Re: Can a Muslim be a Vegetarian?
Peace aishamubarak and Mr.Popat
The condition for vegetarianism in Islam is split between the two conditions you two have detailed.
It is indeed rewardable to eat halal meat with the intent of undertaking Sunnah, at the same time it is prohibited to reject meat as though one has made it haram on oneself ... however, to choose to live on a meat free diet whilst holding on to the idea that it is good and permissible to eat halal meat ... on these grounds it is okay to be a vegetarian ...
Muslims should really eat meat between a few times a year to as much as may be once a week ...
However, we take the eating of meat to excess. If we want to follow the Sunnah we should look at the frequency of eating meat as well as the fact of what can be eaten and on what conditions.