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From: idx@cs.nott.ac.uk (Irena Damianou)
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Subject: Re: questions
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In article <1990Sep26.064354.11098@nntp-server.caltech.edu> stx7175@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
>
>Assalammu'alaikum,
>    
>     First let me introduce myself.  I'm a muslim from Malaysia and studying in
>U.S. for more than 2 years. 
>    I have two questions for all of the brothers.
>
>First question:
>     I have found that there are some of the brothers eat meat from Kroger and
>some groccery store.  I told them that Kroger's meat is Haram.  We cannot eat
>any meat that is not slughter by Muslim.
>     But they said that Kroger is owned by Jewish so we can eat meat that've
>been slaugther (may be) by Jewish since Jewish is Ahlil Kitab.
>     
>  But from what I've learned, there are no more ahlil kitab in this age
> because the Taurat and Injil are a corrupted text.
>
>     What more supprise me is that there were even an Imam in the Islamic
>Center in my town, gives khuttbah.  He said that since the price of slaugthered
>meat is high, muslims can buy meat in Kroger or any grocery store????
>
>     I'm not an expert in Islam.  I'm still learning everyday. Please someone
>explain to me why are they buying an unslaugthered meat??

Jews of today are regarded as people of the book since their scriptures were
corrupted before the prophet Muhammed (pbuh) came. At the prophet's (pbuh) time
the companions asked, how can we marry (or eat meat slaughtered by) Christians? Are they not polytheists??? The prophet (pbuh) allowed them to marry (and
eat meat slaugtered) by them even though they were not following the original
teachings.

>Second question:
>     I've seen some of the brothers wore shoes when they were praying and when
>they were taking wudhuk.
>     From what I've learned, we must wear a clean cloth when we're praying.
>Since shoes are dirty, we cannot wear it.
>
>     Please explain to me why they do this??
>
>   Please Post or Email me.
>   Thank you.
>
>-Mohd Fadhil

At the time of the prophet (pbuh), the people used to praywer with their shoes
on at the mosques. So long as the shoes are clean, it is allowed to pray with
thhem on. It is even allowed to wipe over them during wudu (instead of washing
the feet)! However taking them off breaks the wudu!