Amrithdhari Sikh eating halal meat

[Guest JaswantS]

Please advise,

My uncle is an Amrithdhari, very good person, but he has many muslim friends. That's ok, but i have seen him eating halal meat on so many occasion. He comes from a very, very respected family, but he's always around muslims and consuming halal food. I am younger than him, a lot younger, so how do i tell him its wrong. He's respect by everyone, but no one knows about it. He even talks bad about halal as well. confused!!

 

WGKWGF

[Guest]

The official maryada authorised by Sri Akal Takth Sahib states that halal meat is a bajjar kurehit.

If he doesn't know he is eating halal meat then I would tell him to be on the safe side.

Besides, the SRM is the minimum rehat for every Amritdhari. They have a choice to follow the minimum or the recommended.

[akaltaksal]

Halal Meat is a severe Bujjar Kurehat.  

 

ਹੁਕਾ ਔ ਕੁਠਾ ਚਰਸ ਤੰਬਾਕੂ ਭੂਲਹਿ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਜੀਕ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ॥

Hukah, kutha, tobacco; A Singh does not go near these.

-Sri Gur Katha, Bhai Jaita Ji

 

 

ਆਪਨ ਇਸ਼ਟ ਬਿਨਾ ਅਵਰਨ ਕਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਨਹਿਂ ਲੇਵੇ॥

A Singh shall not eat the Prasad of any other faith than is own Ishta.

ਮਤ ਪ੍ਰਵਿਰਤ ਭਏ ਤਿਸ ਜਨ ਕੀ ਅਵਕਨ ਕਾ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਜੋ ਜੇਵੈ॥

The mind of such a Sikh is polluted by eating the oblations of another religion.

ਅਰ ਫਿਰ ਸਿਦਕ ਭਿ ਡੋਲਹਿ ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਸਮ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਜੋ ਸਭਸ ਜਨੇਵੈ॥੮॥

One's Sidhak [faith;belief;principles of living] wavers by eating the oblations of all and sundry.

-Sri Gur Katha, Bhai Jaita Ji

 

Halal meat is meat from an animal which has been slaughtered by the Islamic method with Kalma prayers.  

The only Maas which is Parwan by Guru Sahib is the Maas of Jhatka, ideally with Maryada. The Islamic method is not the way of the Khalsa.

 

What your uncle is doing is a severe transgression of the Sikh Rehat.  If he wishes to consume Maas, it must not be Halal or any other non-Sikh religious method.  Ideally he should eat Jhatka.  If not, then Maas from a method slaughtered in a humane way, which isn't an oblation to any faith should be eaten.