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.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan