FAQs

What are the different types of products certified by HMC?

Fresh Beef, Lamb / Sheep Meat, Fresh Poultry and their by products, Donners, Kebabs, Burgers, Polonys, Sausages, samoosas, etc.

How often do the HMC inspectors walk into the slaughterhouses to check?

HMC inspectors are constantly present at the slaughterhouses during the slaughter process.

If I purchased a non-Halal consumable, will it not be sufficient to say ‘Bismillah’ before eating it in order to render it Halal due to the following hadith? ; Aisha RA narrated, “A group of people said to the Prophet PBUH, “Some people bring us meat and we do not know whether they mentioned Allah’s name or not upon it (i.e. when slaughtering it)?” So he PBUH replied, “Mention Allah’s name on it and eat.” The people who were being referred to had embraced Islam recently,” (Al-Bukhari)

The answer is NO. This hadith, unfortunately, is one of the most misused and misunderstood hadith by the general public. […]