Is the meat of a horse halal?

Is the meat of a horse halal?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The meat of a horse is makrooh tanzeehi. In other words, although it is permissible to eat horse meat, it is better not to.

(Raddul Muhtaar: 6/305, Saeed)

And Allah knows best.

Mufti Faizal Riza
30/10/2011

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This answer was collected from Fatwa.org.au, which is connected to Darul Ifta Australia, based in Melbourne, Australia.
It is operated by Mufti Faizal Riza, a student of Mufti Ebrahim Desai from South Africa.

Tags: Makrooh, Raddul Muhtaar

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