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We have next question sister Amal from Austria,

my shadabarak Allah.

She emails and she says that she is confused that why do we not take into account the ethical treatment of animals in

declaring something to be haram and Halah. She writes a lengthy email and then she says basically summarizing it that she doesn't understand why Haram and Halal is only linked to the last two minutes of how the animal is slaughtered.

And she is asking what if it was not treated humanely?

You know, what if it was, you know, cramped and put in a cage and all of these things happen in a very negative way.

Why can't we say that meat is haram?

Why should we say it is Halal just because it was slaughtered properly?

Wamaa. slaughtered properly. Jala no no hi no I'm fas alu a halal dikriim kutum la ticulat al-amu This is a very good question and again this is the rapid Q&A so I have to answer quickly. We're not doing the long one but I have given a lengthier answer to the issue of

Halalmead by the way you can listen to that but to a simple response is that dear

dearest sister I feel your email is very, you know, let's say passionate and I feel you have some legitimate

points and I understand you want to, you want to make this meet haram because you want to raise the standard of how animals are treated and you want

the Muslims to basically have a higher bar. But you see dear sister, we follow the

Sharia of Allah Subhana.

It is a law who sets the bars.

It is a law Aza Jil who defines

haram and Halal.

It is a law who defines ethics and what is something that is discouraged and what is something that is forbidden.

And when it comes to animals, you see, dear sister,

I understand your point.

But you know, you have to also flip it around and see if you raise the bar so high that 90% of animals would not be allowed to eat, for example,

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