Can i please have some websites on halaal and haraam foods?
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Haraam halaal food
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Your Question: can i please have some websites on halaal
and haraam foods?
Beloved Sister in Islam, Allah Alone Knows if it is ever
possible to create a website listing the name or categories of all the foods
which are considered halaal for the believers, for Allah is our witness, that
list would be endless!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 14 Surah
Ibraheem verse 34: And He (Allah) giveth you of all that ye
ask for. But if ye count the
favors of Allah never will ye be able to number them: verily, man is
given up to injustice and ingratitude.
The list of halaal or permissible foods in Islam in
endless! Allah and His Messenger (saws)
have guided and listed only the foods which are haraam or forbidden for the
believers. The law or principle in
determining whether a food is halaal or haraam,
the believers must look in the list of the haraam foods, and if not
found in that list, the food will be
considered halaal for the believers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verses 3-4:
3 Forbidden
to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood,
the flesh of swine, and that on
which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah, that which hath been killed by
strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a wild
animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on stone
(altars); (forbidden) also is the
division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given
up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for
you completed my favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any forced by hunger with no
inclination to transgression Allah is indeed Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
4 They
ask thee what is lawful to them (as food): say:
Lawful unto you are (all) things good and pure: and what ye have taught your trained hunting
animals (to catch) in the manner directed to you by Allah; eat what they catch
for you but pronounce the name of Allah over it: and fear Allah; for Allah is
swift in taking account.
5 This
day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The food of the People of the Book is lawful
unto you, and yours is lawful unto them.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verse 157: Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet (Mohamed (saws)) whom
they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures);
in the law and the Gospel; for he
commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil: he allows them as lawful what is good (and
pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); he releases them from their heavy burdens and
from the yokes that are upon them. So
it is those who believe in him, honor him,
help him, and follow the light
which is sent down with him, it is they
who will prosper."
Al-Muwatta Hadith 25.13
Yahya related from Malik from Ibn Shibab from
Abu Idris al-Khawlani from Abu Tha~laba al-Khushani that the Messenger of Allah
(saws) said, "It is haram to eat animals with fangs "
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.435B Narrated by Az Zuhri
The Prophet (saws) prohibited the eating of
beasts having fangs.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 4089 Narrated by Al-Irbad ibn Sariyyah
On the day of Khaybar Allah's Messenger
(saws) forbade every carnivorous beast which had a fang, every bird which had a
claw, the flesh of domestic asses, the ‘mujaththamah’, amd the ‘khalisah’.
(‘Mujaththamah’ means an animal set up and
shot at. ‘Khalisah’ means an animal taken from a wolf or a beast of prey by a
man who had caught it, but which had died in his hand before he could slaughter
it.)
Thus, in light of
the above Aayahs of the Holy Quran and the various authentic narrations of the
Messenger of Allah (saws), here is the
list of the haraam foods:
The meat of any animal that dies of itself or is not
slaughtered (including fall,
strangling, gored to death, etc.)
The flesh of swine
The food on which any name other than Allah Subhanah’s has
been invoked
The food that is slaughtered by any other than the
believers, Jews or Christians.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) forbade the believers to eat
the meat of any animal which hunts with its fangs. (eg.
Lions, tigers, cheetahs,
etc.)
The Messenger of Allah (saws) forbade the believers to eat
the meat of any bird which hunts with its claws. (eagles,
crows, etc.)
All the impure animals and insects. (rats,
cockroaches, pests, etc.)
The Messenger of Allah (saws) also forbade the believers
to eat dogs and domestic donkeys.
If the food does not fall in the list of the haraam, it
will be considered halaal and permissible for the believers as food.
It is practically impossible to name each and every halaal
food, as the list is endless. But we
will try to compile a list only as an indication. The following foods are absolutely halaal
for the believers.
All vegetation is halaal food.
All animals and birds that are not listed in the haraam list
are halaal as food for the believers, provided they fulfill the requirements of
Islamic slaughter.
All sea-food is halaal, whether it be fish, crabs,
lobster, prawns, etc.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan