Allah says:
O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth, and follow not the footsteps of Shait�n (Satan). Verily, he is to you an open enemy. (Quran 2.168)
O you who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism)! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to Allah, if it is indeed He Whom you worship. (Quran 2.172)
Narrated. Abu Huraira.
The Prophet said, "Eating any fanged beast of prey is prohibited" (reported by
Muslim).
Muslim reported the aforesaid hadith from Ibn Abbas narration with
this version: "He prohibited."And he added "And every bird with claws."
Narrated Jabir: "On the day of khaibar, Allah's Messenger forbade the flesh of
domesticated asses, but permitted horse flesh (Agreed Upon)."
Narrated Ibn
Abu Aufa We went on seven expedition with Allah's Messenger and we ate locusts.
(Agreed Upon).
Narrated Anas regarding the story of the hare: he (Abu Talha)
slaughtered it and sent its haunch to Allah's Messenger (SAW) and he accepted
it. (Agreed Upon).
Narrated Ibn Abu Ammar. I asked jabir, "Is
hyena a game ?" He replied, "Yes." I asked "Did Allah's Messenger say that?" He
replied, "Yes." (Reported by Ahmad and Al-Arba'a. Al-Bukhari and ibn hibban
graded it Sahih)
Narrated Ibn umar:"Allah's Messenger prohibited eating or
drinking the milk of the animal which feeds on filth (Al-Arba'a except An-Nasa'i
reported it. At-Tirmidhi graded it hasan)."
Narrated Abu Qatada regarding
the Zebra's story; the Prophet ate from it. (Agreed upon)
Narrated
Abdur-Rahman bin utman Al-Qurashi: "A physician consulted Allah's Messenger
(about extracting medicine from frogs and he prohibited killing them. " (Ahmad
reported it; Al-Hakim graded it Sahih).
Narrated Ibn Abbas: The sand lizard
was served as food on the table of Allah's Messenger .(Agreed Upon)
Any four
-hoofed, flesh-eating beat of prey is forbidden and similarly any birds nibbling
at its prey with the grip of its talons is forbidden.
Hare is permissible
according to the majority of scholars.
According to this Hadith a hyena is
permissible. According to some imams it is permissible were as according to some
others it is forbidden. Their reason being that hyena like to feed on human
flesh and therefore digs into the graves. The dabb (a kind of sand lizard) was
never eaten by The Prophet (SAW) himself, but his companions did eat it before
him while eating off his dining sheet. He was invited to eat it , but refused
partaking of it but did not forbid the people around him to eat it.
Al-Bukhaari (5558) and Muslim (1966) narrated that Anas (may Allaah be pleased
with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) sacrificed two horned black and white rams. I saw him placing his foot on
their sides, and he said the name of Allaah and he said takbeer, then he
slaughtered them with his own hand.
O people! Allah is Tayyib
(Pure and Good) and only accepts that which is Tayyib. Allah has indeed
commanded the believers with what He has commanded the Messengers, for He said:
(O (you) Messengers! Eat of the Tayyibat and do righteous deeds.
Verily, I am well-acquainted with what you do) (23:51), and: (O you who believe! Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with) He then mentioned a man, (who is engaged in a long journey, whose hair is untidy and who is covered in dust, he raises his hands to the sky, and says, `O Lord! O Lord!' Yet, his food is from the unlawful, his drink is from the unlawful, his clothes are from the unlawful, and he was nourished by the unlawful, so how can it (his supplication) be accepted'') It was also recorded by Muslim and At-Tirmidhi
After Allah mentioned how He has blessed His creatures by providing
them with provisions, and after commanding them to eat from the pure things that
He has provided them, He then stated that He has not prohibited anything for
them, except dead animals. Dead animals are those that die before being
slaughtered; whether they die by strangling, a violent blow, a headlong fall,
the goring of horns or by being partly eaten by a wild animal. Dead animals of
the sea are excluded from this ruling, as is explained later, Allah willing, as
Allah said:
(Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) watergame and its use for
food) (5:96), and because of the Hadith about the whale recorded in the Sahih.
The Musnad, Al-Muwatta' and the Sunan recorded the Prophet saying about the sea:
(Its water is pure and its dead are permissible.)
Ash-Shafi`i, Ahmad, Ibn
Majah, and Ad-Daraqutni reported that Ibn `Umar said that the Prophet said:
(We have been allowed two dead things and two bloody things: fish and locusts;
and liver and spleen).
We will mention this subject again in Surat Al-Ma'idah
(chapter 5 in the Qur'an), In sha' Allah (if Allah wills).
Issue: According
to Ash-Shafi`i and other scholars, milk and eggs that are inside dead
unslaughtered animals are not pure, because they are part of the dead animal. In
one narration from him, Malik said that they are pure themselves, but become
impure because of their location. Similarly, there is a difference of opinion
over the cheeses (made with the milk) of dead animals. The popular view of the
scholars is that it is impure, although they mentioned the fact that the
Companions ate from the cheeses made by the Magians (fire worshippers). Hence,
Al-Qurtubi commented: "Since only a small part of the dead animal is mixed with
it, then it is permissible, because a minute amount of impurity does not matter
if it is mixed with a large amount of liquid.'' Ibn Majah reported that Salman
said that Allah's Messenger was asked about butter, cheese and fur. He said:
The allowed is what Allah has allowed in His Book and the prohibited is what
Allah has prohibited in His Book. What He has not mentioned is a part of what He
has pardoned.)
Allah has prohibited eating the meat of swine, whether
slaughtered or not, and this includes its fat, either because it is implied, or
because the term Lahm includes that, or by analogy. Similarly prohibited are
offerings to other than Allah, that is what was slaughtered in a name other than
His, be it for monuments, idols, divination, or the other practices of the time
of Jahiliyyah. Al-Qurtubi mentioned that `A'ishah was asked about what
non-Muslims slaughter for their feasts and then offer some of it as gifts for
Muslims. She said, "Do not eat from what has been slaughtered for that day, (or
feast) but eat from their vegetables.''
Then Allah permitted eating these
things when needed for survival or when there are no permissible types of food
available. Allah said: (But if one is forced by necessity without willful
disobedience nor transgressing due limits), meaning, without transgression or
overstepping the limits,
(...then there is no sin on him.) meaning, if one
eats such items, for,
(Truly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.)
Mujahid said, "If one is forced by necessity without willful disobedience nor
transgressing the set limits. For example, if he didn't, then he would have to
resort to highway robbery, rising against the rulers, or some other kinds of
disobedience to Allah, then the permission applies to him. If one does so
transgressing the limits, or continually, or out of disobedience to Allah, then
the permission does not apply to him even if he is in dire need.'' The same was
reported from Sa`id bin Jubayr. Sa`id and Muqatil bin Hayyan are reported to
have said that without willful disobedience means, "Without believing that it is
permissible.'' It was reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah:
(.
..without willful disobedience nor transgressing) saying, "Without willful
disobedience means eating the dead animal and not continuing to do so. Qatadah
said:
(without willful disobedience) "Without transgressing by eating from
the dead animals, that is when the lawful is available.''
Issue: When one in
dire straits finds both ـ dead animals, and foods belong to other people which
he could get without risking the loss of his hands or causing harm, then it is
not allowed for him to eat the dead animals. Ibn Majah reported that `Abbad bin
Shurahbil Al-Ghubari said, "One year we suffered from famine. I came to Al-Madinah
and entered a garden. I took some grain that I cleaned, and ate, then I left
some of it in my garment. The owner of the garden came, roughed me up and took
possession of my garment. I then went to Allah's Messenger and told him what had
happened. He said to the man:
(You have not fed him when he was
hungry - or he said starving - nor have you taught him if he was ignorant.)
The Prophet commanded him to return `Abbad's garment to him, and to offer him a
Wasq (around 180 kilograms) - or a half Wasq - of food
This has a
sufficiently strong chain of narrators and there are many other witnessing
narrations to support it, such as the Hadith that `Amr bin Shu`ayb narrated from
his father that his grandfather said: Allah's Messenger was asked about the
hanging clusters of dates. He said:
(There is no harm for whoever takes
some of it in his mouth for a necessity without putting it in his garment.)
Muqatil bin Hayyan commented on:
(...then there is no sin on him. Truly,
Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.) "For what is eaten out of necessity.''
Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "Allah is pardoning for what has been eaten of the
unlawful, and Merciful' in that He allowed the prohibited during times of
necessity.'' Masruq said, "Whoever is in dire need, but does not eat or drink
until he dies, he will enter the Fire.'' This indicates that eating dead animals
for those who are in need of it for survival is not only permissible but
required.
174. Verily, those who conceal what Allah has sent down of the
Book, and purchase a small gain therewith (of worldly things), they eat into
their bellies nothing but fire. Allah will not speak to them on the Day of
Resurrection, nor purify them, and theirs will be a painful torment). (175.
Those are they who have purchased error at the price of guidance, and torment at
the price of forgiveness. So how bold they are (for evil deeds which will push
them) to the Fire). (176. That is because Allah has sent down the Book (the
Qur'an) in truth. And verily, those who disputed as regards the Book are far
away in opposition).
Allah says
Forbidden to you (for food)
are: Al-Maytatah (the dead animals - cattle-beast not slaughtered), blood, the
flesh of swine, and the meat of that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice
for others than Allah, or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which
Allah's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering, and that which has been
killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the
goring of horns - and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal -
unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death) - and that which is
sacrificed (slaughtered) on An-Nusub (stone altars). (Forbidden) also is to use
arrows seeking luck or decision, (all) that is Fisqun (disobedience of Allah and
sin). This day, those who disbelieved have given up all hope of your religion,
so fear them not, but fear Me. This day, I have perfected your religion for you,
completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.
But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such
can eat these above-mentioned meats), then surely, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
They ask you (O Muhammad ) what is lawful for them (as food ).
Say: "Lawful unto you are At-Tayyibat [all kind of Halal (lawful-good) foods
which Allah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products,
fats, vegetables and fruits, etc.)]. And those beasts and birds of prey which
you have trained as hounds, training and teaching them (to catch) in the manner
as directed to you by Allah; so eat of what they catch for you, but pronounce
the Name of Allah over it, and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is Swift in reckoning."
(Quran 5:3-4)
Muslim recorded that Buraydah bin Al-Husayb Al-Aslami said
that the Messenger of Allah said"He who plays Nardshir (a game with dice that
involves gambling) is just like the one who puts his hand in the flesh and blood
of swine"
Ibn Kathir said IT is recorded in the Two Sahihs that the
Messenger of Allah said" Allah made the trade of alcohol, dead animals, pigs and
idols illegal.) The people asked, "O Allah's Messenger! What about the fat of
dead animals, for it was used for greasing the boats and the hides; and people
use it for lanterns'' He said, No, it is illegal.
Allah says
O you who
believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism)! Eat of the lawful things
that We have provided you with, and be grateful to Allah, if it is indeed He
Whom you worship.
He has forbidden you only the Maytatah (dead animals), and
blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is slaughtered as a scrifice for
others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., on which Allah's
Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by
necessity without wilful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there
is no sin on him. Truly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful
(Quran
2:172-173)
Narrated. Abu Huraira. The Prophet said, "Eating any
fanged beast of prey is prohibited" (reported by Muslim).
Muslim reported
the aforesaid hadith from Ibn Abbas narration with this version: "He
prohibited."And he added "And every bird with claws."
Narrated Jabir: "On
the day of khaibar, Allah's Messenger forbade the flesh of domesticated asses,
but premitted horse flesh (Agreed Upon)."
Narrated Ibn Abu Aufa We went on
seven expedition with Allah's Messenger (and we ate locusts. (Agreed Upon).
Narrated Anas regarding the story of the hare: he (Abu Talha) slaughtered it and
sent its haunch to Allah's Messenger and he accepted it. (Agreed Upon).
Narrated Ibn Abbas :"Allah's Messenger prohibited the killing of four creatured:
aunts, bees, hoopoes and strikes." (Reported by Ahmad and Abu Da'ud. Ibn hibban
graded it Sahih)
Narrated Ibn Abu Ammar. I asked jabir, "Is hyena a game ?"
He replied, "Yes." I asked "Did Allah's Messenger say that?" He replied, "Yes."
(Reported by Ahmad and Al-Arba'a. Al-Bukhari and ibn hibban graded it Sahih)
Narrated Ibn umar:"Allah's Messenger prohibited eating or drinking the milk of
the animal which feeds on filth (Al-Arba'a except An-Nasa'i reported it. At-Tirmidhi
graded it hasan)."
Narrated Abu Qatada regarding the Zebra's story; the
Prophet ate from it. (Agreed upon)
Narrated Abdur-Rahman bin utman Al-Qurashi:
"A physician consulted Allah's Messenger about extracting medicine from frogs
and he prohibited killing them. " (Ahmad reported it; Al-Hakim graded it Sahih).
Narrated Ibn Abbas: The sand lizard was served as food on the table of
Allah's Messenger .(Agreed Upon)
Any four -hoofed, flesh-eating beat of prey
is forbidden and similarly any birds nibbling at its prey with the grip of its
talons is forbidden.
Hare is permissible according to the majority of
scholars.
According to this Hadith a hyena is permissible. According to some
imams it is permissible were as according to some others it is forbidden. Their
reason being that hyena like to feed on human flesh and therefore digs into the
graves. The dabb (a kind of sand lizard) was never eaten by The Prophet (SAW)
himself, but his companions did eat it before him while eating off his dining
sheet. He was invited to eat it , but refused partaking of it but did not forbid
the people around him to eat it.
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Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) hated the smell of garlic,
and 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).