No halal meat avaliable to me.

[Yusuf Shukur]

How do I change my diet to avoid eating non-halal meat in an area where halal meat is not available. should I go vegetarian? I want to become more devout and get rid of the haram meat.

[Debate follower]

You don't need to go vegetarian - for protein eat seafood. Avoid haram foods at all cost.  First of all you are disobeying Allah Almighty and haram foods have harmful effects on spirituality. 

[Diaz]

I remember there was one Hadith about prophet Muhammad ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) diet, they said he ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) was semi vegetarian. If someone can confirm pls share the source. 

[Yusuf Shukur]

1 hour ago, Debate follower said:

You don't need to go vegetarian - for protein eat seafood. Avoid haram foods at all cost.  First of all you are disobeying Allah Almighty and haram foods have harmful effects on spirituality. 

There are some kosher restaurants in my area. Can I eat there?

[Ibn Tayyar]

1 hour ago, Diaz said:

I remember there was one Hadith about prophet Muhammad ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) diet, they said he ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) was semi vegetarian. If someone can confirm pls share the source. 

This article addresses this, and in fact our more reliable narrations say the opposite:

https://purifiedhousehold.com/are-our-stomachs-graves-for-animals/

2 hours ago, Ishmail Ali As-Shukur said:

How do I change my diet to avoid eating non-halal meat in an area where halal meat is not available. should I go vegetarian? I want to become more devout and get rid of the haram meat.

You can eat seafood that is halal, such as fish with scales and shrimps, even if that food is from the hand of the non-Muslim.

42 minutes ago, Ishmail Ali As-Shukur said:

There are some kosher restaurants in my area. Can I eat there?

Most scholars do not allow the eating of meat that is slaughtered by a non-Muslim. 

At the end of the day, eating meat isn't wajib although it is a very beautiful thing, so if the choice is between vegetarian food and non-halal meat, you have to choose vegetarian food. But once again, I do recommend you look into seafood, as the rulings regarding it are more laxed than land animals which require slaughter by the hand of a Muslim.

*NOTE - this advice only applies if you are Shi'i Twelver.

Edited October 4, 2022 by Ibn Tayyar

[Debate follower]

33 minutes ago, Ishmail Ali As-Shukur said:

There are some kosher restaurants in my area. Can I eat there?

Brother, as you are Sunni you can eat Kosher meat if there is no halal meat around you. Brothers here may giving you advice from Shia perspective.

Is Kosher Meat Halal?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65RIkoU-kSI

https://islamqa.info/en/answers/103701/can-muslims-eat-kosher

Overconsumption of Meat & Prophet ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) Was Semi-vegetarian by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnchNVjkW_s

[Uni Student]

 

[Debate follower]

6 hours ago, Ishmail Ali As-Shukur said:

There are some kosher restaurants in my area. Can I eat there?

Kosher meat is halal [in Sunni Fiqh] - But be careful about Jewish dishes as there may wine used in preparing these. Be strong and avoid haram food at all costs.

Edited October 5, 2022 by Hameedeh
[in Sunni Fiqh]

[Uni Student]

1 hour ago, Debate follower said:

Kosher meat is halal - But be careful about Jewish dishes as there may wine used in preparing these. Be strong and avoid haram food at all costs.

Is this according to shia fiqh?

[Debate follower]

No brother, Sunni Fiqh.  Ishmail Ali As-Shukur and I are Sunnis discussing Sunni Fiqh on Shia Site 

[notme]

11 hours ago, Ishmail Ali As-Shukur said:

How do I change my diet to avoid eating non-halal meat in an area where halal meat is not available. should I go vegetarian? I want to become more devout and get rid of the haram meat.

It is only makrooh, not haram, to keep a vegetarian diet.  It is recommended that you eat meat at least once every 40 days, but this meat might be fish. As far as I know, only some kinds of Christians do not consider fish to be meat. According to Shia fiqh, any fish with scales is halal, including tuna, salmon, and trout, which are all the best kinds of fish anyway.