“…This issue has long been something that has preoccupied me, and I dedicated a lot of thought to it because I face it as necessary part of life during my travels.

During my visits to the West, and when I am being served meals on planes or in restaurants in Europe or America, I would find that I was very hesitant to eat the food, and I wanted very much to search for halāl food and find that pure bite to eat in order to protect any part of my flesh from being nourished on harām, as the Fire is more deserving of every bit of flesh nourished on the harām…

…I went back to the texts of the Qur’ān, Sunnah, explanations of the books of the Sunnah, and the books of Fiqh in order to settle on a conclusion regarding this issue. Here, I present my efforts. If it is incorrect, it is from me and Satan. If it is correct, it is from Allāh, and I hope from Allāh that He rewards me for what I wrote and Forgives me my mistakes if I was mistaken or ignorant in something…”

The slave in need of his Lord,

‘Abdullāh ‘Azzām

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