There are two main categories of do’s and don’t in Islam; they are referred to as ‘Halal’ (permissible) and ‘Haram’ (forbidden). And within ‘Halal’, there are four categories, they are:
1. Wajib/Fard = Obligatory (i.e. salah/praying and fasting obligatory upon Muslims)
2. Mustahabb = Recommended (i.e. Sadaqah/ giving to charity if you have means)
3. Mubah = Allowed (most things you do because its necessary i.e. eating)
4. Makrooh = Disliked/discouraged (i.e. smoking)
Please not I am not a scholar on Islamic jurisprudence, so haven’t provided an exhaustive list, should you require more information about the categories, get in touch so I can signpost you.
The concept of Halal Meat from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
Slaughtering of Meat: Muslims believe the ‘halal‘ (literally meaning, ‘permissible’) method (just like Jews do for kosher) to be the most humane way to slaughter animals for consumption. The aim is to make the death of the animal as quick and painless as possible. The halal and kosher methods of slaughter which causes a rapid loss of consciousness is indeed equivalent to the stunning of the animal. Although there is a difference of opinion, a large proportion of Muslims do not accept that pre-stunned methods of slaughter conform to the criteria of halal.
Halal & Tayyib: From the UK’s first Organic Halal farm in Oxfordshire (Willowbrook Farm)
Halal literally means ‘acceptable’ or ‘sanctified’. But the concept of halal food goes further than the literal meaning and is used in the Quran in conjunction with the word ‘tayib’, meaning pure, healthy or natural.
Chapter 5:4 “They ask you what is lawful (halal) for them. Say “what is pure and natural (tayib) is lawful (halal) for you”.
Halal Foodie Travel 