I accidentally ate some non halal chicken, what should I do?

Question

Heres the situation:

I went to a restaurant and ordered a "Vegetarian" dish. I have been to that restaurant many times and always have had only "Vegetarian" dishes. The dish I ordered also comes in meat form but I ordered the vegetarian version of it.

It was a curry and half way through eating it I saw a piece floating, on checking I found out it was chicken (non halal).

I did NOT actually eat/ingest the meat only the curry part but the meat was submerged in the curry. What should I do?

I feel horrible, I didn't mean to do it. It was an accident. Will I be forgiven? Are there any specific prayers I can perform?

Answer 1

You are not responsible for unintentional mistakes.

وليس عليكم جناح فيما أخطأتم به ولكن ما تعمدت قلوبكم وكان الله غفورا رحيما

And there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.

^{Quran 33:5}

Don't eat the rest of it and if possible vomit what you have eaten. See https://islamweb.net/en/fatwa/84660/eating-haram-meat-by-mistake

Answer 2

You have not sinned for the act that you didn't know of. As the above answer quotes Quran 33:5 , it says it all. There is also a Hadith to prove this:

Prophet Muhammad (SAWW) once said "The reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended." (Sahih Bukhari)

This hadith itself clears many misconceptions that we mostly have.

Answer 3

What should I do if I accidentally ate an illegal chicken? If a person eats food without paying attention and after eating, he realizes that the food was forbidden, for example, the meat in the food was not halal, he is not responsible for it and his mistake was forgivable.

Ref: https://article.tebyan.net/275885/%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-