{"_id":"6939cd1769524600564c9026","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Can a Muslim purchase pet food that contains pork?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it permissible to use halal-earned money to buy pet food that lists pork as an ingredient? What about pet food containing non-halal chicken or beef?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"According to the Shāfiʿī school, it is permissible to buy pet food that contains chicken or beef, even if it is not halal-certified. This is based on the legal principle that: \"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"The default ruling on things is purity unless we are certain they are impure.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nThe chicken or beef used in pet food might have been slaughtered properly, and we have no certainty that it was not. Because of this, the meat is treated as pure, and since it is being bought for a valid use, feeding animals, it meets the requirements of a valid object of sale (mabīʿ), which are purity and usable benefit (usufruct).\\n\\nYou may ask: If the meat is considered pure, why can we not eat it ourselves?\\n\\nEating meat follows a different principle: \"},{\"attributes\":{\"underline\":true,\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"The default ruling on slaughter is that it did not happen unless we are sure it did.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nSo, for human consumption, we must know that the animal was slaughtered properly. For buying it as a product to feed animals, we only need to know that it is not certainly impure.\\n\\nAs for pet food that contains pork: in the Shāfiʿī school, impure meat, including pork, may be fed to animals. However, impure items cannot be a valid object of sale (mabīʿ). Because pork is certainly impure, it cannot be bought or sold. Therefore, pet food containing pork may not be purchased.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ffb0b76658b4c232aee","tag":"Contemporary Life: Animals","count":37},{"_id":"66e229da17d4f73c62e20aac","tag":"Food: Zabiha","count":19}],"createdOn":"2025-12-10T19:42:15.888Z"}