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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
In this fatwa:
If the manufactured meat is coming from a permissible source, it is permissible. In addition, it must not be the case that the manufacturing process causes harm for the consumer.
Answering your question, The Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America, states:
Is Manufactured Meat Halal?
The ruling on manufactured meat is the same as the ruling of its source meat. If it is coming from a permissible source, it is permissible. In addition, it must not be the case that the manufacturing process causes harm for the consumer.
On this point, trustworthy medical sources will need to be relied on. However, the default ruling is that of permissibility.
Types of manufactured meat
Manufactured meat is of two types:
- That which is produced from animal stem cells in laboratories, to the point that they are edible. This is still in an experimental stage. It is still too early to give a final ruling concerning this. Before that, the source of the stem cells needs to be clarified, the nature of any additional materials added in the manufacturing needs to be known, and its health effects on humans needs to be determined.
On a preliminary level, one may say the following: there is no harm in it if it is manufactured from an animal that is permissible to slaughter, while not using the blood or serum in the manufacturing process. It also needs to be noted that anything which is cut off from a live animal is considered carrion.
- What is produced from vegetable sources is permissible, as its sources are permissible. Similarly processed meats, such as reduced fat meats or those preserved in casings, such as luncheon meats, mortadella and so on, have the same rulings as their source meats from which it has been produced.
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Almighty Allah knows best.
Source: AMJA Online