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“O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and good on the
earth, and follow not the footsteps of Shaytaan (Satan). Verily, he
is to you an open enemy.” [al-Baqarah 2:168]
“Say (O
Muhammad): “I find not in that which has been revealed to me
anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless
it be Maitah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering
or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork); for that surely, is
impure or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is
slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allaah (or has been
slaughtered for idols, or on which Allaah’s Name has not been
mentioned while slaughtering).” [al-An’aam 6:145]
“He has forbidden you only the maytatah (dead
animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine…”
[al-Baqarah 2:173]
“Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al‑Maitah (the dead animals — cattle — beast not slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine” [al-Maa’idah 5:3]
“Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) water-game and its use for food…” [al-Maa’idah 2:96 – interpretation of the meaning].
Hadither
Al-Nu’maan ibn
Basheer (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: I heard the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say
– and al-Nu’maan pointed to his ears – “That which
is lawful is plain and that which is unlawful is plain, and between
the two of them there are doubtful matters about which not many
people know. Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in
regard to his religion and his honour, but he who falls into
doubtful matters falls into that which is unlawful, like the
shepherd who pastures around a sanctuary, all but grazing therein.
Truly every king has a sanctuary, and truly Allaah’s
sanctuary is His prohibitions. Truly in the body there is a morsel
of flesh which, if it is sound, all the body is sound and which, if it is
corrupt, all of it will be corrupt. Truly it is the
heart.”(Narrated by Muslim, 1599).
The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade the eating of
every carnivorous animal that has fangs, and every bird which has
talons. (Narrated by Muslim, 6/60)
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: “Whoever eats anything from this
unpleasant plant should not approach us in the mosque.” The
people said, “It has become haraam (forbidden), it has become
haraam.” When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) heard what was being said, he said: “O people, it
is not for me to forbid something that Allaah has permitted; this
is just a vegetable whose smell is unpleasant.” (Reported by
Ahmad and Muslim, 877).
“Khaalid ibn al-Waleed reported that
some grilled lizard meat was brought to the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) and put in front of him. He
stretched out his hand to take some, but one of the people present
said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, it is lizard meat,’ so he
pulled his hand back. Khaalid ibn al-Waleed asked, ‘O
Messenger of Allaah, is lizard haraam?’ He said, ‘No,
but it is not known among my people and I cannot face eating
it.’ So Khaalid took some of the lizard meat and ate it,
whilst the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) looked on.” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, 4981,
al-Nisaa'i, 4242, and Abu Dawood, 3300).
Abd al-Rahmaan ibn ‘Uthmaan, who
said that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) forbade the killing of frogs. (Narrated by Imaam Ahmad
and Ibn Maajah; see also Saheeh al-Jaami, 6970).
It was narrated from Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say on the day of the Conquest when he was in Makkah: “Allaah and His Messenger have forbidden the sale of alcohol, dead meat, pigs and idols.” It was said, “O Messenger of Allaah, what do you think of the fat taken from a dead animal which is used for caulking ships, greasing animal skins and which people use to light their lamps?” He said, “No, it is haraam.” Then the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “May Allaah curse the Jews, for Allaah forbade them the fat, but they melted it then they sold it and consumed its price.” (al-Bukhaari (2121) and Muslim (1581)).