I was wondering wether someone could answer a question regarding this issue, to do with haraam and halaal foods; an answer from Sheikh Suhaib Webb will be brillaint! D

i thnik one of the ofur madhabs [Shafi'i?] say that if the food is apperantly halaal, then to take it as halaal, i.e a chocolate bar or can drink will be halaal and there is no need to scan the ingredients and doubts about it still do not make it undesirable to consume?
In the hanafi madhab one ahs to be verry strict about haraam and halaal ingredients and if somethign casues dobut as to wether it’s halaal, then that should not be consumed; life can be very hard in the West due to this opinion as a lot of the basic foods such as bread, ‘halaal’ fast food, sweats for children , etc, etc, can be doubted

can Hanafi’s living in the West switch over to the other opinion on this to make life a lot easier for them in the West?

JazakALlah for any replies

Salam!

{ The Prophet said in almost every khutbah “Each newly introduced act of worship is an innovation and each innovation is MISGUIDANCE” }

What you need to note is ‘act of worship’

There is a distinction between everyday actions and acts of worship.

So innovations are not bad per se, however in relation to acts of worship they are.

I feel there a lot of confusion over this little detail!

The science of fiqh started in the second century after Hijrah, when the Islamic state expanded and faced several issues which were not explicitly covered in the Qur’an and Sunnah of the Prophet (saas). Rulings based on the unanimity of Muslim scholars and direct analogy are binding. The four Sunni schools of thought, Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i and Hanbali, are identical in approximately 75% of their legal conclusions.

if anything new is labeled as deviation, then something is really wrong with the whole understanding of the concept of innovation.

Dear mystic saint it was the Prophet (saws) who said that innovations were bad. This was the understanding of the most pious generation ever. So were they all just a bunch of Wahhabi’s?

The Prophet said in almost every khutbah “Each newly introduced act of worship is an innovation and each innovation is MISGUIDANCE”

We all know the Hadith “Whoever introduces something new in this matter of ours (Islamic worship) which is not from it will be rejected.” Because it is wrong to do such a thing! This famous Hadith is found in all collections of Hadith and is of the first ten in the 40 hadith of the Muhaddith/Faqeeh Imam Nawawi who we count from the awliyyaa of Allah and only Allah is for sure about peoples batin.

As far as Fiqh of minorities it is not introducing something new it is simply applying the Shari’ah that by consensus was lawfully expounded upon for 14 centuries to a new reality facing the Ummah and this was expected in the first place as many sound texts tell us.

Wa Allahu Alim

even from religious decision’s point of view, for greater benefit of the ummah, innovations are required to keep the faith alive and fluent.

a river flowing is a healthy stream. we have seen what stagnation brought to our religion. its time for inspired innovation to breath freshness to iman, ilm and practices. may Allah be with us. amen.