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It's not only the question of Halal meat but meat eating is not acceptable and there are various reasons for - Sikhs not eating meat. I have written them here and would like if you read them.
SSA ji,
According to my point of view every kind of meat (not only halal) is prohibited. Because our foundation is Daya not cruelty. Thats why Guru Gobind Singh ji named the first of "Panj Pyare" Bhai Daya Singh. Then how can sikhism encourage us to eat meat by killing animals. Some argue over it and I have seen many online forms where it is clearly mentioned that meat is allowed to sikhs.
I can not understand how can one recite Gurbani by eating eat. Or it may be a fact that who eats meat can not recite gurbani because their soul will not allow to recite "Dhur ki Baani/ Gur baani". If soul of a sikh allow them to go to Gurudwara ( in front of guru Granth sahib ji), or to recite gurbani from Gutka sahib after eating meat (by leaving first foundation of sikhi) , they can surely allowed to eat meat. I have many friends who eat meat but can not go to Gurudwara because their concise is not allowing them.
And about the comment that their were gurus before Guru nanak dev ji.
All of us know that God is one and if Bani tells us that he was true before, now and forever it also tells us that " ajooni saib Bh ang".
In short, every relgion is good but Sikhism is the latest religion and Khalas "pure". We do not have fake retuels, we have purity and daya ( not eating ant meat), and can easily meet God ( can open dassam dwar by reciting Vaheguru jaap) through baani in family life ( no need to leave family and do Tapp).
Bhul chuk maaf.
Regards,
Har
Dear All,
Here are my two cents on the subject;
Sabd Guru on Halal
It is the cruel procedure of procuring “Halal Meat”. ਹਲਾਲੁ meaning - ਜਾਇਜ਼, ਭੇਟਾ ਕਰਨ-ਜੋਗ, ਰੱਬ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ ਤੇ ਕੁਰਬਾਨੀ ਦੇਣ ਦੇ ਲਾਇਕ, ਧਰਮ ਅਨੁਕੂਲ, ਜ਼ਿਬਾਹ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ, ਦਰੁਸਤ, ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਜਾਇਜ਼।- ਧਰਮ ਦੀ ਕਮਾਈ। Permitted, not forbidden- Permissible, legitimate, lawful; sanctioned or permitted by religious law or morality. (2) A method of slaughtering animals by Muslims or Jewish rite for consumption of meat. - ਅ਼. __ ਹ਼ਲਾਲ. ਧਰਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਵਰਤਣਾ ਯੋਗ ਹੈ. "ਮਾਰਣ ਪਾਹਿ ਹਰਾਮ ਮਹਿ, ਹੋਇ ਹਲਾਲ ਨ ਜਾਇ". (ਵਾਰ ਮਾਝ ਮਃ ੧)। (2) ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨੀ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਜਿਬਹਿ ਕੀਤੇ ਜੀਵ ਦਾ ਮਾਸ, ਜਿਸਦਾ ਖਾਣਾ ਇਸਲਾਮ ਮਤ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਹਲਾਲ ਹੈ. "ਜੀਅ ਜੁ ਮਾਰਹਿ ਜੋਰ ਕਰਿ ਕਹਿਤੇ ਹਹਿ ਜੁ ਹਲਾਲ". (ਸ. ਕਬੀਰ)। (3) ਜਿਬਹਿ. "ਹੋਇ ਹਲਾਲੁ ਲਗੈ ਹਕ ਜਾਇ". (ਵਾਰ ਰਾਮ ੧. ਮਃ ੧) -----Mahan Kosh.
All the holes in the body of the animal are stuffed than the jugular veins are cut slowly to get all the blood out of the body of the animal while “Kalma” is read. It is the blood which is not allowed to be eaten. It has been ridiculed and the act has been replaced by virtue, as referred in AGGS.
ਮਿਹਰ ਮਸੀਤਿ ਸਿਦਕੁ ਮੁਸਲਾ ਹਕੁ ਹਲਾਲੁ ਕੁਰਾਣੁ ॥
Mihar masīṯ siḏak muslā hak halāl kurāṇ.
Let mercy be your mosque, faith your prayer-mat, and honest living your Quran.-----Guru Nanak, Raag, Majh, AGGS, Page, 140-18
ਮਾਰਣ ਪਾਹਿ ਹਰਾਮ ਮਹਿ ਹੋਇ ਹਲਾਲੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
Māraṇ pāhi harām meh ho¬ė halāl na jā¬ė.
By adding spices to forbidden foods, they are not made acceptable.
ਪਹਿਲਾ ਸਚੁ ਹਲਾਲ ਦੁਇ ਤੀਜਾ ਖੈਰ ਖੁਦਾਇ ॥
Pahilā sacẖ halāl ḏu¬ė ṯījā kẖair kẖuḏā¬ė.
Let the first be truthfulness, the second honest living, and the third charity in the Name of God.-----Guru Nanak, Raag Majh, AGGS, Page, 141-2 & 4
ਹੋਇ ਹਲਾਲੁ ਲਗੈ ਹਕਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
Ho¬ė halāl lagai hak jā¬ė.
One who is slaughtered with the knife of Truth (Sharpened on the word and sheathed by good qualities, will be acceptable to Akal Purkh.-----Guru Nanak, Raag Ramkali, AGGS, Page, 956-3
ਹਕੁ ਹਲਾਲੁ ਬਖੋਰਹੁ ਖਾਣਾ ॥
Hak halāl bakẖorahu kẖāṇā.
Let what is earned righteously be your blessed food.-----Guru Arjan, Raag Maru, AGGS, Page, 1084-7
ਜੋਤਿ ਸਰੂਪ ਅਨਾਹਤ ਲਾਗੀ ਕਹੁ ਹਲਾਲੁ ਕਿਆ ਕੀਆ ॥
Joṯ sarūp anāhaṯ lāgī kaho halāl ki¬ā kī¬ā.
The light gets absorbed in the Immortal Divine Essence. What then have thou slaughtered according to the code? -----Bhagat Kabir, Raag Parbhati, AGGS, Page, 1350-7
ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋਰੀ ਕੀਏ ਜੁਲਮੁ ਹੈ ਕਹਤਾ ਨਾਉ ਹਲਾਲੁ ॥
Kabīr jorī kī¬ė julam hai kahṯā nā¬o halāl.
Kabir, to use force is tyranny, even if you call it legal-----Bhagat Kabir, Slokes, AGGS, Page, 1374-11
ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਅ ਜੁ ਮਾਰਹਿ ਜੋਰੁ ਕਰਿ ਕਹਤੇ ਹਹਿ ਜੁ ਹਲਾਲੁ ॥
Kabīr jī¬a jo māreh jor kar kahṯė heh jo halāl.
Kabir, they oppress living beings and kill them, and call it proper.-----Bhagat Kabir, Slokes, AGGS, Page, 1375-5
Cordially,
Virinder
Is commercial meat sold in Super markets also can be called sacrificed or ritual meat. I think these people in the slaughtering house are least bothered. I have seen they play a tape recorder. Is this also forbidden or we sikh should not take it serious.Its no only Halal meat but any sacrificed meat. This would include Kosher and even Bali (which is a Hindu sacrifice). All these forms of slaughter have one thing in common and that is sacrifice in the name of God or to God. According to Sikhism, God requires no such appeasement or sacrifice.
The term Sikhs use for ritual purification id "Kuttha".
Is commercial meat sold in Super markets also can be called sacrificed or ritual meat. I think these people in the slaughtering house are least bothered. I have seen they play a tape recorder. Is this also forbidden or we sikh should not take it serious.
Best regards
Mohinder Singh Sahni
Hars13 ji
You can read an e-book with the story of Sadna at this link Bhagats of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji | Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy Malaysia - Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy Malaysia
Go to this link for discussion,
http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/gurmat-vichaar-project/23874-bhagats-sri-guru-granth-sahib-ji-2.html[/quote
Sat Sri Akal Narayanjot Kaur,
Thanks.
Regards,
Har
Randip Ji, My main question whether commerical meat slaughtered this way is forbidden for us sikhs(particularly for a person like me who lives in middle east) remained unanswered.I have been in a slaughter house in the UK, and i can tell you there are no prayers; no appeasement of God; no sign of religious symbols.
It's purely commercial.
Randip Ji, My main question whether commerical meat slaughtered this way is forbidden for us sikhs(particularly for a person like me who lives in middle east) remained unanswered.
Best regards
Mohinder Singh Sahni
Randip Singh Ji,
Sat sri Akal.
I have written in the starting of my reply "according to my point of view".
Obviously, everyone has their own point of view about different issues.
I think, you have much deeper understanding of gurbani. May be I do not have.
It is true that I am vegetarian and Sikh girl. Not Brahmin. I am proud to be a sikh.
Please explain to me the meaning of the following lines from Jap ji sahib...
"Asankh gal vadd hatteya kamaei".
Actually I think hatteya is killing of others (human or animal).
And at the end of pauri Guru ji says,
"Jo tud bhave saai bhali kar"
Whatever you(God) like, that is good.
May be I am wrong here also.
We can recite gurbani and be vegetarians only with Vaheguru blessings. I feel myself very lucky to be vegetarian because my soul do not allow me to eat egg and flesh.
Sadana was a butcher yet his Bani is included in the Guru Granth Sahib ji. Maybe that should be excluded according to your view.
I am nothing to say baani of someone should be excluded from Guru granth Sahib ji. Are you sure he ate meat?
Why our foundation is on Daya? Is khalsa is only for poor human beings not for poor animals like goat? According to my understanding we should not kill anybody (human or animal) who is not harmfull for us. But should speak against killers of innocents ( Delhi, 1984).
Please advice me accordingly.
Thanks,
Har13
As I have suggested, restrict meat discussion to fools who wrangle over flesh thread. I will keep this here for 24 hours before deleting.
http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/8828-fools-who-wrangle-over-flesh.html
Thanks Randip singh Ji,
Vaheguru ji Ka khalsa, vaheguru Ji ki Fateh.
I will thank God today for your nice advice.
"Vaheguru ji sanu sumatt deyo, assi murakh haan.Jo soch tusi ditti hai usse te chal rahe haan."
I think people like us want to prove ourself the best by saying fool to others but we are changing our sikh history day by day.
Regards,
Har13
There maybe something in this, but probably not what you want to here.
The influence of Vaishno orientated Sikh groups has increased add infinitum since 1850. Groups like AKJ, Namdhari, DDT (which has had a change), GNNSJ etc etc seem to be positioning themselves as mainstream, which is furthest from the truth.