1) A Muslim is invited to dinner by his colleague who is a Hindu. He serves him grilled chicken. With regards to the meat itself, in which case would it be lawful to eat it?

1. When the meat has been purchased from a halal meat store.
2. When the meat has been personally slaughtered by the Hindu in hygienic conditions.
3. When the meat has been purchased by the Hindu from a western grocery store.
4. The Muslim may eat the meat by reciting Bismillah over it, irrespective of where it was bought or how it was slaughtered.

2) Select a true statement with regards to meat purchased in a Muslim majority country.

1. One may not buy meat from the market and eat it if the name of the person who slaughtered it is not known.
2. One may not buy meat from the market until one visits the local slaughterhouses and investigates the procedures himself.
3. Even though the majority is Muslim, since there are some Jews and Christians living there, the meat may not be purchased from the markets and cannot be eaten.
4. None of the above.

3) Whilst hunting, which of the following meat caught by a dog is permissible?

1. Meat caught by one’s own dog over which Allah’s name was mentioned before releasing it.
2. Meat caught by any dog as long as the animal was caught and killed at the neck.
3. No meat caught by dogs is permissible.
4. Islam does not permit dogs to be used for hunting.

4) From the Shariah perspective, what makes the slaughterhouse procedures in the West problematic?

1. The chicken is considered carrion, if it dies through stunning before its neck is cut.
2. The chicken is considered carrion, if the blades of neck-cutting machines misses the neck and are later killed in the scalding tank.
3. It is not possible to pronounce Bismillah for every chicken when using a machine to slit throats.
4. All of the above.

5) Select a false statement with regards to determining meat as being lawful.

1. Animals that die before being slaughtered render them haram.
2. If one does not know whether God’s name was pronounced on meat slaughtered by a Jew or Christian, then it is considered lawful.
3. Animals slaughtered by pagans, Hindus and atheists is haram and cannot be eaten.
4. Halal meat purchased by a Hindu or polytheist and not slaughtered by them may be eaten.
5. None of the above.