WHY PIG IS HARAM IN
ISLAM?
MASJID PLOT 94, ODUDUWA CRESCENT,
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Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was
Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah. As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi
Wa-Barakatuhu
Praise be to Allaah; we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the
Merciful
Why Pig Is Haram in Islam, we show
evidences from scientific methods and also from the Holy Quran.
1,0 A Christian is asking about the reason for the prohibition on pork. He said, why does Islam forbid pork, when the
pig is one of the creations of God?
1.1 Our Lord has forbidden eating pork in definitive
terms. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “Say (O Muhammad):
I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten
by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maytah (a dead animal) or blood
poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork); for
that surely, is impure or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is
slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allaah (or has been slaughtered for
idols, or on which Allaah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering)”[al-An’aam
6:145]
By the mercy of Allaah and His kindness towards us,
Allaah has permitted us to eat all good things, and He has not forbidden
anything but those that are impure. Allaah says (interpretation of the
meaning): “…he allows them as lawful At‑Tayyibaat (i.e. all good and
lawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons and foods), and prohibits
them as unlawful Al‑Khabaa’ith (i.e. all evil and unlawful as regards things,
deeds, beliefs, persons and foods)”[Holy Quran Chapter al-A’raaf 7:157]
We do not doubt for an instant that the pig is a dirty
and filthy animal, and that eating it is harmful to man. Moreover it lives on
dirt and filth, and it is something that is off-putting to those of a sound
nature who refuse to touch it, because eating it is either a cause or a sign of
a person’s oddness.
1.2 With regard to saying that if eating it is forbidden,
then why did Allaah create pigs? We Muslims do not think that you are serious, otherwise
we would ask you: why did Allaah create such and such of other things that are
harmful or repulsive? Rather we would ask you: why did Allaah create the
Shaytaan?
Is it not the prerogative of the Creator to command His
slaves as He will, and to rule them as He will. No one can overturn His ruling
or change His words.
Is it not the duty of the created being, the slave, to
say to his Lord, whenever He commands him to do something: “We hear and we
obey”?
You may enjoy its taste and want to eat it, and those
around you may enjoy it, but doesn’t Paradise deserve some sacrifice on your
part of that which your heart desires?.
2. SCIENTIFIC
METHODOLOGY WHY PIG IS HARAM IN ISLAM
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES
PART 1
Ever wondered why the meat of pig, pork, has been prohibited
in Islam? Why Muslims cannot eat pig? Why pig has been labeled as the filthiest
animal? Let us back this claim with scientific reasons.
2.1 pigs are absolute garbage guts; they’ll eat anything
from their own feces, cancer growths on other pigs, different sorts of insects,
decaying animal flesh and drink their own urine. source: youtube.com
2.2 The pig’s meat absorbs toxins better than any other
animal. These toxins spoil the meat and make it dangerous. source: drjockers.com
2.3 the pig is the only mammal that does not sweat or
perspire, thus, meaning, the sweat and toxins merge in the flesh. source: curiosity.com
2.4 pigs and swine are so poisonous that you can hardly kill
them with strychnine or other poisons
source: motherjones.com
2.5 farmers who keep pigs often open them up to rattlesnakes
nest, because even a snake bite can not poison a pig. source: twitter.com
2.6 when a pig dies, the maggots, bacteria and insects eat
the pig’s flesh faster than any other animal
source: sciencebuzz.com
2.7 there is no safe temperature at which pork can be cooked
to ensure that all these parasites, cysts and eggs will be killed. source: videojug.com
2.8 a pig’s meat holds twice as more fat as beef, which
obviously, is not good for the human body
source: ribshack.com
2.9 a cow, with 4 stomachs, digests its food in good time –
whilst, the pig takes 4 hours to digest its foul food, which turns into flesh. source:
imgur.com
2.10 pigs carry about 30 diseases which can be easily passed
to humans. this is why allah commanded us to not even to touch their carcass. source:
pig333.com
2.11 pork can cause diseases such as typhoid,
arthritis, rheumatism, gastritis, ms, meningitis and permanent gall bladder
trouble. source: intechopen.com
2.12 pig meat is so poisonous and filthy, they have sewer
lines running down each leg with an outlet in the bottom of the foot. out of
this hole oozes pus and filth his body cannot pass into its system fast enough,
which gets into the meat. source: lastate.edu
So, do you now believe that Islam is the most complete
religion, that knew about all these reasons before science even got so
far?
3.0 Why
is the eating of pork (pig meat) forbidden in Islam?
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES PART 2
Another interesting fact is
that the pig excretes only 2% of its total uric acid content; the remaining 98%
remains in the body.
The fact that consumption of pork is prohibited in Islam is well known. The following points explain various aspects of this prohibition:
3.1 With regard to the physical harm caused by eating
pork, modern science has proved a number of things, such as the
following:
Pork is regarded as one of the kinds of meat that contain
the most cholesterol, an increase of which in the bloodstream leads to an
increased likelihood of blocked arteries. The fatty acids in pork are also of
an unusual formation, when compared with the fatty acids in other types of
food, which makes them more easily absorbed by the body, thus increasing
cholesterol levels.
Pork meat and pork fat contribute to
the spread of cancers of the colon, rectum, prostate and blood.
Pork meat and pork fat contribute to
obesity and related diseases that are difficult to treat.
Eating pork leads to scabies,
allergies and stomach ulcers.
Eating pork causes lung infections
which result from tapeworms, lungworms and microbial infections of the
lungs.
The most serious danger of eating pork is that pork
contains tapeworms which may grow to a length of 2-3 meters. The growth of the
eggs of these worms in the human body may lead to insanity and hysteria if they
grow in the area of the brain. If they grow in the region of the heart that may
lead to high blood pressure and heart attacks. Another kind of worm that is to
be found in pork is the trichinosis worm that cannot be killed by cooking, the
growth of which in the body may lead to paralysis and skin rashes.
The doctors have confirmed that tapeworm disease is
regarded as one of the serious diseases that may result from eating pork. It
may develop in the small intestine and after several months may grow into a
large worm whose body is composed of a thousand segments, with a length of 4-10
meters, which lives alone in the intestine of the infected person and part of
it may appear when he defecates. When the pig swallows and ingests its eggs,
they enter the tissues and muscles in the form of larvae sacs containing fluid
and the head of the tapeworm. When a person eats infected pork, the larva turns
into a complete worm in the intestine. These worms cause weakness and vitamin
B12 deficiency, which leads to a specific type of anaemia, which may in turn
cause nervous problems. In some cases the larvae may reach the brain, causing
convulsions, increased pressure within the brain, epilepsy and even
paralysis.
Eating pork that is not thoroughly cooked may also lead
to trichinosis (infestation with a hairlike nematode worm). When these
parasites reach the small intestine, three to five days later many larvae
appear which enter the intestine and reach the blood, from which they reach
most of the tissues of the body. The larvae move to the muscles and form cysts
there, and the patient suffers intense muscle pains. The disease may develop
into infection of the cerebral membrane and brain, and infections of the heart
muscle, lungs, kidneys and nerves. It may be a fatal disease in rare
cases.
It is well known that there are some diseases that are
unique to humans and are nor shared with any other animals except pigs, such as
rheumatism and joint pain. Allaah indeed spoke the truth when He said
(interpretation of the meaning):
“He has forbidden you only the Maytah (dead animals), and
blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for
others than Allaah (or has been slaughtered for idols, on which Allaah’s Name
has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by necessity
without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there is no sin
on him. Truly, Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful”[ Holy Quran Chapter al-Baqarah
2:173]
These are some of the harmful effects of eating pork.
Perhaps after studying them you will not have any doubts that it is forbidden.
We hope that this will be the first step in your being guided towards the true
religion. So stop, research, look and think, objectively and fairly, seeking
only to find out the truth and follow it. I ask Allaah to guide you to that
which is best for you in this world and in the Hereafter.
But even if we did not know about the harmful effects of
eating pork, this would not change our belief that it is haraam in the
slightest, or weaken our resolve to abstain from it. You know that when Adam
(peace be upon him) was expelled from the Garden, it was because he ate from
the tree from which Allaah forbade him to eat. We do not know anything about
that tree, and Adam did not need to enquire into the reason why it was
forbidden to eat from it. Rather it was sufficient for him, as it is sufficient
for us and for every believer, to know that Allaah has forbidden it.
Look at some of the harmful effects of eating pork; look
at the research of the Fourth Annual Conference of Islamic Medicine, Kuwait edition,
p. 731 ff; and al-Wiqaayah al-Sihhiyyah fi Daw’ al-Kitaab wa’l-Sunnah by
Lu’lu’ah bint Saalih, p. 635 ff.
But we ask you once again: Isn’t pork forbidden in the
Old Testament which forms part of your Holy Book?
“Do not eat any detestable thing. These are the animals
you may eat… The pig is also unclean; although it has a split hoof, it does not
chew the cud, you are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.”(Bible Deuteronomy
14:3-8)
We do not need to quote evidence that pork is forbidden
for the Jews. If you have any doubt then ask people and they will tell you. But
what we think we need to draw you attention to is some other things that are
also mentioned in your Holy Book, this time in the New Testament which tells
you that the rulings of the Torah still apply to you and cannot be changed.
Does’t it say in the Bible that the Messiah said:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the
Prophets. I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. I tell you the
truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least
stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is
accomplished.”Bible Matthew 5:17-18?
With this text, we do not need to look for another ruling
on pork in the New Testament, but we will add here another quotation which
shows definitively that pork is impure:
“A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.
The demons begged Jesus: ‘Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.’ He
gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs.”Bible
Mark 5:11-13.
Perhaps you will say that this is abrogated, and that
Peter said such and such and Paul said such and such…? This is changing
the words of Allaah and abrogating the Torah and the words of the Messiah who
confirmed to you that it would abide as long as heaven and earth remain. Can
this be abrogated by the words of Paul or Peter? Let us assume that this
is true and that the prohibition was indeed abrogated, but why are you
criticizing this prohibition in Islam when it was prohibited for you at
first?
3.2 Eating Pork is forbidden in the Quran
The Quran prohibits the consumption of pork in many verses including: Holy Quran Chapter 2:173, 5:3, 6:145 and 16:115.
"He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah". (Holy Quran Chapter Al Baqara 2:173)
"Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah , and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience". (Holy Quran Chapter Al-Mā'idah 5:3)
Say, "I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure - or it be [that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than Allah" (Holy Quran Chapter Al-'An`ām 6:145).
"He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah". (Holy Quran Chapter An-Naĥl 16:115)
The above verses of the Holy Quran are sufficient to satisfy Muslims as to why pork is forbidden and that any prohibition in the holy book is ultimately for their own good.
Further, Pigs have NO neck that makes it impossible to be slaughtered the Islamic way (The Halaal way) by the insertion of a knife in the neck and thus getting rid of the blood, which contains an abundance of uric acid, a toxic chemical substance that can be injurious to human health.
3.3 Disease caused by eating pork (Medical terms are excluded for easy understanding.)
The pig, the worms and the pig-eater!
Eating the meat of pig can cause over SEVENTY different types of latent diseases as their body contains many TOXINS and deadly parasitic WORMS like tapeworm, roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, etc. If you eat pork you are likely to inject many of these worms or their eggs into your body! Most dangerous among them is the Tapeworm.
These worms can enter the human body through the mouth, anus, nose, or skin, with most species attaching themselves to the intestinal tract. This is why you have to stay away from pig.
Once inside the body, these worms lay eggs and raise a family! The baby worms along with their parents stroll inside your body and can reach any organ easily.
If they enter the brain it can cause memory loss. If they enter the heart it can cause heart attack, if they enter the eyes, it can cause blindness, and if they enter the liver, it can cause liver damage. Simply put, it can damage almost all the organs of the body.
One in six people in the US and Canada has trichinosis from eating trichina worms (roundworms), which are found in pork.
These worms are found in the flesh of pig and the diseases caused by eating pork are incurable once it reaches beyond a certain stage.
3.4 Influenza virus
Influenza or flu is one of the most lethal illnesses that pigs share with humans. This illness is harboured in the lungs of pigs during summer and tends to effect pigs and humans in the cooler months.
Influenza virus is common throughout pig populations worldwide. People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of flu infection and other several fatal diseases.
Pork sausage contains bits of pig's lungs, so those who eat pork sausage tend to suffer more during the epidemics of influenza.
3.5 Pork has fat building material
Pork has very little muscle building material and contains excess of fat. This fat gets deposited in the vessels and can cause hypertension and heart attack. America is home to the most obese people in the world!
Those who consume pork are more prone to obesity because of the high fat content in pork. In this group, blood cholesterol level is frequently higher than normal; pork-eaters are more susceptible to arteriosclerosis, which may result in cardiovascular diseases, malfunction of the brain blood-circulation, vascular pathology of the lower limbs, etc.
3.6 Eating pork also leads to GALLSTONES.
Apart from the above mentioned, there are a host of other noxious diseases caused by eating pork. Most of the time it claims life.
3.7 What do pigs eat?
The pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth. It lives and thrives on muck, faces (shit or poop) or excreta and dirt. Often trash is collected and fed to pigs.
Pigs will scavenge and eat any kind of food, including dead insects, worms, tree bark, rotting carcasses, garbage, small animals and even other pigs. Surprisingly, pigs eat their own babies! They eat anything and everything.
Even if pigs are bred in clean and hygienic conditions they are kept together in farms or barns and they simply cannot resist eating filthy substances or shit from other pigs and of theirs own. They are just filthy by nature.
Another interesting fact is that the pig excretes only 2% of its total uric acid content; the remaining 98% remains an integral part of the body.
3.8 Read The Labels
The law requires that food manufacturers provide ingredient information on the food labels. That makes our job easier. All we need is to read the labels carefully. To be sure, ingredient labels are not the most readable part of many food packages, and they may not always contain sufficient information to determine the Halal status of a product. But reading food ingredient labels is the first essential step in that direction. As you read the labels, especially look for the following ingredients. They deserve a hard look:
3.9 Bakery and Cereal Products
Look for these in all bakery and cereal products: Gelatin, mono- and di-glycerides, animal shortening, whey. In cereals look for marshmallows. (They contain gelatin)
3.10 Fruits and Vegetables
Additives and preservatives may be added in the preparation of processed and canned fruits and vegetables. Look for: Gelatin, mono- and di-glyceride, cheeses, alcohol or wine.
3.11 Candies
Look for: Animal fat, gelatin, alcohol, whey, glycerol, glycerine, and marshmallows.
3.12 Meet The Suspects
Now that we have learned how to spot the suspect ingredients on a food label, here is more information that will help us decide whether these ingredients can be considered Halal or non-Halal.
3.13 Lard
Lard is a saturated fat obtained from swine (pigs), particularly from the abdominal cavity of the animal. Any food containing lard is completely Haram.
3.14 Mono- and di-glycerides
Mono-glyceride and di-glyceride are lipid (fat) molecules used as emulsifiers in shortening, bakery, and dairy products. These may be manufactured from vegetable oils, beef fat, lard, or marine oils. Therefore, Muslims should stick to labels saying vegetable or marine mono- and di-glvcerides.
3.15 Shortening
Shortening is a blend of fat and/or oil. If the label simply says 'shortening', stay away from it; it may even be lard. When the label says 'vegetable shortening' without listing all the vegetable sources or adding, the words "pure" or "100%". Even 1% lard will make it 100% haram.
3.16 Enzymes
Enzymes are a protein substance found and formed in all living cells that bring about chemical reactions inside or outside of the body. Enzymes can be extracted from animal sources, calves and pigs. Vegetable enzymes are okay.
IMPORTANT: Prohibition of eating pork does not imply that pigs are evil. There is nothing in Islam that actually declares the animal to be evil, or anything of the sort. Not eating pork is a very simple means of showing our devotion to our Lord.
Sources
See Bible Leviticus 11-1-8.
http://www.islam.ru/en/content/story/why-eating-pork-pig-meat-forbidden-islam By Agencies / 7 Jan 2013
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