Permissible & Forbidden food and drinks
The food of the people of the book is of two types:
1. Does not require slaughtering (vegetables, fish, fruits, rice). Permissible to eat. 2. Animals a Muslim is permitted to eat, that have been slaughtered (Chicken, sheep, cattle). A muslim has to say 'In the name of Allah'
What types of food and drinks are permitted by Allah?
1. Drinks 2. Plants 3. Marine Animals 4. Wild predatory animals
What are the ways hunting is permitted?
1. Game animals hunted by traps and nets (caught alive or required to be sacrificed) 2. Animals hunted by sharp tools (rifle/arrow and not required to be sacrificed) 3. Animals hunted by trained animal (dog/falcon, it wounds the prey)
What's the meaning of hunting according to Sharia?
Catch lawful animals and birds which cannot be easily caught or slaughtered, by wound it in any part of its body
What are the two kinds of dead meat permitted to us?
Fish and locusts
Are Marine animals permissible to eat?
Yes, it's permissible to eat them. The Prophet (PBUH) said, "It's water is purifying and it's dead (animals) are lawful (to eat)
Examples of forbidden things
1. Harmful plants and poisonous fruits (tobacco) 2. Pernicious animals (insects, mice and rats) 3. Dogs and Vultures 4. Snakes and scorpions 5. Wild animals with fangs (wolves, leopards, bears, foxes, cats, lions and tigers) 6. Birds with talons (eagles, shaheens, owls, hawks)
What are the two ways Wild Predatory animals and birds of prey are permissible to eat?
1. Lawful (Shai'ah) Sacrifice 2. Hunting
Why is hunting forbidden at particular times and in specific places?
1. Protection of wild species 2. Taking into consideration reproduction periods of animals 3. Preserving national wealth 4. Protect the ecological balance and beauty of nature
Al-Munkhaniqah
A strangled animal
Al-Mawqoothah
An Animal that died by a violent below
Al-Mutaraddiyah
An animal that died by a headlong fall
An-NaTeehah
An animal that had been gored to death
Ma Akal As-Sab'
An animal that had been partly eaten by a wild animal
What's Lawful Sacrifice?
Butcher must say the name of God (Bismillah) upon slaughtering. Cutting the wind pipe, jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides, but leaving the spinal cord intact.
Can you eat donkey?
It is permissible to eat the meat of onagers (wild donkeys) A domesticated donkeys milk and meat is forbidden, so is the meat and milk of the mule. Reasons: 1. Unclean 2. Pernicious 3. Eat excrement
What are the two kinds of blood permitted to us?
Liver and spleen
What are intoxicants?
Substance produces a condition of diminished mental and physical ability.
What are drugs?
Substances intended to affect the structure or any function of the body and mind of humans