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Food
The Apostle of Allah
 then
said:
When one of you eats food, he should say: O
Allah, bless us in it, and give us food (or
nourishment) better than it.
Hadith - Abu Dawud, Narrated Abdullah ibn
Abbas
Hadith - Abu Dawud, Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar
The Apostle of Allah
prohibited
eating the animal which feeds on filth and
drinking its milk.
Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi, Narrated Salman
When Allah's Messenger
was
questioned about clarified butter, cheese and
wild asses, he replied, "What is lawful is what Allah has declared lawful in His Book;
what is unlawful is what Allah has declared
unlawful in His Book; and what He has said
nothing about belongs to the things He
ignores."
[Ibn Majah and Tirmidhi transmitted it,
Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition
which, according to the soundest opinion, is
mawquf].
The Noble Qur'an Al-Imran 3:115-116
He has forbidden you only Al-Maytatah
(meat of a dead animal), blood, the flesh of
swine, and any animal which is slaughtered as
a sacrifice for others than Allâh (or has
been slaughtered for idols etc. or on which
Allâh's Name has not been mentioned while
slaughtering). But if one is forced by
necessity, without wilful disobedience, and
not transgressing, then, Allâh is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
And say not concerning that which
your tongues put forth falsely: "This is
lawful and this is forbidden," so as to
invent lies against Allâh. Verily, those who
invent lies against Allâh will never prosper.
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Food |
Description |
Source |
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Butter |
Abdur-Rahman was
reported to have bought yogurt and butter
in the marketplace. |
Bukhari
3:264, 3:265 |
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Cucumber |
Prophet Muhammad
was
seen eating cucumber with fresh dates. |
Muslim
#5072 |
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Dates |
- Allah's Messenger
said:
A family
which has dates will not be hungry.
- The Prophet
said:
For him who
say: Holy is Allah and to Him belongs
all praise, a date tree is planted in
Paradise.
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The ajwah dates
come from Paradise, and they are a
remedy for poison.
- The Prophet
said:
When one of
you is fasting, he should break his
fast with dates; but if he cannot get
any, then (he should break his fast)
with water, for water is purifying.
- The Prophet
said,
"If somebody
takes some 'Ajwa dates every morning,
he will not be effected by poison or
magic on that day till night."
(Another narrator said seven dates).
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Muslim,
Narrated Aisha, r.a.
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Transmitted Tirmidhi
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Narrated
Abu Huraira, Trasmitted Tirmidhi, a
hasan tradition
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Abud
Dawud, Narrated Salman ibn Amir
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Bukhari
7:663, Narrated Saud
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Frog |
Unlawful to kill,
eat, or use for medicine. (Is medically
known to be harmful to passage of semen
until one dies) |
Abu Dawud |
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Gourd |
I heard Anas bin
Malik saying, "A tailor invited Allah's
Apostle to a meal which he had prepared.
" Anas bin Malik said, "I accompanied
Allah's Apostle to that meal. He served
the Prophet with bread and soup made with
gourd and dried meat. I saw the Prophet
taking the pieces of gourd from the
dish." Anas added, "Since that day I have
continued to like gourd." |
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 34, Number 305.
Narrated Ishaq bin 'Abdullah bin Abu
Talha |
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Honey |
And your Lord
inspired the bee, saying: "Take you
habitations in the mountains and in the
trees and in what they erect. "Then, eat
of all fruits, and follow the ways of
your Lord made easy (for you)." There
comes forth from their bellies, a drink
of varying colour wherein is healing for
men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for
people who think. |
Qur'an an-Nahl
16:68,69 |
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Melons |
The Apostle of Allah
used
to eat melon with fresh dates, and he
used to say:
The heat of the one is broken by the
coolness of the other, and the coolness
of the one by the heat of the other. |
Abu Dawud,
Narrated Aisha |
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Milk
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'Abdullah bin
Mas'oud narrated that God's Messenger
said:
"Drink cow
milk, for cows graze on every kind of
plant." (Sunan)
Narrated Ibn 'Abbass, r.a., God's
Messenger
said
that the fat of milk was bad for the
feverish and for those who suffer from
headache.
It is recommended to rinse one's mouth
with water after drinking milk.
Qur'an 16:66: And
verily! In the cattle, there is a lesson
for you. We give you to drink of that
which is in their bellies, from between
excretions and blood, pure milk;
palatable to the drinkers. |
Sahih
Bukhari and Muslim
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Milk, Goat |
Prophet Muhammad
was
reported to have been pleased when once
drinking goat milk. |
Muslim
#4984 |
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Olive Oil |
Allah's Messenger
said,
"Eat olive oil
and anoint yourselves with it, for it
comes from a blessed tree."
Hadhrat Abu Hurayra narrates that
Rasulullah (saaws) stated,
"Eat the olive
oil and apply it (locally), since there
is cure for seventy diseases in it, one
of them is Leprosy." (Abu Naim)
Related
Link: Olive Oil is a Cure |
Mishkat,
Narrated Abu Usayd al-Ansari, transmitted
by Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and Daarimi |
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Pumpkin |
Permissible and
enjoyed by the Prophet
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Muslim
#5068 |
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Rabbit |
Eaten by the Prophet
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Bukhari
3:746 and Muslim |
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Vinegar |
..."
a house in which
there is vinegar is not devoid of
condiments." |
Tirmidhi
#4222, Narrated Umm Hani, a hasan gharib
tradition |
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Water |
The Prophet
said:
Do not drink water in one gulp (or one
breath) like a camel, but take it in two
or three installments (with break for
breaths); take the name of Allah (i.e.
recite Bismillah) when you start drinking
and praise Him (say Alhamdulillah) when
you finish. |
Transmitted by Tirmidhi, Narrated
Abdullah ibn Abbas |
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Yogurt |
Abdur-Rahman was
reported to have bought yogurt and butter
in the marketplace. |
Bukhari
3:264 |
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Forbidden Meats
The Noble Qur'an - Al-Ma'idah 5:3
Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maytatah
(the dead animals - cattle-beast not
slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine, and
the meat of that which has been slaughtered
as a sacrifice for others than Allâh, or has
been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which
Allâh's Name has not been mentioned while
slaughtering, and that which has been killed
by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a
headlong fall, or by the goring of horns -
and that which has been (partly) eaten by a
wild animal - unless you are able to
slaughter it (before its death) and that
which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on AnNusub
(stone altars). (Forbidden) also is to use
arrows seeking luck or decision, (all) that
is Fisqun (disobedience of Allâh and sin).
This day, those who disbelieved have given up
all hope of your religion, so fear them not,
but fear Me. This day, I have perfected your
religion for you, completed My Favour upon
you, and have chosen for you Islâm as your
religion. But as for him who is forced by
severe hunger, with no inclination to sin
(such can eat these above-mentioned meats),
then surely, Allâh is OftForgiving, Most
Merciful.
The corpse of locusts, fish, the livers,
spleen of blood are lawful. So the Prophet
(SAW) said: He has made two dead things and
blood lawful: the locusts and the fish, the
liver and the spleen.
Baihaqi and others have recorded it as 'marfu'
type of hadeeth as also 'mauquf' type. The 'isnad'
od 'mauquf' is authentic and it is as good as
'marfu' tradition, since it is not stated in
the form of a 'ra'y' (decision based on one
individual's judgement not on Qur'an and
Sunnah).
The Noble Qur'an - Al-An'am 6:145
Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I find not in that
which has been inspired to me anything
forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to
eat it, unless it be Maytatah (a dead animal)
or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the
like), or the flesh of swine (pork, etc.) for
that surely is impure, or impious (unlawful)
meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a
sacrifice for others than Allâh (or has been
slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which
Allâh's Name has not been mentioned while
slaughtering). But whosoever is forced by
necessity without wilful disobedience, nor
transgressing due limits, (for him)
certainly, your Lord is OftForgiving, Most
Merciful."
The Sunnah has forbidden many things not
mentioned in the verse mentioned above, as
for example in the saying of the Holy Prophet
(SAW): All predatory animals with tusk and
every bird with claw are forbidden for
consumption. There are other traditions which
have forbidden the consumption of such
animals as the Prophet (SAW) is reported to
have said on the Day of Khayber: Allah and
His Messenger have prohibited the consumption
of domesticated asses, for they are filth.
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Do not eat anything haram
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