I live abroad and often classfellows and others ask me this question… can u plz give me a suitable answer??? Thanx.
Allah be with u& may He guide us all on the right path. amin.
The meat of pork is called 'unclean' in the Quran and prohibited.
Here is the ayat in Sura-Al-Anaam
006.145
YUSUFALI: Say: "I find not in the message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be dead meat, or blood poured forth, *or the flesh of swine,- for it is an abomination *- or, what is impious, (meat) on which a name has been invoked, other than Allah's". But (even so), if a person is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- thy Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
PICKTHAL: Say: I find not in that which is revealed unto me aught prohibited to an eater that he eat thereof, except it be carrion, or blood poured forth, *or swineflesh - for that verily is foul *- or the abomination which was immolated to the name of other than Allah. But whoso is compelled (thereto), neither craving nor transgressing, (for him) lo! thy Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
SHAKIR: Say: I do not find in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden for an eater to eat of except that it be what has died of itself, or blood poured forth, or flesh of swine-- for that surely is unclean-- or that which is a transgression, other than (the name of) Allah having been invoked on it; but whoever is driven to necessity, not desiring nor exceeding the limit, then surely your Lord is Forgiving, Merciful.
The above is the simple Islamic reason why Muslims don't eat pork meat. There are many muslim (and sometimes non-muslim) scientists and scholars who have explained why the Quran prohibited pork meat. If you want to know more, say here, and I am sure some friendly Gupshup member will help you there too. You may also search the Religion forum for 'pork' as there have been a few discussions on this earlier too.
Jazak Allah.
Salaams
This and similer questions are often asked by non-muslims and answered in a variety of different ways by muslims.
Some muslims would say that pork is haram because its a dirty animal and hence we are not allowed to eat it.
But the real answer lies in Islam, which is that when we discuss aspects of Islamic rulings with non-muslims they will never accept our answers because the Issue is of belief and reference point. So with non-muslims we should engage in a discussion about the Islamic creed e.g proof for the existence of the creator which is found by observing the reality around us and the miriacle of the Quran.
Only then will they accept what we have to say. Also in Islam there are many commands and prohibitions which we as muslims have to obey for some of them Allah has given a reason, but for others there is no reason, so we as muslims only use our intelect when it comes to belief e.g proof of creator, need for messengers and miriacle of the Quran, after we become convinced of the belief then its a casa of hearing and obeying.
When we as muslims manufacture a reason for something like pork being forbidden then we are using our mind, which is limited and a greater mind exists which can maybe prove that pork is good for us in terms of health benefits e.g alcohol in moderation is considered to be good for health by many scientists.
I hope this answers your question inshallah, anything good which i have said is from Allah and any mistakes are from me a limited and weak human being who is in need of guidence from his lord.
I agree with Showkot on this one, pork may not necessarily have any harm, millions of people eat it and are fine, but in the end it boils down to God forbidding you from eating it, He may have reasons that we don't know about, but the bottom line is that once we believe in the ultimate authority of God, we are to hear and obey without question.
Maybe it's just God's way of testing us, He provides us with different kinds of meats and fruits and drinks, and he forbids us such a small thing, maybe it's His way to test our obedience.
^ well said ahmed sahab ..we are to obey God without question
...b coz you are what you eat.
For every Islamic injunction there is a reason.
The reason for not eating pork is certainly not
that its dirty.
I think dirty has other meanings i guess.
*Why is Pork Forbidden in ISLAM??? *
Bob: Tell me why is it that a Muslim is very particular about the
words Halaal and Haraam; what do they mean?
Yunus: That which is permissible is termed Halaal and that which I
not permissible is termed Haraam and it is the Quran which draws
the distinction between the two.
Bob: Can you give me an example?
Yunus: Yes, Islam has prohibited ! blood of any type. You will
agree that a chemical analysis of blood shows that it contains an
abundance of
uric acid, a chemical substance which can be injurious to human
health. "
Bob: You're right about the toxic nature of uric acid, in the human
being it is excreted as a waste product and in fact we are told
that 98% of the body's uric acid is extracted from the blood by the
kidneys and removed through urination.
Yunus: Now I think that you'll appreciate the special prescribed
method of animal slaughter in Islam.
Bob: What do you mean?
Yunus: You see, the wielder of the knife, whilst taking the name of
the 'Almighty', makes an incision through the jugular veins,
leaving all other veins and organs intact.
Bob: I see, this causes the death of the animal by a total loss of
blood from the! body, rather than an injury to any vital organ.
Yunus: Yes, were the organs, example the heart, the liver, or the
brain crippled or damaged, the animal could die immediately and its
blood would congeal in its veins and would eventually permeate the
flesh. This implies that the animal flesh would be permeated and
contaminated with uric acid and therefore very poisonous; only
today did our dietitians realize such a thing.
Bob: Again, while on the topic of food; Why do Muslims condemn the
eating of pork or ham or any foods related to pigs or swine.
Yunus: Actually, apart from the Quran prohibiting the consumption
of pork,bacon (pig flesh); in fact the Bible too in Leviticus
chapter 11, verse 8, regarding swine it says, ""of their flesh (of
the swine another name for pig)shall you not eat, and of their
carcass you shall not touch; they are " unclean to you."" "
Further, did you know that a pig cannot be slaughtered at the neck
for it does not have a neck; that is according to its natural
anatomy. A Muslim reasons that if the pig was to be
slaughtered and fit for human consumption the Creator would have
provided it
with a neck.
" Nonetheless, all that aside, I am sure you are well informed
about the harmful effects of the consumption of pork, in any form,
be it pork chops, ham, bacon.
Bob: The medical science finds that there is a risk for various
diseases as the pig is found to be a host for many parasites and
potential
diseases.
"Yunus: Yes, even apart from that, as we talked about uric acid
content in the blood, it is important to note that the pig's
biochemistry excretes only 2% of its total uric acid content, the
remaining 98% remains as an integral part of the body.
Assalam O Alaikum
The prohibition of eating flesh of a pig is based on devine reasoning from Allah, only Allah Knows it. In Quran some suras started with words which nobody knows their meaning.
I have seen a flyer from the Islamic center in Utah in which the eating of pork by christian is attributed to a atheist roman emperor who forced the Christian to eat pork. After they used to eating pork, no body tried to eliminate the habit. Pork was prohibited for Jews, Christian(according to original Bible) and for Muslims.
Muslims attributed several reasonings for prohibition of eating flesh of pig such as how the pigs eat their foods, their mouth parts, how pigs behave with other pigs. On the scientific part, pig is a carrier or host of worms which causes a special diseases, the fat composition including its fatty acid composition, fast oxidation of pork fat and creation of radicles, the amount of fat in pork compared to others animals, the specific flavored compounds in pork which create a unpleasnt smell during heating or cooking pork meat which you can smell from a distance. The observation of those people who eat pork on a regular basis and their behavier and mentality with others compared to those who do not eat pork. There is no sceintific evidence of these behaviers but people still think it has to do with eating pork.
Not eating pork is also a tool for judging the Taqwa of a Muslim. How he or she is carefull about it in food products in supermarkets, foods at restaurants and presence of pork by- products in personal care products. For example all shaving cream in USA are made with pork fat. Some Muslims started using Halal bar soaps for shaving or using Halal shaving cream from India /Pakistan, How he or she worried about being eaten pork by mistake, how he or she takes atmost care in obeying to Allah, Who forbid us from eating it.
Syed Rasheeduddin Ahmed
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Originally posted by shahbax: *
**Why is Pork Forbidden in ISLAM??? *
Bob: Tell me why is it that a Muslim is very particular about the
words Halaal and Haraam; what do they mean?
Yunus: That which is permissible is termed Halaal and that which I
not permissible is termed Haraam and it is the Quran which draws
the distinction between the two.
Bob: Can you give me an example?
Yunus: Yes, Islam has prohibited ! blood of any type. You will
agree that a chemical analysis of blood shows that it contains an
abundance of
uric acid, a chemical substance which can be injurious to human
health. "
Bob: You're right about the toxic nature of uric acid, in the human
being it is excreted as a waste product and in fact we are told
that 98% of the body's uric acid is extracted from the blood by the
kidneys and removed through urination.
Yunus: Now I think that you'll appreciate the special prescribed
method of animal slaughter in Islam.
Bob: What do you mean?
Yunus: You see, the wielder of the knife, whilst taking the name of
the 'Almighty', makes an incision through the jugular veins,
leaving all other veins and organs intact.
Bob: I see, this causes the death of the animal by a total loss of
blood from the! body, rather than an injury to any vital organ.
Yunus: Yes, were the organs, example the heart, the liver, or the
brain crippled or damaged, the animal could die immediately and its
blood would congeal in its veins and would eventually permeate the
flesh. This implies that the animal flesh would be permeated and
contaminated with uric acid and therefore very poisonous; only
today did our dietitians realize such a thing.
Bob: Again, while on the topic of food; Why do Muslims condemn the
eating of pork or ham or any foods related to pigs or swine.
Yunus: Actually, apart from the Quran prohibiting the consumption
of pork,bacon (pig flesh); in fact the Bible too in Leviticus
chapter 11, verse 8, regarding swine it says, ""of their flesh (of
the swine another name for pig)shall you not eat, and of their
carcass you shall not touch; they are " unclean to you."" "
Further, did you know that a pig cannot be slaughtered at the neck
for it does not have a neck; that is according to its natural
anatomy. A Muslim reasons that if the pig was to be
slaughtered and fit for human consumption the Creator would have
provided it
with a neck.
" Nonetheless, all that aside, I am sure you are well informed
about the harmful effects of the consumption of pork, in any form,
be it pork chops, ham, bacon.
Bob: The medical science finds that there is a risk for various
diseases as the pig is found to be a host for many parasites and
potential
diseases.
"Yunus: Yes, even apart from that, as we talked about uric acid
content in the blood, it is important to note that the pig's
biochemistry excretes only 2% of its total uric acid content, the
remaining 98% remains as an integral part of the body.
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Could you please tell me where you got this from ? i`d like to read the full interview if possible.
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*Originally posted by Maniac: *
Could you please tell me where you got this from ? i`d like to read the full interview if possible.
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It comes in my email from some mailing list..i like it and save it..I don't know the exact source of it..it is all that i have..
shahbax.. nice example:k:
please post the full version if you can
Thankx.. Shahbaaz.. I was about to post the same thing 
:k:
nice way! shahbax
but if ppl know that pork meat is not good for human health, why they(non-muslims) are still using it.
i live abroad too..........
-pigs is a very greedy animal. if you ever heard the misal "eating like a pig"
-secondly it eats it own filt and enjoy staying in the pooh you know what i mean if you have ever watch some movies
-secondly it is very behaya animal. As it is homo sexual. means male pig breeds with male
-it does not have pores and thats why it does not sweat. which makes very harmful acids in his body and makes the meat smell
* i have heard this in the talk
*plus read it in my food class that i took from white teacher "that there is some kind of acid in the pigs meat that is harmfull" i don't remember the exact name and every thing
but main thing is that all these things are recently discovered.......even though Allah (SWT) has told us thousand of years ago
even though if we don't have fact but if some thing is prohibited from Allah than we sould not even go near that thing as Allah know what is best for us...
i know you will be asking this for your class fellow i got lots of question like this when i was in food class
and simiply said " would you like to eat something that eats it own pooh" and they become quiet and say "oh we didn't know that" or "we didn't like it either as if we live the meat in the referigerater it smells the next day"
you know how we make sandwhich and leave in the referigerater and eat the next day but they can not do that will pork as it becomes smelly and leaves water or something
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*Originally posted by sweet sonia: *
i live abroad too..........
-pigs is a very greedy animal. if you ever heard the misal "eating like a pig"
-secondly it eats it own filt and enjoy staying in the pooh you know what i mean if you have ever watch some movies
-secondly it is very behaya animal. As it is homo sexual. means male pig breeds with male
-it does not have pores and thats why it does not sweat. which makes very harmful acids in his body and makes the meat smell
* i have heard this in the talk
*plus read it in my food class that i took from white teacher "that there is some kind of acid in the pigs meat that is harmfull" i don't remember the exact name and every thing
but main thing is that all these things are recently discovered.......even though Allah (SWT) has told us thousand of years ago
even though if we don't have fact but if some thing is prohibited from Allah than we sould not even go near that thing as Allah know what is best for us...
i know you will be asking this for your class fellow i got lots of question like this when i was in food class
and simiply said " would you like to eat something that eats it own pooh" and they become quiet and say "oh we didn't know that" or "we didn't like it either as if we live the meat in the referigerater it smells the next day"
you know how we make sandwhich and leave in the referigerater and eat the next day but they can not do that will pork as it becomes smelly and leaves water or something
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Astagfirullah(X3)