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Halal Or Not Halal: What Is The Difference? By Amar Prakash Singh
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<blockquote data-quote="pervez" data-source="post: 169568" data-attributes="member: 18356"><p>I doubt the veracity of this story. I have seen this story(not the same as you have quoted from memory) in Bawa Muhaiyaddeen website and it is supposed to be an Hadith. There is no reference number of the Hadith so it is difficult to veryify how strong and accepted this Hadith(if it is a Hadith)is. </p><p></p><p>First the story is not about meat getting wasted but of Muhammad(PUBH) showing the way of slaughter to muslims and asking the muslims to come to an official slaughter.</p><p> </p><p>According to the story, earlier people would wring a neck of chicken and also slaughter animals on their own in anyway and anytime they wanted at homes.</p><p></p><p> Later on this official slaughterer was often not be available and thus people came complaining that they couldn't get their meat. So as per the story he asked the people to slaughter two goats instead of hundred chickens, 10 cows instead of hundreds of goats, 3-4camels instead of ten cows and share the meat among people according to the size of the family the Idea was lesser number of animals had to be slaughtered so the task becomes easy for the official.</p><p></p><p>Even without going into the sources this story seems implausible. Considering that Islam does not even appoint a priest it is not conceivable that an official slaughterer would have been appointed. There is ample evidence that no such official slaughterer was used by muslims during his time and immediately after him. Second the advice to slaughter animals and share among families raised a question whom did these animals belong to? if they were bought who paid for it? Is everyone in the city eating meat all the time? It an totally illogical story as far as this issue is considered. Islam is not to be confused with communism. Property rights are sacrosanct as far as Islam is considered. </p><p></p><p>The story goes on to state that in this way only a few animals were slaughtered instead of thousands daily. Desert does not provide the facility to maintain lakhs of animals in one city so that thousands can be slaughtered on a daily basis. Meat was a rare part of diet those days an occasional treat for even the well off. </p><p></p><p>This story goes on to say that Prophet(PUBH)told Ali(as)(His son In law) that eating meat continuously for 40 days is not good and the qualities of the animal will come on you if you do so. Thus Ali never ate meat continuously for 40 days. This is a very laughable story. Ali(as)(the person who all sufis consider their original master) was know for his very austere life style just like the prophet. He would not even eat honey once in a while. He restricted his diet to very simple food often just dry bread and water. His clothes were all simple and patched up. One of the names that he was given (by the Prophet(PUBH)) was Abu-Turab. Turab means dust. This was to signify the humility and simplicity with which he lead his life.</p><p></p><p>The word Sufi is derived from Suff ie a rough woolen cloth often the only one available to the poor to Arabia. The poor were often called Suffa. These were the garments worn by Ali(as). The Sufi's ultimate role master is considered Ali(as)due to his simple life and his closeness to God. To imagine him trying to abstain from meat so that he does not eat it continuously for 40 days is to say the least shocking and hilarious at the same time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again there are many problems with this part of story as this is not supported by texts that I know s of. Also the quran mention in more than one place that he has made some animals for food of humans and sacrificing animals is an important part of the ritual of Hajj. It also mentions one story where Prophet(PUBH)abstained from Honey for some time and was asked by God not to do so as it is one of the things he has permitted to eat and abstaining(willingly when it is available) from what has been permitted causes displeasure of God.</p><p></p><p>That said Sufi's often talk in metaphors and try to relate to level of understanding of their audience so taking their stories as a literal truth is not advisable.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Islam is completely opposed to such a concept and I think it is doubtful that even your religion takes such a stand. Islam has an concept of god which says if you can imagine it then that is not the god.</p><p></p><p>Of course the story could be different in the book you have, still this is not an accepted anecdote. Often we like to believe in stuff that matches our sensibility so I don't blame you in thinking this may be likely true story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pervez, post: 169568, member: 18356"] I doubt the veracity of this story. I have seen this story(not the same as you have quoted from memory) in Bawa Muhaiyaddeen website and it is supposed to be an Hadith. There is no reference number of the Hadith so it is difficult to veryify how strong and accepted this Hadith(if it is a Hadith)is. First the story is not about meat getting wasted but of Muhammad(PUBH) showing the way of slaughter to muslims and asking the muslims to come to an official slaughter. According to the story, earlier people would wring a neck of chicken and also slaughter animals on their own in anyway and anytime they wanted at homes. Later on this official slaughterer was often not be available and thus people came complaining that they couldn't get their meat. So as per the story he asked the people to slaughter two goats instead of hundred chickens, 10 cows instead of hundreds of goats, 3-4camels instead of ten cows and share the meat among people according to the size of the family the Idea was lesser number of animals had to be slaughtered so the task becomes easy for the official. Even without going into the sources this story seems implausible. Considering that Islam does not even appoint a priest it is not conceivable that an official slaughterer would have been appointed. There is ample evidence that no such official slaughterer was used by muslims during his time and immediately after him. Second the advice to slaughter animals and share among families raised a question whom did these animals belong to? if they were bought who paid for it? Is everyone in the city eating meat all the time? It an totally illogical story as far as this issue is considered. Islam is not to be confused with communism. Property rights are sacrosanct as far as Islam is considered. The story goes on to state that in this way only a few animals were slaughtered instead of thousands daily. Desert does not provide the facility to maintain lakhs of animals in one city so that thousands can be slaughtered on a daily basis. Meat was a rare part of diet those days an occasional treat for even the well off. This story goes on to say that Prophet(PUBH)told Ali(as)(His son In law) that eating meat continuously for 40 days is not good and the qualities of the animal will come on you if you do so. Thus Ali never ate meat continuously for 40 days. This is a very laughable story. Ali(as)(the person who all sufis consider their original master) was know for his very austere life style just like the prophet. He would not even eat honey once in a while. He restricted his diet to very simple food often just dry bread and water. His clothes were all simple and patched up. One of the names that he was given (by the Prophet(PUBH)) was Abu-Turab. Turab means dust. This was to signify the humility and simplicity with which he lead his life. The word Sufi is derived from Suff ie a rough woolen cloth often the only one available to the poor to Arabia. The poor were often called Suffa. These were the garments worn by Ali(as). The Sufi's ultimate role master is considered Ali(as)due to his simple life and his closeness to God. To imagine him trying to abstain from meat so that he does not eat it continuously for 40 days is to say the least shocking and hilarious at the same time. Again there are many problems with this part of story as this is not supported by texts that I know s of. Also the quran mention in more than one place that he has made some animals for food of humans and sacrificing animals is an important part of the ritual of Hajj. It also mentions one story where Prophet(PUBH)abstained from Honey for some time and was asked by God not to do so as it is one of the things he has permitted to eat and abstaining(willingly when it is available) from what has been permitted causes displeasure of God. That said Sufi's often talk in metaphors and try to relate to level of understanding of their audience so taking their stories as a literal truth is not advisable. Islam is completely opposed to such a concept and I think it is doubtful that even your religion takes such a stand. Islam has an concept of god which says if you can imagine it then that is not the god. Of course the story could be different in the book you have, still this is not an accepted anecdote. Often we like to believe in stuff that matches our sensibility so I don't blame you in thinking this may be likely true story. [/QUOTE]
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