Why is swine pig flesh haraam

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Why is swine pig flesh haraam

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Your Question: …why it is haram to eat Pig in islam.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 173:

He (Allah) hath only forbidden you dead meat,  and blood,  and the flesh of swine,  and that on which any other name hath been invoked besides that of Allah;   but if one is forced by necessity,  without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits,  then is he guiltless.   For Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.

 

Allah Subhanah has explicitly forbidden the believers the flesh of swine as food;   thus for the believers,  who sincerely believe in Allah and the Last Day,  this one reason should suffice.

 

But as with everything in Islam, we are allowed to look and search for the wisdom behind the Commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws);   for that will make our conviction firm and strong in obeying their commands.  If because of the limitations of our confined knowledge and understanding,  we are unable to grasp the wisdom behind any Command of Allah and His Messenger (saws),  it is still our duty to obey and follow each and every Command of Allah and His Messenger (saws);  for indeed,  every command of our Lord and Creator is based on His Absolute and Perfect Knowledge.

 

The swine family in general is an extremely filthy, dirty, impure and unhygienic animal by nature. It is a scientific fact that the flesh of swine has a particular worm,  which if the swine is not reared in proper hygienic conditions, or not cooked to a certain temperature, is harmful and sometimes even fatal to the humans when consumed.   Some people argue that in today’s modern times, the swine that are to be consumed by the humans are properly reared, and their flesh cooked at high temperature to mitigate the risks to human health. But Allah Subhanah,  Who is the Creator of everything in existence,  knows all the evils and impurity of the flesh of swine, which even today man may not be aware of;  and thus the All-Wise,  All-Knowing has declared the flesh of swine ‘haraam’ for the believers to consume.

 

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