What HMS can tell you
Has HMS certified Buffalo Wild Wings?
HMS does not certify Buffalo Wild Wings and has not inspected its supply chain, so HMS cannot confirm that the chicken served at Buffalo Wild Wings is Zabiha Halal, or that the wider menu meets HMS ingredient requirements.
Why a full menu needs more than a species check
HMS certifies only what it checks. Beyond the slaughter itself, which must be valid hand Zabiha with Bismillah on each animal, a full-service kitchen raises questions about marinades and sauces, shared grills and fryers, and ingredients such as wine used in cooking. See wine used in cooking and shared grills and cooking surfaces.
HMS certification applies to an individual restaurant address, so a certified Buffalo Wild Wings location would be published in the HMS certified directory along with the products it covers.
Nothing on this page describes how this business actually operates. It records only what HMS has and has not inspected, and HMS will not comment on a supply chain it has never examined. The directory remains the authoritative record of current HMS certification.
Our advice: avoid it and eat HMS Certified only
Do not gamble with your deen. If it is not verified, leave it. That is the Prophetic guidance:
“Leave that which causes you doubt for that which does not cause you doubt.”
Until HMS can confirm Buffalo Wild Wings, the safe path for a Muslim is to avoid it and eat only from HMS Certified kitchens, where the supply is monitored from the slaughterhouse to your plate. Find an HMS Certified place near you.
Answers in the Halal Knowledge Center reflect the standards followed by Halal Monitoring Services (HMS), which operates as part of the Shariah Board of America. HMS certifies only what it checks.