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November 25, 2009, 3:47pm
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Yes Allah has odered us to sacrifice an animal!
so in order not to waste it…you can give it all away to the needy! ..Right?
one can stop eating meat on religious grounds if the meat is coming from cattle and poultry which is being maltreated. the conditions at large meat processing plants, poultry farms etc are such that if someone decides that they cant be part of that and become vegetarian then i think it is in keeping with general islamic principles. what do you say?
one can also stop eating if there is a high chance of harm due to that meat, because in religion you are supposed to care for your health so not consuming something that will hurt you is in line with religion e.g. with mad cow disease
so that can extend to someone saying that genetically modified food can be dangerous and the hormone and antibiotics pumped grain fed cattle and poultry is going to have a bad impact on them and stop eating it on those grounds, whats wrong with that?
I read somewhere that it was animal brains amoung other organ meats that were being all ground up and fed back to fatten the cows …which caused the Mad Cow desease!
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.
Yes true!.. and Rasul Allah (PBUH) said (more or less as I understood) You are the Moderate Ummah…that does not go to extremes in their actions!
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oh yeah and lastly there is no compulsion in religion, and eating meat is not farz, so there is no reason you cant be a vegetarian and be a muslim. people even now choose not to eat things that are allowed, some ppl dont eat beef, some dont like mutton, some dont like chicken or turkey, some dont like venison..etc etc..they chose not to eat them due to personal preferences. If someone has a personal preference to not eat meat period..thats not an issue ..period
Thanks Pir Sahib for the elaboration!