
Whoso denieth the faith, his work is vain and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter. And so are the virtuous women of the believers and the virtuous women of those who received the Scripture before you (lawful for you) when ye give them their marriage portions and live with them in honour, not in fornication, nor taking them as secret concubines. The food of those who have received the Scripture is lawful for you, and your food is lawful for them.

This day are (all) good things made lawful for you. Food of People of the book įood of Jews and Christians (other than those explicitly forbidden) is lawful for Muslims. In Shia hadith there is also a prohibition on eating eels. Scholars disagree about whether prawns/ shrimp are "fish", but in agreement that crocodiles, crabs, lobsters, and mollusks are not. However, the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence forbids consumption of seafood other than "fish" and considers other sea food such as Crustacean makruh. fish and other sea creatures, is generally permitted in most of the schools of Islam based on their interpretation of the Quran 5:96. Īnimals hunted by trained birds and animals are also permitted according to the Quran 5:4. This means that most herbivores or cud-chewing animals like cattle, deer, sheep, goats, and antelope are considered halal to consume. However, hunting is prohibited during "the pilgrimage" (Quran 5:1). grazing beasts, are lawful except those that are explicitly prohibited. Quranic verses which have information regarding halal foods include: Q2:173, Q5:5, and Q6:118–119, 121. Regulations of food Halal (permissible, lawful) Forbidden food substances include alcohol, pork, carrion, the meat of carnivores and animals that died due to illness, injury, stunning, poisoning, or slaughtering not in the name of God.

If the animal is treated poorly or tortured while being slaughtered, the meat is haram. Herbivores, cud-chewing animals like cattle, deer, sheep, goats, and antelope, are some examples of animals that are halal only if they are treated like sentient beings and slaughtered painlessly while reciting the Bismillah and Takbir. The dietary laws are found in the Quran, the holy book of Islam, as well as in collections of traditions attributed to Islamic prophet Muhammad. Islamic jurisprudence specifies which foods are halāl ( حَلَال, "lawful") and which are harām ( حَرَامْ, "unlawful"). Islamic dietary laws are dietary laws that Muslims follow.
