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Question
Some meat factories in the western countries deliberately do not drain the blood from the animal after slaughter, so that it will weigh more and they will thus make more money from it. What is the ruling on eating this meat?
Answer
Praise be to Allah.We
put this question to Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Jibreen, may Allaah preserve
him, who answered as follows:
Leaving
the blood in the animal after slaughter and not draining it is haraam and
is not permitted. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maytah (dead
animals – cattle-beast not slaughtered), blood…” [al-Maa’idah 5:3]
And
Allaah knows best.
Source: IslamQA (Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid)