Permissibility of eating Biltong

30-6-2010 | IslamWeb

Question:

Asalam Aleikum,
Is it permissible to eat Biltong ( Dried strips of spiced meat which is not cooked just dried )

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

 

If the meat you referred to in the question is slaughtered according to Islamic rites, then it is permissible to eat it row if this does not lead to any harm.

The meat that you mentioned in the question is known in Arabic as Al-Qadeed (dried meat) and it is permissible to eat it.

For more benefit on the conditions for the permissibility of eating meat, please refer to Fataawa 83836 and 89723.

Allaah Knows best.