGHTERER
•  Mentally sound (aqil)
•  Mature (mumayyiz)
•  Not performing Hajj
or Umrah
•  Reciting Basmalah
before performing
the slaughter

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 SLAUGHTERING REQUIREMENT

THE ANIMAL THE EQUIPMENT

•  Animal which are •  Sharp knife
halal •  Knife should not
•  The animal still alive made from:
before slaughtered
–  Bones
•  The animal should –  Tooth
die within the first
–  Claw/nail
slaughter process
•  The veins (jugular &
carotid) should be
severed

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 HALAL SLAUGHTERING CHECKLIST

q Slaughterer must be q Using sharp knife

Muslim made of other than
q Performed by bones, tooth, claw/
slaughterer with nail
intention (niah) q Die by the act of
q Slaughtering done in that slaughtering,
the name of Allah not fall, electrical
q Severed jugular and shocked, drown or
carotid veins etc.
q Halal animal only

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 SLAUGHTERING CHECKLIST
SUNAT
•  Start with Basmallah
•  Pray for peace and blessing
to the Prophet SAW
•  Facing the kiblah
•  Lay down the animal on it’s
left ribs while slaughtering
•  Slaughter at the lower part
of the neck
•  Cut both veins so the animal
could die fast
•  Slaughter during the day
•  Using the most sharp
equipment
MAKRUH
•  Using a blunt equipment
•  Showing off the
equipment to scared the
animal
•  Purposely breaking the
animal neck
•  Did not mentioning Allah’s
name
•  Did not face the kiblah
•  Increasing the animal
pressure by slaughtering
in front of the other
animal
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 THE OBJECTIVE OF SLAUGHTERING
•  Killing the animal safe
and fast
•  Avoiding animal
cruelty
•  As a respect to every
living being
•  Drained the blood and
clean the meat from
harmful bacteria
•  Quality and safe meat
•  Differentiate between
halal and haram meat

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 THE SOURCES OF ISLAMIC LAW
•  Holy book in •  Collections of
Islam. thoughts,
Containing actions, by
laws, causes, Prophet SAW.
rewards for Some might
Muslim’s guide Al- Quran Hadith not directly
stated in the
Quran

Ijma’
Qiyas
Ulama

•  Consensus of •  Analogous of
Islamic similar events
Scholars

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 THE SOURCES OF ISLAMIC LAW
AL QURAN
•  “O ye who believe! Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you,
and render thanks to Allah if it is (indeed) He, whom ye worship.” (Al-Baqara
2:172)
•  “Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maytatah (the dead animals), blood, the
flesh of swine, and the meat of that which has been slaughtered as a
sacrifice for others than Allâh, or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on
which Allâh's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering, and that
which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong
fall, or by the goring of horns - and that which has been (partly) eaten by a
wild animal - unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death) - and that
which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on An-Nusub[] (stone altars). (Forbidden)
also is to use arrows seeking luck or decision, (all) that
is Fisqun (disobedience of Allâh and sin). This day, those who disbelieved
have given up all hope of your religion, so fear them not, but fear Me. This
day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you,
and have chosen for you Islâm as your religion. But as for him who is forced
by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above-
mentioned meats), then surely, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (Al-
Maidah 5:3)
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 THE SOURCES OF ISLAMIC LAW

HADITH

•  The Apostle of Allah then said: “When one

of you eats food, he should say: O Allah, bless
us in it, and give us food (or nourishment)
better than it.” (Hadith Abu Dawod,
narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas)
•  The Apostle of Allah prohibited eating the
animal which feeds on filth and drinking
from its milk. (Hadith Abu Dawod, narrated
by Abdullah ibn Umar)

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 THE SOURCES OF ISLAMIC LAW

QIYAS

•  Definition: equalization or analogical. The

process of analogical reasoning in which the
teachings of the hadith are compared with
those of Quran.
Principle of Qiyas Subject
Al-Asl (known thing) Khamr (wine)
Hukm al-Asl (rulling on the known Haram (prohibited)
thing)
Al-illah’ (reason behind the known Intoxicates the user, removing the
ruling) user from the mindfulness of God
Al-Far’ (new thing) Drug, Cocaine, Rum, Beer etc.
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 THE SOURCES OF ISLAMIC LAW

IJMA’ ULAMA

•  Definition: referring to the

consensus of the ummah
(Muslim’s community as a whole)
•  In Malaysia the responsibility is
worked to the National Fatwa
Council Committee for Islamic
Affairs
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 THE OBJECTIVES OF SYARIAH
Mind
•  E.g. Liquor will
lead to loosing
mind, misused of
Life drug – caused Property
•  E.g. Poisonous hallucination •  E.g. Muamalah
food will damaged Batilah or take
body & soul others property
are illegal

Faith Progeny
•  E.g. Alcoholic •  E.g. Halal food &
could not
recognize his God
Protection healthy nutrition
will produce
healthy family

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 CONCLUSION
•  Our country, nation, family and ourselves
begins with the varieties of food which we
are consume everyday
•  Food which are categorized as Halal and
Tayyib is categorized as Quality Food
•  Avoid Haram food which are not good
from point of health issue and Islamic
perspective
•  Food which is categorized as Halal is
quality, thus help to create healthy
physical and spiritual life
•  We are what we eat
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ACTIVITY: FIND THE 6 FOOD
SAFETY MISTAKE

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