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Definition of a faasiq, greeting a faasiq and eating from an animal that is slaughtered by a faasiq

· 10 Shaʻban 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

1. What is a faasiq?

2. Can you greet a person that is a faasiq?

3. Can you eat from an animal that is slaughtered by a faasiq?

Answer

1. A person who commits wrong not in public.

2. If it is in order to bring him closer to deen then the greeting will be like a dawat.

3. Yes, as long as he is conforming to the shar`ee requirements of slaughtering.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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