Does any other community ,other than Jews(Kosher meat) follow it?
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
what do you mean by Halaal? do you mean 'legally obtained'? or zabeeHa [animal slaughtered in strict Islamic way]?
i think you meant ZabeeHa...right?
it's because it's the command of Allah. it also has health benefits too. by slaughtering Islamic way, the blood is drained out.
Jews make everything Kosher, even their homes and furniture.
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
What is halal is lawful/permissible. If you mean specifically in terms of food, apart from Judaism, Hindus, Sikhs also have restrictions on their diet from what I know.
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
What is halal is lawful/permissible. If you mean specifically in terms of food, apart from Judaism, Hindus, Sikhs also have restrictions on their diet from what I know.
As regards to Hinduism,
You mean Beef?It is not mentioned in any of the holy book as forbidden.But the various systems have made it like that.
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
Because its compulsory for us and it has health benefits too!
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
As regards to Hinduism,
You mean Beef?It is not mentioned in any of the holy book as forbidden.But the various systems have made it like that.
Yes, beef. Fair enough. I admit I don't know much about the scripture. Apart from beef, is there prohibition of meat in general? Or am I confusing Sikhism? Isn't that why food products are either marked as vegetarian or non-veg? And Muslims talk of affirming their faith by eating meat?
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
As regards to Hinduism,
You mean Beef?It is not mentioned in any of the holy book as forbidden.But the various systems have made it like that.
yes, buffalo is allowed in India but cow isn't because, in Hinduism, cow is considered 'sacred' as it provides sustenance [milk] to both the babies [calf, and human].
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
Halal is Like a legal frame work for food.
Like
permissible way to intimacy = marriage.
permissible way to make money with money= do a trade, no interest.
etc
so halal is permissible fame work for food.
You know what they say "you are what you eat"
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
Yes, beef. Fair enough. I admit I don't know much about the scripture. Apart from beef, is there prohibition of meat in general? Or am I confusing Sikhism? Isn't that why food products are either marked as vegetarian or non-veg? And Muslims talk of affirming their faith by eating meat?
in Hinduism, consumption of living things is forbidden along with alcohol [in Sikhism and Hinduism, it's lightly taken by the general masses except those who practice their religion in it's strict sense].
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
"Halal" means that which is permissible or allowed in Islam. It pertains to all aspects of life, not just what you eat.
As far as zabiha goes, it is the prescribed method of slaughtering, thus making it important to those who adhere to this tenant.
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
Yes, beef. Fair enough. I admit I don't know much about the scripture. Apart from beef, is there prohibition of meat in general? Or am I confusing Sikhism? Isn't that why food products are either marked as vegetarian or non-veg? And Muslims talk of affirming their faith by eating meat?
As far as Hinduism is concerned ,no text disallows Hindus from eating flesh.Even Rama ate flesh.
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
yes, buffalo is allowed in India but cow isn't because, in Hinduism, cow is considered 'sacred' as it provides sustenance [milk] to both the babies [calf, and human].
Yes.Only cow is excluded.But no ancient or holy texts omits cow from the list.
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
As far as Hinduism is concerned ,no text disallows Hindus from eating flesh.Even Rama ate flesh.
i thought they were strictly vegetarian. if it's not disallowed then when and how it became sorta forbidden?
Re: Why is `Halal’ so important in Islam?
Mope.They were not.That is the general perception.
Meat Eating in Valmiki Ramayana | Periannan Chandrasekaran
here are a significant number of passages in Valmiki Ramayana where the principal characters used meat in their religious rites and daily diet. Here are some of the passages with original quotes. It was meat that would not be acceptable today to a typical Hindu. It included wild boar (wild pig) and reptile meat (mangoose or varamus)! Please note that the Tamil poet Kamban (around 11th century CE) completely sanitizes his Ramayana from meat diet for these characters. So much so that the first thing Rama utters when he scolds Sita after defeating Ravana is “ஊன் திறம் உவந்தனை” (“you enjoyed meat eating”) and scolds her again a few verses later as having eaten the bright flesh of beings. Shows how much values had changed in the intervening thousand years and caused imbalance in the value system resulting in the loss of priorities.
Onto the Valmiki passages:
- Sita promising Ganga meat-rice on safe return:
From Ayodhya Kandam:52: As Sita crosses Ganga she promises to Ganga what she will offer on safe return: “thousand pots of spirituous liquor and jellied meat with cooked rice (basically briyani)”
Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda
suraaghaTasahasreNa maamsabhuutodanena cha |
yakshye tvaam prayataa devi puriim punarupaagataa || 2-52-89
89. devii= “Oh, goddess! Upaagata= After reaching; puriim= the city (Ayodhya); punaH= again; yakshhye= I shall worship (you); suraaghata sahasreNa= with thousand pots of spirituous liquor; maamsa bhuutodanena cha = and jellied meat with cooked rice; prayataa= well-prepared for the solemn rite.”
“Oh, goddess! After reaching back the city of Ayodhya, I shall worship you with thousand pots of spirituous liquor and jellied meat with cooked rice well prepared for the solemn rite.”
- Lakshmana and Rama hunting deer and wild boar (wild pig):
Then on reaching the other shore Rama and Lakshmana hunt four types of animals including wild boar, antelope, spotted antelope and another species of antelope and take their flesh and hurry in hunger to a tree as it was getting dark. Also makes one wonder how much meat they ate in one go as it is too much for three adults even for warriors.
This is the last sloka in the same chapter as above:
tau tatra hatvaa caturaH mahaa mR^igaan |
** varaaham R^ishyam pR^iSatam mahaa rurum** |
aadaaya medhyam tvaritam bubhukSitau|
vaasaaya kaale yayatur vanaH patim || 2-52-102
102. hatvaa= having killed; tatra= there; chaturaH= four; mR^igaan= deer (namely); varaaham= Varaaha; R^ishyam= Risya; pR^ishhatam= PR^isata; mahaaruru= (and) Mahaaruru; (the four principal species of deer); aadayaa= and taking; tvaritam= quickly; medhyam= the portions that were pure; tou= Rama and Lakshmana; bubhukshhitou= being hungry as they were; yayatuH= reached; vanaspatim= a tree; vaasayaa= to take rest; kaale= in the evening.
Having hunted there four deer, namely Varaaha, Rishya, Prisata; and Mahaaruru (the four principal species of deer) and taking quickly the portions that were pure, being hungry as they were, Rama and Lakshmana reached a tree to take rest in the evening.
- Sita telling Ravana in the disguise of a Brahmin that Rama will bring back deer, reptiles and wild boar for meal:
From Aranya Kandam: The different types of meat Sita offers to the Brahmin guest (in which disguise Ravana is) once Rama brings them from his hunt. Note Deer, Wild Boar and a reptile (உடும்பு?) are offered.
samaashvasa muhuurtam tu shakyam vastum iha tvayaa || 3-47-22
aagamiSyati me bhartaa vanyam aadaaya puSkalam |
** ruruun godhaan varaahaan** ca hatvaa aadaaya amiSaan bahu || 3-47-23
22b, 23. muhuurtam samaashvasa= for a moment, be comfortable; tvayaa iha vastum shakyam= by you, here, to take rest, possible; me bhartaa= my, husband; ruruun= stag with black stripes; godhaan= mongooses like [civet-like mammals of the family Viverridae, esp. of the genus Herpestes, Marathi manguus]; varaahaan ca= wild-boars, also; hatvaa= on killing; bahu amiSaan aadaaya= aplenty, meat, on taking; puSkalam vanyam aadaaya= plentiful, forest produce, on taking; aagamiSyati= will be coming [soon.]
“Be comfortable for a moment, here it is possible for you to make a sojourn, and soon my husband will be coming on taking plentiful forest produce, and **on killing stags, mongooses, wild boars he fetches meat, **aplenty. [3-47-22b, 23]
- Ravana was in the guise of a Brahmin (dvija):
saH tvam naama ca gotram ca kulam aacakSva tattvataH |
ekaH ca daNDakaaraNye kim artham carasi **dvija **|| 3-47-24
24. dvija= oh, Brahman; saH tvam= such as you are; naama ca gotram ca kulam ca= name, also, parentage, also, caste, also; tattvataH aacakSva= in actuality, make mention of; ekaH ca= lonesomely, also; daNDaka araNye in Dandaka, forest; kim artham carasi for what, reason, you wander.
“Such as you are, oh, Brahman, you may make mention of your name, parentage and caste, in their actuality. For what reason you are wandering in Dandaka forest lonesomely?” Thus Seetha questioned Ravana. [3-47-24]
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
Well then may be that answers it then ... "Halal is so important because it is hard coded in to our scriptures" ... Others may have an excuse for eating as they do ... But Muslims have it strict ... Arguably it should not be so important for Hindus not to eat meat ... But from the ones I have seen it is very important for them to be veg only. Since it is clearly in our scriptures what we can eat and cannot it makes it more important arguably ... Yes?
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
Halal, simply put, is a direct or indirect order of Allah, regarding what is permissible or not, in conjunction with when its permissible or not. It applies to many aspects of life including food. There are no scientific logics, so asking 'why' may not give us a globally accepted answer.
A Muslim adult woman is haram on me (to copulate with) until I accept her as my wife in front of at least two people. All of a sudden, quite magically, the same person is Halal for me, because I spoke few words in the presence of few people. How (scientifically) illogical!
Similarly, just slaughtering a goat is not going to make it halal for me. The same goat, if obtained through illegal means, or if i forgot to utter the name of Allah before slaughtering, is as haram as pig meat for me.
So to answer OP's question, Halal is important because that is what our creator, according to our belives, is asking us. That is it.
Re: Why is `Halal' so important in Islam?
Because its ordered by creator. Simple is that.