By Mawlana Bilal Ali
Question:
There has been some debate at my masjid regarding the permissibility of eating the food of Ahl al-Kitab. My Imam says that the verse prohibiting the eating of food on which the name of Allah had not been said was abrogated by the verse that permitted the eating of the food of Ahl al-Kitab. His proof is this hadith from Sunan Abi Dawud:
حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن ثابت المروزي حدثني علي بن حسين عن أبيه عن يزيد النحوي عن عكرمة عن ابن عباس قال فكلوا مما ذكر اسم الله عليه ولا تأكلوا مما لم يذكر اسم الله عليه فنسخ واستثنى من ذلك فقال وطعام الذين أوتوا الكتاب حل لكم وطعامكم حل لهم
in which Ibn Abbas cites the same opinion. Is this hadith authentic, and if it is, then how do the Hanafis and Hanbalis who hold contrary opinions to this hadith answer to it?
On the Abrogation of the Quranic Verse Requiring Tasmiyah for Animal Slaughter
Question:
There has been some debate at my masjid regarding the permissibility of eating the food of Ahl al-Kitab. My Imam says that the verse prohibiting the eating of food on which the name of Allah had not been said was abrogated by the verse that permitted the eating of the food of Ahl al-Kitab. His proof is this hadith from Sunan Abi Dawud:
حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن ثابت المروزي حدثني علي بن حسين عن أبيه عن يزيد النحوي عن عكرمة عن ابن عباس قال فكلوا مما ذكر اسم الله عليه ولا تأكلوا مما لم يذكر اسم الله عليه فنسخ واستثنى من ذلك فقال وطعام الذين أوتوا الكتاب حل لكم وطعامكم حل لهم
in which Ibn Abbas cites the same opinion. Is this hadith authentic, and if it is, then how do the Hanafis and Hanbalis who hold contrary opinions to this hadith answer to it?