Can a Muslim be a Vegetarian?

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@hareem01

I can find and post an article that I read a while ago related to your questions…I’ll do it in the evening inshallah…

Hareem Ji we are waiting…

I can guess that you will reply after Eid ul Adha…

@Hashmat Usmani

why NOT? being vegetarian is JUST FINE!!! u can eat anything except that is declared Haraam by Allah…Halaal doesn’t mean that one must worry about Halaal meat while he has money earned in a Haraam way…

jeb meN Haraam kaa maal rakh kar Halaal gosht kii dukaan DhoonDhnaa is moronic indeed! and i’m afraid a large majority in our countries and around the world are just doing that without even realizing…SAD!

Right Hashmat Bhai…question that also comes to mind is whether Allah Subhanahu wa Taala prefers that we eat the bounties that are provided to us all …and meat being one of those bounties?

@d-tox.ed

You can eat whatever you like apart from what is declared Haraam. However in essence if you say that I will not Chicken because you think its not right for your health or its cruelty against animals which most of the vegetarians think then this is against the teachings of Islam. Allah has created these things for us to eat and surely they bring positive changes in our lives.

Yes you are right! d-tox..ed is also a consideration we should all be detoxed!

@kchughtai

I agree with de_tox-ed. Moreover, both animal and vegie source foods are important for our well being. I remember, a doctor told me that excluding all animal source foods (including eggs and milk) will have adverse effect on health.

I have seen children (European) raised in a strictly vegetarian Family in the US, they did seem different in physical stature a bit on the frail side.

@Mr.Popat

I will agree with de-tox..ed.. you as a muslim are allowed to eat whatever you like to eat, apart from things which are declared haram by Almighty Allah. You can choose to be vegetarian, or choose not to eat vegetables at all. However, thinking that eating meat is unhealthy or that eating meat is a cruel act as de-tox..ed said, is not wat a Muslim is allowed to be saying or thinking. Rest, you got the money, u feel like eating meat, go ahead, eat halal meat, but u dont wanna eat?..no problem whatsoever. Go veggie my friend.

Yes choices are always ours to make!

@aishamubarak

No you can’t.

Eating meat is a Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammed PBUH.

I agree it is a Sunnah of our Holy Prophet (PBUH)…but the Holy Prophet PBUH would go without food for days …so much so that he would tie a rock to his stomach to keep hunger pangs from bothering him!

How many of us have ever done that?

@Mr.Popat

Yes u can be a vegetarian. Sunnah is not fardh. Nobody that i know that eats meat to earn swaab.

Well Popat Bhai Sahib I understand your point however we are taught that when ever we sit down to eat we should recite Bismillah arahman nirraheem! and all the act of eating becomes an ibadat!..Right?