What is the reason for the prohibition on pork?

[Abu Sarah]

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

:salam2:

Question:
I am an Arab living in Malta and I want to know the reason why pork is forbidden, because my friends at work are asking me about that.
Answer: from Islam Q&A


Praise be to Allaah.

The basic principle for the Muslim is that he obeys whatever Allaah enjoins upon him, and refrains from whatever He forbids him, whether the reason behind that is clear or not.

It is not permissible for a Muslim to reject any ruling of sharee’ah or to hesitate to follow it if the reason behind it is not clear. Rather he must accept the rulings on halaal and haraam when they are proven in the text, whether he understands the reason behind that or not.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allaah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error”[al-Ahzaab 33:36]

“The only saying of the faithful believers, when they are called to Allaah (His Words, the Qur’aan) and His Messenger, to judge between them, is that they say: ‘We hear and we obey.’ And such are the successful (who will live forever in Paradise)”
[al-Noor 24:51]

Pork is forbidden in Islam according to the text of the Qur’aan,
where Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“He has forbidden you only the Maytah (dead animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine…”[al-Baqarah 2:173]

It is not permissible for a Muslim to consume it under any circumstances except in cases of necessity where a person’s life depends on eating it, such as in the case of starvation where a person fears that he is going to die, and he cannot find any other kind of food, based on the shar’i principle: “In cases of necessity, haraam things are permitted.”

There is no mention in the shar’i texts of a specific reason for the prohibition on pork, apart from the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “for that surely, is impure”
[al-An’aam 6:145].


The word rijs (translated here as ‘impure’) is used to refer to anything that is regarded as abhorrent in Islam and according to the sound human nature (fitrah). This reason alone is sufficient. And there is a general reason which is given with regard to the prohibition on haraam food and drink and the like, which points to the reason behind the prohibition on pork. This general reason is to be found in the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“he [i.e., the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)] 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)”[al-A’raaf 7:157]

The general meaning of this verse includes the reason for the prohibition on pork and it may be understood that in the Islamic viewpoint, it is included among the list of things that are evil and unlawful (al-khabaa’ith).

What is meant by al-khabaa’ith here is all things that will harm a person’s health, wealth or morals. Everything that leads to negative consequences in one of these important aspects of a person’s life comes under the general heading of khabaa’ith.

Scientific and medical research has also proven that the pig, among all other animals, is regarded as a carrier of germs that are harmful to the human body. Explaining all these harmful diseases in detail would take too long, but in brief we may list them as: parasitical diseases, bacterial diseases, viruses and so on.

These and other harmful effects indicate that the Wise Lawgiver has only forbidden pork for a reason, which is to preserve life and health, which are among the five basic necessities which are protected by sharee’ah.



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So we must avoid all that which Allaah has forbidden, out of faith in His laws, in the hope of His reward and in fear of His punishment. We must also believe that Allaah does not forbid anything in Islamic sharee’ah except that which is harmful and corrupt, whether we understand this rationally or not, because He says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.” [al-Nisaa’ 4:65]



And Allaah knows best.

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<wasalam>

islamicfajr

[Submitter]

:salam2:

Great info brother. Here's some more about the medical factors:



MEDICAL ASPECT OF THE PROHIBITION

Abstention from eating pork is a measure to safeguard
health.Of all the domestic animals, pig is the most
avaricious, eating anything including human excreta. It is the
cradle of harmful germs and parasites. Its meat is carrier of
diseases to man, thus making it unfit for human consumption.

CHARACTER OF PIG
All types of animals are lawful to be eaten whether those
living on land or in the water except those animals specifically
forbidden in the Holy Writings revealed by the Almighty Creator
and the sayings of the Prophet with clear and well defined
injunctions.

Pig belong to the forbidden animals, and not allowed to be
eaten by the believers. Pig eats almost anything dirty and they
are very lazy animals. It is the most avaricious of all domestic
animals. Amongst all animals, pig is the cradle of harmful germs.
It's meat serves as carrier of diseases to mankind. It is this
very reason that made it unfit for human consumption consumption.

FAT IN PIGS
Pork contains more fats than other meats.
Therefore, people who are fond of pork are more obese than
others. Cholesterol is higher in their blood thus making them
more prone to asthereosclerosis cardiovascular accidents and
sudden death.

OTHER DISEASES
Flesh of the pork is hard to digest and may
lead to chronic digestive disturbances. Pimples, boils, cysts are
common in pork eaters. These are some of the parasites and
diseases found in pork and/ or the skin of pigs and certainly
there are many more. There is still no means of killing these
parasites, in the tissues, neither has anyone found a method of
expelling them, even produced any specific treatment for the
diseases.

From: http://www.webziner.com/islam/whypork.htm

:wasalam:

[dna1987]

Cos it tastes bad!! :SMILY26:


Lol jokes, I've never had pork :p


Pig meat in one word -> unclean

Back up description -> unclean, therefore unhealthy

Conclusion -> pig meat = bad = haram

[q8penpals]

What I don't understand is how some people call pigs "evil" to the point where the government schools in Kuwait do not even allow any children's books that MENTION the word pig.

Pigs are one of God's creations - there are other things we cannot eat (carnivores, for example) but no one seems to be so vilely against them. I don't understand this complete and utter disgust at one of God's creatures. Baby pigs are so cute, and pigs, although they cover themselves in mud similar to other animals with tender skin like hippos and elephants), will not eat around nor sleep in their feces unless there is no other choice (as in, their human keepers do not teat them properly and clean their pen as necessary). I was raised in farm country and they are definiately cleaner than chickens!

The ONLY reason I do not eat pork is because I became Muslim - my family eats pork regularly as I did prior to being a Muslim, so I do not have the same feelings as someone who was raised from birth to not want to eat pork.

Lana

[Abdul Malik]

Asalam alaikum warahmatulahi wabrkatuh,

'You are what you eat' as they say, dont know about you guys but i most certainly dont wanna be a pig.........YUCCCKKKKYYYYYY.

ALLAH guide us all to the haq.....ameen

[dna1987]

What I don't understand is how some people call pigs "evil" to the point where the government schools in Kuwait do not even allow any children's books that MENTION the word pig.

Pigs are one of God's creations - there are other things we cannot eat (carnivores, for example) but no one seems to be so vilely against them. I don't understand this complete and utter disgust at one of God's creatures. Baby pigs are so cute, and pigs, although they cover themselves in mud similar to other animals with tender skin like hippos and elephants), will not eat around nor sleep in their feces unless there is no other choice (as in, their human keepers do not teat them properly and clean their pen as necessary). I was raised in farm country and they are definiately cleaner than chickens!

The ONLY reason I do not eat pork is because I became Muslim - my family eats pork regularly as I did prior to being a Muslim, so I do not have the same feelings as someone who was raised from birth to not want to eat pork.

Lana


I was born a Muslim ... and I don't see a problem about READING about pigs. Or looking at their pictures. I think not allowing them in books is going a bit far.

However, touching a pig, I'd think twice to myself before I touch one... but then again, I feel the same way about touching a chicken or a cow..it's scary lol.

[Ayep]

If we delve deeper into the meaning of the verses of the Quran and Bible,
and do some research about it, we will find scientific evidences regarding the dangers of pork eating. Remember the swine is the lowest form of scavenger which feeds on every filth that it finds- a living garbage truck! Why people are still eating garbage?

" Forbidden to you for (food) are: dead meat,
blood and the flesh of the swine and that
which hath been invoked the name other than
Allah. "
Holy Qur'an 5:4

Such prohibition is also found in the Bible:

" The pig also because it is a splitter of the
hoof but there is no cud. It is unclean for
you. None of their flesh must you eat and carcass
you must not touch. "

Deuteronomy 14:8 ( Bible)

By J. H. KELLOGG M.D.

Where Scrofula Comes From
The word scrofula is derived from the Latin scrofu, which means a sow. The ancient Romans evidently believed that scrofula originated with the hog, and hence they attached the name of the beast to the disease. Saying that a man has scrofula, then, is equivalent to saying that he has the hog disease. After we have seen that the hog is the very embodiment of scrofulous disease, can any one doubt the accuracy of the conclusion of the Romans who named the disease?

Origin of the Tapeworm

We shall attempt to trace the history of this horrid parasite only so far as concerns its introduction into the human system.

With this end in view, let us glance again at the diseased liver. It will be no uncommon thing if we discover numberless little sacs, or cysts, about the size of a hemp seed. These do not present a very formidable appearance, certainly; but as soon as they are taken into the human stomach, the gastric juice dissolves off the membranous sac, and liberates a minute animal, which had been lurking there for months, perhaps, awaiting this very opportunity. This creature, although very small, is furnished with a head and four suckers, attach themselves firmly to the wall of the intestine, and the parasite begins to grow. In a short time an addition to its body is produced posteriorly, attached like a joint. Soon a duplicate of this appears, and then another, and another, until the body attains a length of several yards. Not infrequently tapeworms measuring thirty to one hundred feet in length are found in the intestines of human beings.

Under some circumstances the eggs of the tapeworm find entrance into the body, when the disease is developed in another form. The embryonic worms consist of a pair of hooklets so shaped that a twisting motion will cause them to penetrate the tissues after the fashion of a corkscrew. Countless numbers of these may be taken into the system, since a single tapeworm has been found to produce more than two million eggs. By the boring motion referred to, which seems to be spontaneous in the young worm, the parasites penetrate into every part of the body. Penetrating the walls of the blood vessels, they are swept along in the life-current, thus finding their way even to the most delicate structures of the human system. They have been found in all the organs of the body, even the brain and the delicate organs of vision not escaping the depredations of this destructive parasite.

When this lively migrating germ gets fully settled in the tissues, it becomes enveloped in a little cell, and remains quiet until taken into the stomach of some other animal, when it is liberated, and speedily develops into a full-grown tapeworm, as already described. But although quiet, the imprisoned parasite is by no means harmless. The cysts formed often attain such a size as to endanger life. When developed in the eye, they occasion blindness; in the lungs or other organs, they interfere with the proper functions of the organs; in the liver, which is the frequent rendezvous of these destructive creatures, a most serious and fatal disease known as hydatids is occasioned by the extraordinary development of the cysts, which are originally not larger than a pea, but by excessive growth assume enormous proportions. The same disease may occur in any other part of the body in which the germs undergo development.

The germs of these dreadful animals are found not only in the liver, but in other organs as well. Pork containing them is said to be "measly." Sometimes the condition is discovered; but that such is not always the case is evidenced by the fact that tapeworm is every year becoming more frequent. It has long been common in Germany. In Iceland it has become extremely common. In Abyssinia the occurrence of the worm has become so frequent, owing to the bad dietetic habits of the people, that it has been said that every Abyssinian has a tapeworm. In this country the parasite is most common among butchers and cooks.

Some time since, we received from a friend in the South a specimen of pork which was so densely peopled with the germs of this dreadful parasite that every cubic inch of flesh contained more than a score of them. The writer has in his microscopical cabinet specimens of the embryonic worms taken from hydatid tumors of the liver of a patient who died of the disease in Bellevue Hospital, New York.

The poor victim who is forced to entertain this unwelcome guest suffers untold agonies, and finally dies, if he cannot succeed in dislodging the parasite.

The Terrible Trichina

Now, my friend, assist your eyesight by a good microscope, and you will be convinced that you have only just caught a glimpse of the enormous filthiness, the inherent badness, and the intrinsic ugliness of this loathsome animal. Take a thin slice of lean flesh; place it upon the stage of your microscope, adjust the eyepiece, and look. You will see displayed before your eyes hundreds of voracious little animals, each coiled up in its little cell, waiting for an opportunity to escape from its prison walls and begin its destined work of devastation.

An eminent gentleman in Louisville has made very extensive researches upon the subject, and asserts that in at least one hog out of every ten these creatures may be found. A committee appointed by the Chicago Academy of Medicine to investigate this subject reported that they found in their examinations at the various packing-houses in the city, one hog in fifty infested with trichina. Other investigations have shown a still greater frequency of the disease.

A few years ago I obtained a small portion of the flesh of a person who had died from trichina poisoning. Upon subjecting it to a careful microscopical examination with a good instrument, I discovered multitudes of little worms. Each individual presented the appearance shown in the accompanying accurate engraving. The animal is there seen enclosed in a little cyst, or sac, which is dissolved by the gastric juice when taken into the stomach. The parasite, being thus set at liberty, immediately penetrates the thin muscular walls of the stomach, and gradually works its way through the whole muscular system. It possesses the power of propagating its species with wonderful rapidity; and a person once infected is almost certain to die a lingering death of excruciating agony.

In Helmstadt, Prussia, one hundred and three persons were poisoned in this way, and twenty of them died within a month.

It is doubtless not known how many deaths are really due to this cause; for many persons die of strange, unknown diseases, which baffle the doctors’ skill both as to cure and diagnosis. Trichinosis very much resembles various other diseases in some of its stages, and is likely to be attributed to other than its true cause. It is thought by prominent medical men that hundreds of people die of the disease without suspecting its true nature.

Article Source:http://www.giveshare.org/Health/porkeatdanger.html

[Karima]

Alhamdullillah!

Thank you for this forum about pork. Not eating pork is to help us be clean with the foods that Allah has provided for us. Pork is also not allowed in the Jewish community, as well.

Explaining the drawbacks from eating pork should make it easy for those who still find it ok to eat...and think twice before eating pork, again.

There are reasons for us that help us to be healthy, as directed in the Qur'an.

Thank you, Islamacfajr, for submitting this forum...and for Mabsoot to have this site for all of us to learn from each day.

[q8penpals]

"Explaining the drawbacks from eating pork should make it easy for those who still find it ok to eat...and think twice before eating pork, again."


Isn't it interesting though that there are tons of health problems from smoking (on the person themself AND everyone around them) but people still smoke? Guess you can't rely on everyone doing everything that is good for them, no matter what it is! :-)

Lana

[Submitter]

:salam2:

"Explaining the drawbacks from eating pork should make it easy for those who still find it ok to eat...and think twice before eating pork, again."


Isn't it interesting though that there are tons of health problems from smoking (on the person themself AND everyone around them) but people still smoke? Guess you can't rely on everyone doing everything that is good for them, no matter what it is! :-)

Lana

Quitting pork is probably a little easier than quitting smoking :) But I agree with you, you can't rely on everyone doing 100% good and no bad. Personally, I don't eat pork because:

1. It is forbidden in Islam
2. Of the negative effects it has on your health
3. I simply find it a disgusting animal (don't ask why!)

I don't smoke because:

1. It is forbidden in Islam
2. Of the negative effects it has on your health
3. I simply find cigarette smoke disgusting

Hey look, the same reasons! And the same goes for alcohol too.

:wasalam:

[dido70]

Lana
I'm sorry i don't agree with you at all that pork's baby is cute
they are all disgusting however , you may say that you've known some people who have eaten pork and fond of pork meat all their life and they haven't had any bad effect i'm with you in this point but for me i just say to any one just have a look pork's face and that will be enough why that ugly face is forbidden neverthless it's God's creature and remember that snake is God's creature too and that doesn't mean that we should love it .

[Abu Sarah]

:salam2:

Great info brother. Here's some more about the medical factors:



MEDICAL ASPECT OF THE PROHIBITION

Abstention from eating pork is a measure to safeguard
health.Of all the domestic animals, pig is the most
avaricious, eating anything including human excreta. It is the
cradle of harmful germs and parasites. Its meat is carrier of
diseases to man, thus making it unfit for human consumption.

CHARACTER OF PIG
All types of animals are lawful to be eaten whether those
living on land or in the water except those animals specifically
forbidden in the Holy Writings revealed by the Almighty Creator
and the sayings of the Prophet with clear and well defined
injunctions.

Pig belong to the forbidden animals, and not allowed to be
eaten by the believers. Pig eats almost anything dirty and they
are very lazy animals. It is the most avaricious of all domestic
animals. Amongst all animals, pig is the cradle of harmful germs.
It's meat serves as carrier of diseases to mankind. It is this
very reason that made it unfit for human consumption consumption.

FAT IN PIGS
Pork contains more fats than other meats.
Therefore, people who are fond of pork are more obese than
others. Cholesterol is higher in their blood thus making them
more prone to asthereosclerosis cardiovascular accidents and
sudden death.

OTHER DISEASES
Flesh of the pork is hard to digest and may
lead to chronic digestive disturbances. Pimples, boils, cysts are
common in pork eaters. These are some of the parasites and
diseases found in pork and/ or the skin of pigs and certainly
there are many more. There is still no means of killing these
parasites, in the tissues, neither has anyone found a method of
expelling them, even produced any specific treatment for the
diseases.

From: http://www.webziner.com/islam/whypork.htm

:wasalam:

If we delve deeper into the meaning of the verses of the Quran and Bible,
and do some research about it, we will find scientific evidences regarding the dangers of pork eating. Remember the swine is the lowest form of scavenger which feeds on every filth that it finds- a living garbage truck! Why people are still eating garbage?

" Forbidden to you for (food) are: dead meat,
blood and the flesh of the swine and that
which hath been invoked the name other than
Allah. "
Holy Qur'an 5:4



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Dear Brother, what noble brother ur..:ma: gazakum Allah khyran 4 ur sharing..

<wasalam>

[Abu Sarah]

Cos it tastes bad!! :SMILY26:


Lol jokes, I've never had pork :p


Pig meat in one word -> unclean

Back up description -> unclean, therefore unhealthy

Conclusion -> pig meat = bad = haram



Asalam alaikum warahmatulahi wabrkatuh,

'You are what you eat' as they say, dont know about you guys but i most certainly dont wanna be a pig.........YUCCCKKKKYYYYYY.

ALLAH guide us all to the haq.....ameen

:salam2:



Quitting pork is probably a little easier than quitting smoking :) But I agree with you, you can't rely on everyone doing 100% good and no bad. Personally, I don't eat pork because:

1. It is forbidden in Islam
2. Of the negative effects it has on your health
3. I simply find it a disgusting animal (don't ask why!)

I don't smoke because:

1. It is forbidden in Islam
2. Of the negative effects it has on your health
3. I simply find cigarette smoke disgusting

Hey look, the same reasons! And the same goes for alcohol too.

:wasalam:


i think brother / Submitter


reply good reply but just wanna thanks him.:ma:

<wasalam>

[Abu Sarah]

As-salam alaykum

Alhamdullillah!

Thank you for this forum about pork. Not eating pork is to help us be clean with the foods that Allah has provided for us. Pork is also not allowed in the Jewish community, as well.

Explaining the drawbacks from eating pork should make it easy for those who still find it ok to eat...and think twice before eating pork, again.

There are reasons for us that help us to be healthy, as directed in the Qur'an.

Thank you, Islamacfajr, for submitting this forum...and for Mabsoot to have this site for all of us to learn from each day.


gazakum allah khyran 4 ur nice passing..

May Allah direct All us to the right path and May Allah reward All us paradise and All us meet there..

<wasalam>

islamicfajr

[Abu Sarah]

Salam Alaykum..

What I don't understand is how some people call pigs "evil" to the point where the government schools in Kuwait do not even allow any children's books that MENTION the word pig.

Pigs are one of God's creations - there are other things we cannot eat (carnivores, for example) but no one seems to be so vilely against them. I don't understand this complete and utter disgust at one of God's creatures. Baby pigs are so cute, and pigs, although they cover themselves in mud similar to other animals with tender skin like hippos and elephants), will not eat around nor sleep in their feces unless there is no other choice (as in, their human keepers do not teat them properly and clean their pen as necessary). I was raised in farm country and they are definiately cleaner than chickens!

The ONLY reason I do not eat pork is because I became Muslim - my family eats pork regularly as I did prior to being a Muslim, so I do not have the same feelings as someone who was raised from birth to not want to eat pork.

Lana

Lana
I'm sorry i don't agree with you at all that pork's baby is cute
they are all disgusting however , you may say that you've known some people who have eaten pork and fond of pork meat all their life and they haven't had any bad effect i'm with you in this point but for me i just say to any one just have a look pork's face and that will be enough why that ugly face is forbidden neverthless it's God's creature and remember that snake is God's creature too and that doesn't mean that we should love it .


Sisters & Brothers..

When Allaah, may He be exalted, and His Messenger :saw: (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) enjoin something, it is obligatory for the Muslim to say, “We hear and we obey,” and to hasten to carry out what has been enjoined upon him. This is what is required by faith in Allaah.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allaah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error”
[al-Ahzaab 33:36]

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahmaan al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
“It is not for a believer, man or woman” means: it is not appropriate or befitting for the one who is described as a believer to do anything other than to hasten to please Allaah and His Messenger, and to flee from incurring the wrath of Allaah and His Messenger, and to obey their commands, and to avoid that which they have prohibited. It is not appropriate for a believing man or a believing woman “when Allaah and His Messenger have decreed a matter” and enjoined it, “that they should have any option in their decision”. They do not have the choice of whether to do it or not, rather the believing man and the believing woman know that the Messenger is dearer to them then their own selves, so they should not let their own whims and desires form a barrier between them and obeying the command of Allaah and His Messenger.

“And whoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error” means, an obvious error, because he has forsaken the Straight Path which leads to the reward of Allaah, and has strayed to another path which leads to a painful torment. So Allaah mentions first the reason for not going against the command of Allaah and His Messenger, which is faith, then He mentions the deterrent for that, which is fear of going astray, which leads to punishment and humiliation. End quote.

Tafseer al-Sa’di, p. 612.


The Messenger :saw: (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us that the one who disobeys him is the one who does not want to enter Paradise! Al-Bukhaari (7280) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah :saw:(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “All of my ummah will enter Paradise except those who refuse.” They said: “O Messenger of Allaah, who would refuse?” He said: “Whoever obeys me will enter Paradise and whoever disobeys me has refused.”

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Pork is forbidden in Islam according to the text of the Qur’aan,
where Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“He has forbidden you only the Maytah (dead animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine…”[al-Baqarah 2:173]


then we Must say that:

"We hear and we obey,”

<wasalam>

[yasmin623]

I am always facing problems explaining to people around me including my family, my teachers of why Islam make pork haram. The health effect that stated in the threads above are obviously not significant in my own country and also in Japan where I am staying now. Pig is not always dirty if they are kept in a proper way as in Japan here. I even came across with a muslim friend that asked why Islam forbid prok as the Japanese eat pork a lot but they are among the most healthy and long life people...I really do not know how to answer...:confused:

[rguyah]

Before I reverted to Islam I was a pork eating Christian. I enjoyed pork. For those of you whom never ate it, it does taste good. That would be a reason for so many to eat it. It is also the cheapest of the meats... But, when I read in the Old Testament (pointed out by a Muslim) that pork was banned, I immediately stopped eating. That was the Book of Leviticus where I read it... there are other places of course as I paste below... It is clear for Hebrews (Jews), Christians, & Muslims to not eat of the swine. It is written... but Christians will say that Jesus abolished those laws of Leviticus and others of the Old Testament so they can eat pork. But woe to them because Jesus said to his followers and the people that he came to remind them of the laws, not to abolish or to change them.


Leviticus 11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Deuteronomy 14:8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
Isaiah 65:4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Isaiah 66:3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Isaiah 66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matthew 8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Matthew 8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Matthew 8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
Mark 5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
Mark 5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Mark 5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Mark 5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
Mark 5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
Luke 8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Luke 8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
Luke 15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Luke 15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him

[rguyah]

http://www.ummah.net/khoei/wabil/pork1.htm

This is a must read for you Yasmin and anyone else whom needs a good answer to those whom disbelieve in their own religious laws.

[yasmin623]

Thanks a lot...rguyah...It is really informative and convincing...Hope to see you around in the forum...:hijabi:

[west]

The prohibition on pork is for one reason and that is a health issue. Pihs have many worms within their bodies and their flesh...tjis can cause harm to humans when ingested.

[zarah]

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Jazzak-allah khair for sharing akhi`s!:muslim_child:

:wasalam:

[Andalusian]

The forbiddance Of The Swine meat as Ordained in the Holy Quran

By Dr. Mohammed Nazar Al-Dagger

Translated

By Mr : Mahmoud Bilal

With an addition by

Mr: Magdy Abd AL-Shafy

Translation Revised by

Mr : Magdy Abd Al-Shafy


(...)

The significance behind the Forbiddance Of The Swine meat



The Holy Quran has mentioned the forbiddance of the swine meat in four verses: -

1-Allah (SWT) says what means in the Holy Qu'ran : {He has forbidden you only the Maitah (dead animals ), and blood and the meat of swine and that, which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols on which Allah’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, Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful} Al-Baqarah 173

2-And Allah (SWT) says what means in the Holy Quran : {Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maitah (the dead animals – cattle-beast not slaughtered). Blood, the meat of swine, and that on which Allah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering (that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah, or has been slaughtered for idols) and that which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a heading fall, or by the goring of horn- and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal- unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death)- and that which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on An-Nusub (stone- altars)(Forbidden) also is to use arrows seeking luck or decision : (all) that is Fisqun( disobedience of Allah and sin).This day, those who disbelieved have given up all hope of Your religion: so fear them not, but fear Me. This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above mentioned meats), then surely, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful} Al-Ma’idah: 3

3-And Allah (SWT ) says what means in the Holy Quran {Say (Oh Mohammed -PBUH -) “ I found not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maitah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the meat of swine (pork); for that, is impure or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols, or in which Allah’s Name has not being mentioned while (slaughtering).But Whosoever is forced by necessity without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits;( for him) certainly, your lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful } Al-An’ am 145

4- Also Allah (SWT) says what means in the Holy Quran {He has forbidden you only Al-Maitah (meat of dead animal), blood, the meat of swine, and any animal which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols or on which Allah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, and not transgressing, then, Allah is Oft- forgiving, most Merciful}
An-Nahl 115


Dictionaries define the word abomination as dirt, ugly act and the deed which leads to the horrible torment. In Al- Baidawi’s interpretation: its called the dirty abomination & it has been so called because the swine used to eat the Nags (impureness) or the evil/ bad.


Al-Qurtubi , (1) says: No doubt the whole swine is forbidden except its hair which might be used as thread for beads. A man had asked the prophet (PBUH) about the swine’s hair if it is used as thread to connect beads together? The prophet said “ there is no harm in it”.
Khwair Mundad had mentioned the above as narrated by Imam Al-Dummeri who said “ because the beads threading was a known handicraft during the messenger’s life and after his death. We have no information that it had been denied by the messenger (PBUH) or by any of the Imams who had followed”

Al-Dummeri (2) states ,as narrated by Imam Mawardi, that: the reference to “the abomination” is a reference to the Swine because it is the nearest thing to be mentioned”

Al-Fakher-Al-Raziof (3) said that: the Islamic nation has agreed that the whole parts the swine are forbidden. Allah (SWT) mentioned the meat because most usages pertain to it”

Imam Abu-Al-Faraj Al-Gauzy (4) confirms the abovemeaning by stating that “ the reference to the swine meat means the whole meat. The meat was mentioned in particular because it composes the most intended thing”
In the book of (Sahih Muslim) bin Bareada has been quoted to say that: the messenger (PBUH) has said “Whoever plays the dice he will be as if he has dyed his hand with swine meat and blood”

Ibn Katheer (5) said: if the mentioned alienation is attributed to mere touching then what about the threat & menace directed to the person who eats and takes it as his food? The alienation includes the meaning that the forbiddance covers all its parts such as its meat, fat & else. Ibn Katheer states that the word Swine includes the domestic swine as well as the boar (wild) one.

Dr. Abdul Hafiz Hilmi Mohammed (6) thinks that the swine meat is marked among all kinds of meat (which are mentioned in the forbiddance verses) by being forbidden in itself, for a cause inherent in it, or for a description, which sticks to it. Other kinds of meat are forbidden for contingent reason. The goat for example, if it has been given as Zakat then its meat is Halal (unforbidden) and it is forbidden only if it was already dead or if it has been slaughtered for idols. We confirm here that the devoted Muslim should make up his mind when he applies the forbiddance/ order of Allah in order to know the cause behind the order/ forbiddance. The forbiddance of the swine meat in particular is a justified one (it is an abomination). Our independent reason is therefore restricted to our attempt to understand the filthiness of this forbidden thing & itsabomination, in order to be more thankful to Allah for His blessings.

Imam Alseuti narrates the rule, which applies to the person who eats the swine meat (7), saying Abdul Razig has stated in Almosanuf Book what had been narrated by Gattadda that: Repentance shall be offered to the person who ate the swine meat, if the said person agrees to repent he will be left, otherwise the said person should be killed.

Dr. Faroug Musahil (8) examines the issue that faces Muslims living in the Western countries and the issue that pertains to contamination of the kitchen’s utensils by swine’s dirt when those Muslims stay in common residence with other People or when they share the restaurants or the public places with them. The said other people eat the swine meat as usual and they use its fat for frying the food. The author finds out the best solution exists in the messenger guidance (PBUH) when Abu Thallaba Alkhishni asked him: Oh messenger, we are living near to Christians who cook the swine meat in their pots and drink the spirits out of their cups?. The messenger said: (If you find other pots and cups then use them in eating & drinking, and if there is none then rinse the available ones with water before eating & drinking) narrated by Abu Dawood.

The German doctor Hans Reckving confirms the importance of forbidding the swine meat when he says (9): It is worthy of mention that the ancient heritage in some nations were the teachings laid down by the two prophets Mohammed & Moses, who have had the most effect on Muslims and Jews to abide by the natural laws of Allah.
In Africa, where the Muslims and others nations live in the same environmental circumstances. We find Moslem nation enjoying a good health because the swine meat is forbidden in their religion. On the other hand we find other nations who follow the western style in their feeding suffering from diseases that are wholly linked to the habit of eating swine meat.
He continues to say: In a study that has been conducted among the Honza tribe, which lives in Hamalaya and adopts Islam and whose members refrain from eating swine meat shows that the tribe members enjoy good health, their life expectancy is high and they work till an advanced age in search of their means of subsistence. On the other hand their non-Muslim neighbours are suffering from a number of diseases, which are popular among them due to eating the swine meat. Their life expectancy and their energy was found more less than the Muslims tribes.
Hence, I can see that the divine Books of Allah that had been sent through Mohammed & Moses have mentioned the truth & the whole truth in respect of forbiddance of eating swine meat.

But, what do we know about the swine:
The swine is a grass fleshy animal, which combines between the wild and domestic features .It eats everything and it is gluttonous animal, which sweeps away any thing in the green field and barn. It eats the garbage, wastes & filthy remains in a greedy & gluttonous manner. It is also a wild animal that eats the rats and mice, as well as the corpses even those of its own fellows (10,11)

Imam Al-Dummeri (2) states that: the swine is fierce animal with excessive copulation and lustful nature whose sexual life is full of chaos and has no one certain female fellow swine.
Dr. Hans Hietrich narrates strange story which occurred in a military hospital where the swine’s yard was built near the hospital .The swines ate the wastes and remains and each month one of them is slaughtered to feed the patients and the staff. One day the swines rushed onto the furnace loaded with the bandages, which were full of wounds’ remains that are ready for burning, and ate them all!
In order to save the fodder, the hospital management resolved to give half of the wet vulva bandages as food to the swines. Thus the blood of those swines became saturated with poisons and toxins. Let us now imagine the patients of this hospital and most of them were suffering from fistula as sequelaes of fractures resulting from gunshots. They are fed with swine meat that has been saturated with toxins, and instead of being cured, this meat generates in them a new attack of infection and pus.
This gives us an understanding on how the meaning of abomination has stuck to our all minds with the swine. The swine could rarely be seen but with its nose downwards the earth. The disgust we feel at this animal is not confined to us- as Muslims.The people of Europe and America do too , despite the prosperous swine’s trade & husbandry breeding and make of toys to their children in the swine’s shape. Nevertheless, whatever the language those people use , the swine name is a swear word and a curse, which they only call at disparaged and miserable person.
The research proves that the swine (8) eats the carrions and the dirt as well as its own dirt even if it is breeded in the cleanest ranch. News comes to us from time to time about swines that attack the young children. A woman had once forgotten to look after her child who sneaked into the swines’enclosure, which hurriedly tore him apart and ate without leaving a piece of it. This trend is not found elsewhere but in wild animals.

Harms to the health resulting from the swine meat eating: -

The difference between the swine meat & other meat
The swine meat contains big quantity of fats and it is marked by spreading of the fat through out the muscular cells within the meat. In addition ,the fat is found outside the cells within the retractor tissues of the swine in high density. While in the other edible animals the fats are separate from the muscular tissues and do not locate within its cells but it locates outside the cells and within the retractor tissues (12).
The scientific research (10) has proved that when the human being eats the fats of ruminant animals their fats emulsificate in his intestines and be absorbed and transformed into human fats. But when one eats the fats of predatory animals or the swine, the emulsification of their fats will be difficult. The trivalent-particles of the glycerides in the swine’s fats will be absorbed as it is without transformation, and then it gets settled in Man’s tissues as animal or swine’s fats.
It is verily amazing to mention what Dr. Hans Hietrich (9) noticed, that those who eat the swine’s fat out of some part of its body, will get the said fat settled in the corresponding part of their own bodies. Hence it is found that women who eat the swine’s pork could be seen with obvious deformation in their thighs & buttocks.
The cholesterol which results from the proteolysis (analysis) of the swine meat in the body appears in the blood in a form of partial cholesterol having large atom which leads mostly to the blood pressure and to arteriosclerosis and both are dangerous elements that lead to cardiac infarction of the heart muscle.
Professor Roff (12) has found that the cholesterol, which exists in the mobile cancer cells, is similar to the cholesterol that composes when the swine meat is eaten.
The swine meat is rich in the components which contain high rates of slphate (10) .All these components affect capability of the retractor tissues to absorb the water like the sponge. It acquires a form of wide pocket and this leads to accumulation of the mucus materials in the chords, ligaments and cartilages and make it soft, a matter which makes it easy to be infected by the arthritis (gout) and in particular the joints between the vertebra, and also by degeneration in the bones.
The tissues that contain the sulphate can easily be damaged by decay and fermentation resulting into diffusion of foul smell due to the emission of the hydrogen sulphur gas.
It has been noted that the pots, which contain the swine meat, should be taken out of the room after some days due to the foul and unbearable smell despite the tide close of these pots.
In comparison, other kinds of meat had been subjected to the same trial. The beef was less in getting decayed and did not emit the said foul smell. The swine meat contains a high rate of the growth hormone which has certain effect in causing the the edges decay, as well as its effect in the increase of the abdomen’s (belly) growth and increasing in particular the growth of the tissues which are capable to develop into cancer.
According to Roff studies, the fatty diner meal of swine meat is the basis for transformation of the cells into cancer because it contains the growth hormone in addition to its effect in raising the blood cholesterol.
Researche of Hans Hietrich (9) confirm the existence of a high quantity of the Histamine in the swine meat, which prepares its eaters to catch the sensitivity diseases of the skin such as the eczema, urticaria and the dermatitis and many other diseases.
It has been found that the allergy and itching, which affect the swine meat’s eaters, diminishes when eating the pork including the sausage manufactured from it completely stopped .

The diseases, which the swine transmits:

The Islamic religion has forbidden the swine meat and this has been executed by the devoted Muslims who wilfully follow Allah path without discussion of the cause behind the forbiddance. But the scientists ,today, have reached amazing results in this respect (12): Isn’t it so amazing to know that the swine is a rich habitat for more than 450 epidemic disease, and that the swine plays the role of an intermediary agent for transmission of 57 diseases to the human being. Let alone the diseases which come as result of eating its meat such as dyspepsia, arteriosclerosis and else.
These diseases could be transmitted from the swine to the human being by different means (10): -
First: By way of daily contact during it’s breeding or by way of dealing in its product (these are considered an occupational diseases). They are not less than 32 epidemic which affect in most cases labours of the ranches and Slaughterhouses and also the veterinarians. These epidemics include some kinds of fungi, moaning, worms, moaning dysentery, spinal Japanese fever and the stomatitis.
Second: By way of contamination of the food & drink with the swine’s wastes. These are not less than 28 disease which include the dysentery, scares, hedgehog & liver worms, tapeworm, hookworm, taenia solium, the coiled silk worm and else.
Third: By means of eating the swine meat and its products. These are more than 16 epidemic disease including the whiteners disease, the swine resicles disease, Maltese fever, liver worm, wile disease, round worm (Trchocephalus), tape worm and cancer & else. This confirms what the scientist Kroll had stated that the forbiddance imposed on Muslims (not to touch the swines) needs no justification (6).

The Swine’s Parasites: -
We have known how the swine hosts in its body a big number of parasites and that more than 50 kind of them affect the human being (6). It is classified as diseases, which are common between animals & human beings (Zoonosis) and can be classified within the following groups:

The viral and gremial diseases: -
This includes the rabies, yellow fever, maltase fever and tuberculosis. But the most important ones, which the swine transmits are: -
1- The Meningeal and blood poison and this comes as result of infection with the streptococcus discovered in 1968 and which gave explanation to the obscure cases of death that occurred in Denmark and Holland at that time (8).It becomes obvious that the said germs are fatal to Man’s health and cause. Meningitis sickness by exertion of certain toxins in the sick person. The persons who suffered from this disease and escaped the death after hard treatment remained with permanent deafness and lack of balance.
2- The crape Diseases (12) whereas Dr. Hans Hietrich confirms that the Crape virus which transmits by the swine is the most toxic element. He quotes The Viral Researches Institute (9) in London that {the crape virus) exists in abundance in the swine’s lung which composes the sausage process. The viruses, which exist in the body’s vital organs, could easily attack in a form of epidemic disease when the circumstances so allow. This happens in cold climate and in the lack of sun rays such as the one that occurred in Germany after the Second World War when the people of Germany ate the gifts of swine meat and its by-products given to them by USA.
3- The swine Flu (8). This disease spreads in form of epidemic that affects millions of people. The serious effects of this disease is the brain infection, heart hypertrophy (enlargement) .The world witnessed the last hit of this disease in 1918 where more than 20 people had suffered from it.
4-The swine erysipeias (11). This disease communicates from the swine to the Butchers and Tanners and other people. The disease appears in form of very painful and big burning red spot in the hands accompanied by general symptoms such as fever, chill and infection of the lymph nodes and glands.

The diseases that communicate by the Protozoa (6-11): -
The swine is regarded as the hosting habitat for two kinds of protozoa called the Trypanosoma.The first one is the sleeping sickness parasite of Africa and the second one causes Shagas sickness of South America. The swine is also considered as the largest host of a kind of amoebic dysentery. In fact the most dangerous parasite is the one called Balantidium Coli, which lives inside the large intestines of the swine & monkeys. The rare chances of contacts between the monkeys and the human being make the swine the sole source, which communicates what is called the Dysenteric sickness. This is an occupational disease which affects labours who follow up the swine’s breeding or slaughtering where their hands get contaminated then contaminate the food which goes to those labour’s intestine and causes repeated and severe diarrhoea as well as colic, dizziness and loss of weight. This matter may leads to appearance of ulceration in the intestine and ultimately to the patient death.

The diseases that communicate by the insects & acaridae (6): -
The swine is regarded as host for a number of parasites that affect the human being. These parasites include some kinds of mosquitoes, flees and pediculus & among them is the Tesi Tesi fly which communicates parasite of the sleep sickness and some kinds of skin flies whose larva affects the mouth, eye, nose and open wounds. It includes some kinds of acarideae similar to the scabies parasite.
Diseases that communicate by the flat worms: -
The Trematoda: This affects the blood whereas the swine catches Japan
bilharzias worms whose eggs come down with its stool. It is also affected by one kind of lungs trematoda, which communicates to the human being in many countries. Regarding the enteric and liver trematoda, the swine keeps big share of them and these are: -
Fasciolopsis Buski an intestinal worms that live in the liver and it is wide spread in Asia from China to Bangaladesh.The mature worms live in the intestines causing local infections, bleeding and ulceration in the small intestine’s skin accompanied by chronic diarrhoea, anaemia and may cause hydro abdomen that leads to death ,it spreads in the Far East countries like Japan & China , where the swine is the included also to have Chlonorihis Sineasis and main host of it. These Worms live in the bile ducts and if their numbers increased in the patient a Kidney hypertrophy, chronic diarrhoea and severe jaundice will occur and end with death.
The Tape Worms (6): the swine suffers from two kind of them: the first one is the D.Latum where the swine is affected by the matured worm in the same manner like the human being. The other important kind is the Taenia Solium, which is called the Sole Armed Worm which lives its matured phase in Man’s intestine. The length of this worm is around 2-3 meters and it has a head, which is a smaller than the pin’s head having four suckers and surrounded by hoop of thorns in its top. A short neg follows that head in which small barbs or pieces are continuously grow as they become far from the head. This shape constitutes the worm’s body that looks like the tape and contains more than 1000 piece. The matured pieces are filled with thousands of eggs and it ultimately becomes a mere heavy cyst filled with those evil eggs ,each of them develops rounded barbed- hexagon embryo.
The last barbs disconnect from the worm’s body and go out with the patient’s stool and lives in the humid soil for long time until it is eaten by a swine along with its eggs. In the swine’s intestine its gastric juice dissolves.The casing of these eggs where the embryos come out and penetrates the intestine wall to the animal’s blood circulation. Through the blood, the said embryos settle in the swine’s muscles composing rounded or egg-shape vesicles of 6-18 millimetres long. Each vesicle has a head, which is transformable into complete new worm. This occurs when the patient eats from the swine meat before it is well cooked in order to kill the vesicles. The swine’s role here is one of an intermediary host, which considered as the sole source of human infection.

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Man may replace the swine as intermediary host in a circle that ends in closed way when Man eats food contaminated with the said barbs (or the eggs). This happens if the food is contaminated by Man’s own wastes or from external source where the eggs hatch in its intestines and the barbed- hexagon embryos. The embryos penetrate the intestines wall & then enter his blood circulation and move in the blood to settle in any one of his organs whether the muscles or lungs or liver or heart or the brain. This causes vesicles problem or (cysts) and leading to what is called Cysticercosis.Whenever the number of these cysts in the body is big and if the organ in which it settled is vital one, the bigger danger is expected. The growth of these cysts in the brain leads to some fits of epilepsy and to partial organic paralysis accompanied by dizziness and sensational nervous disorder (neuropathy). It also release toxins in the blood that may lead to death, bearing in mind that no successful medication is known to this disease till now.
It is a right thing that, as claimed by advocates of the swine, that cows contract a similar worm called the isolated tapeworm. Man contracts the matured phase of that worm when he eats the cows’ meat accompanied by symptoms similar to those which are caused by the armed tape worm (of the swine) but only if he swallowed its eggs. This is important difference since the vesicles sickness in Man comes only from the swine tapeworm, bearing in mind that it is a very dangerous disease, which is incomparable with the cows’ worm.
The barbed- headed worm: - this worm is common in the swine and was discovered among the swine’s breeders in the Volga valley in Southern Russia.
The hair or Gordian worm: -this includes the stomach snake or the scaris whereas Smyth has proved that the swine assists in its spread, including the hair-headed worms but the most dangerous one is the Trichinella Spiralis (6-12).
The matured worms live in Man & swine’s intestines and it is short worms of 2-4 millimetres long. The females, which are filled with eggs, penetrate in-between the intestinal pubescents to lay down its larva therein. The females do not lay down its eggs whereas the eggs hatch when it is inside the females’ stomach. The larva then penetrates the intestine wall to enter the blood circulation, move with it and settles in the host’s muscles.
The worms grow there until it reach 1 mil. Long then surround itself in vesicle and if a human being eats meat of the affected swine, the vesicles dissolve in his intestines where the embryos come out in order to develop into matured worms. The matured hairworm in itself is not the dangerous thing to Man whereas the said worms fecundate inside his intestines and the males worms die. The fecundated females stay in the intestines’ walls to lay down its larva after one week. These larva penetrates the intestine wall to the blood to settle in any part of the human’s body causing what is called the Trichinosis. These Trichinosis are found in abundance in the patient diaphragm and in his throat, tongue and eyes.
The first phase of the sickness is distinct for gastric- intestinal disorders, severe diarrhoea, fever and general weakness.
The second phase that appears after the larva spread in the body is fatal in most cases. The symptoms of this phase are swelling of the eyelids, oedema, hard muscular pains, and disorders of the eyes movement, the breath & the swallow muscles. The patient will suffer from a fever, which might be continuously accompanied by heavy sweat and delirium. If the larva settled in the spinal cerebrum liquid, the symptoms of brain & meninges encephalitis (inflation) will appear.
After calcification of the said vesicles, the third phase starts by spread of the sweat in the face, stomach and the limbs accompanied by great and general weakness, skin eruption, bleeding, enlargement in the spleen and mental neurcopathy.
Most deaths occur between the fourth & fifth week.
It is well known that the Trichinosis has no specific medication and the actual problem is that the arthritis makes the diagnose difficult work. As result the sickness might not be described before occurrence of the death and before carrying out a medical test on a sample of the diaphragm.
The tropical vascular ulceration: -
Dr. Hans Reckving confirms that the environmental blood circulation may be disturbed in particular environmental circumstances as result of eating the swine meat and causes painful wounds of legs. This disease spreaded among the German soldiers during the campaign led by Romell in North Africa.
Dr. Reckving narrates how his colleques discovered the relation between contract of this disease and eating of the swine meat when they found that the Muslims local inhabitants had never suffered from that disease.
Despite all medication which had been given to the patients they didn’t recover except after serving them with a diet that is similar to the one which the local inhabitants and after total cancellation of the swine meat whereas successful results were obtained.
The said researcher asserts that the swine meat is the most toxic component for Man because it weakens the body resistance and exposes it to the diseases. He thinks that the real healthy restaurant is the one that never uses any part of the swine meat because he who habitually eats it will pay the price one day.
Testimonials of the West scientists on Islam favour: -
Dr. Abdul/ Hafiz Hilmi Mohammed confirms the Islam favour on protection of its followers against the evil diseases of the swine.
The connection between spread of the Taenia Solium & diseases, which result from it like the Cysticercosis on one hand, and between the feeding habits of the country & the religion followed by its inhabitants on the other hand, is obvious one.
Hence Noble (1961) confirms that the said swine worm causes a great number of mental sickness each year among Mexican population who used to eat the swine meat. Also Labag (1961), Welcocas and Matson confirm in their book on Tropical Medicine that the existence of the said worm is rare in the Islamic countries.
On the other hand, Tchander & Reed have mentioned in their book on Parasitology that “ In the Jews and Muslims countries where the swine meat eating is a big religious sin, the mentioned parasite has no chance at all to exist and it becomes an evidence of immorality when it occurs”
When Nelson (6) speaks about spread of the Trichinella Spiralis in the European & American countries he , says in astonishment “ the cause behind our addiction of eating swine meat - we the people of the western world- is a perplexing puzzle, especially when we are always being reminded about the risks of doing and also when we read the holy Bible (referring to the fourteenth Bible of the Deuteronomy- Torah).
As to the devoted Jews and Mohammed’s followers they resumed their hatered of the swines and bereaved of enjoying its meat which resulted in complete lack of the Trichinella among their groups”.
The swines infection: Perhaps the most important source of the swines infection is the habit followed in the swines breeding on eating the garbage and the swines bad habit of eating the wastes and remains. The garbage contains the remains of sick swines to the extent that one researcher gave the name of Garbage Worm to the Trichinella. Thus the worm shares the dirt and abomination with the swine. Another important cause, which has observed by some researchers on infection of the swines is that, some swines eat the tails of their mates inside the swines crowded farms.
The rats and mice play an important role, it also contract the disease if they eat the meat remains of sick swines. The rats infect each other because they eat the meat of each other, whether they are live or dead, then the infection communicates to the swines if they ate the dead bodies of those rats thrown in the carbage heaps. Thus different cycles of infections occurs from one rat to another one , and from one swine to a rat and from a rat to a swine and from swine to human being.
Is it possible to avoid the diseases, which communicate by the swines?
Some people ask: Why the swines are not breeded in a clean and healthy environment? Why is there no adoption of detecting means in order to discover the diseased meat and to destroy it? If the said proposal is applicable in certain place & circumstances, is it possible to apply it in all circumstances? Is it better to avoid the risks and fatal habits or not? Perhaps the fact is that all these means were not effective in any place or at any time.
The proof comes from USA (6) where the level of living standard is high, as we know. As we see while the most poor Islamic country had escaped this evil but in USA there are infections which are thrice as much as of the whole world swines infections of parasites. Bearing in mind that the statistics are not accurate because the diseases are not clinically diagnosed except when they are severe and most cases are not diagnosed except after the death. In the west heavy procedures and expensive attempt take place in order to protect the swines and their eaters from the Trichinella Spiralis worms and else.
In USA where more than one million & half swine are wholly or partially breeded on the carbage feeding, laws were issued to state that the carbage should be exposed to hot vapour for half an hour before being given to the swines. But what are the results of these big efforts?
Statistics have estimated that around 5% of Boston & 18.5% of Mitchigan
slaughtered animals are infected by this disease ( Welcocas & Matson Bar)
On the other hand, the treatment of the meat with the radiant Cobalt and Sezium may result in causing sterility to the worms, a matter that prevents its growth. But this measure is a sensitive one and it is not easy to be applied.
The fast freezing by cooling and the long storage in very low temperature degrees kills the microscopic parasites.
The health instructions in USA states that the swine meat which are eaten without cooking should be stored for 20 full days in a temperature degree of 15 blow zero. Since the meat boiling kills the parasites, the boiling of meat is recommended for a period commensurates with its quantity. Despite the mentioned hard efforts & high expenses still the statistics refer to the high rates of infections.
Is it easy or not as common sense to avoid the swine meat in principle? Do the concerned persons forget that their work took long centuries in order to discover a number of infections resulting from eating the swine meat & who would confirm that no other diseases remained without being discovered by the science? Does the Islamic Sharia, which came to us ten centuries before the human sciences, deserve or not deserve our trust to give us the final word in respect of what is the Halal & Haram? ( allowable and not allowable )
The behavioural (moral) effects following eat of the swine meat:
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) mentioned the effects of the food on behaviour of its eaters when he said: (the proud & arrogance is a nature in camels breeders and the quietness & gravity is a nature in sheeps breeders) Narrated by Imam Ahmed in Al-Musnad, narrated by Abi Said Al-Khudari.
Al-Fakhar Al-Razi (3) states that: “ Ahlo Al-ilim says- The food becomes part of the eater's nature and he should obtain morals & descriptions of what he had eaten .The swine’s nature is typically of great desire and rushing appetite towards the stimulating desirables. Its eating as food has been forbidden to prevent adaptation of Man’s nature to that extent”
Ibn Khaldon (12) says: “ the Bedouins eat the camel meat and they acquired the roughness and the Turkish eat the horse meat and they acquired the aggressiveness while the Europeans eat the swine and they acquired the kuckoldness) Recently scientists have different views on the effect of food on the natures and behaviour. Observations of many scientists led them to the result that the behavioural effects differ according to the most eaten kind of meat. They think that the swine meat and its fats have bad effect on the obstinence and jealousy for the honour if the person continued it’s eating (10). Their final finding is that the kind of food affects Man’s character, behaviour and conducts.
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The refrences of the reasearch
1) Imam Al-Qurtabi in its interpretation (Al-Gamie Liahkam Al-Quraan)
Dar Al-Hadith- Cairo 1994.
2) Imam Al-Dummeri in his book (Hayat Al-Hayawn Al-Kubra).
3) Al-Imam Al-Fakher Al-Razi in its interpretation (Zad Al-Sair Fi Ilm Al-Tafseer)
4) Imam AbuAl-Faraj Al-Gauzy (zad Al-Sair Fi Ilm Al-Tafseer)
5) Imam Ibn-Katheer Al-Damshgi in his book (Interpretation Of The Holy Quran)
6) Dr Abdul/ Hafiz Hilmi in its article (Biological Sciences Help In Interpretation Of The Quran) Intellectual World Magazine- volume 12-4 Kuwait January 1982.
7) Imam Al-Seuti in his book (Al-Dur Al-Mansoor Fi Al-Tafseer Bilmasoor.
8) Dr.Faroug Musahil in his book (Forbiddance Of The Swine In Islam)-London.
9) Dr.Hans Dietrich Reckving (Religion, Science& Forbiddance Of Swine meat. T-Adnan Halabi.
10) Dr. Ahmed Jawad in his book (Al-Khinzeer Bain Mezzan Al-Sharia wa Minzar Al-Ilim) Dar Al-Salaam 1987.
11) Dr. Ahmed Barbour & his colleques (Al-Tib Al-Wigaee Fi Al-Islam) Damascus 1992.
12) Dr. Ahmed Hassan Dameri (nazarat Tibiyaa Fi Muharmat Islamia) G.A Damuscus1995.


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[q8penpals]

I understand that it is in the Qu'ran not to eat pork, and that is why I am not doing it. We are also told not to eat animals that eat flesh (carnivores). My original post was questioning NOT whether we should eat it or not, but the treatment and the view of the animal itself. Hyenas are scavengers that eat dead rotting flesh as do Komodo dragons. We are not allowed to eat these animals either because of their eating flesh (rotten or otherwise).

The point I was trying to make is WHY do Muslims condemn to pig itself, when there are other animals that are forbidden that Muslims do NOT react so horribly to? The pig is on Earth because God created it for a reason. Are we supposed to hate any of God's creatures? Are we supposed to say that the pig is some sort of mistake - God doesn't make mistakes, so there is a reason for the pig to be on the Earth.

Like I tried to say, I am not saying we should eat pork, I just don't know why some Muslims act with such a vile reaction when other animals are just as bad with what they eat and we don't eat them, but these other animals (like the hyena & Komodo) do not get banned from books and insulted and disdained. I mean it is almost impossible to find the book Charlotte's Web here, ONLY because the main character is a pig - forget the fact that the writing and story are an excellent piece of childrens' literature.

THAT is what I wanted to know - not whether we should eat it, but why can't Muslims treat the pig with the same respect (we don't eat all of God's creatures) as every other of God's creatures.

Lana

[rguyah]

I feel you may be experiencing the pangs of culture to some extent. If you have never seen a pig in action then it may be more difficult for you to understand. I have personally seen a pig farm and it is the most vile thing you will ever see. Hyena's and Komodo's live very different lives and are far out of the reach and experience of most people. Pigs, on the other hand, are in our faces all the time. In some countries they are literally in your faces, walking around the streets and sifting through your garbage and human waste.

Back to the pig farm... Seeing it in person removes all questions from ones mind and heart. It is the most terrible thing to watch. They wallo in their own waste and then turn around and eat it.

Let's get on to the creatures of Allah. Allah created all things, included the hated and mosted disgusting of them all... Shaytan. Will you treat the Shaytan well just because he was created by our Ilah? No... So why do that to the pigs? Pigs are a 'perfect' carrier of disease... so yes, there is perfection in its creation as with all of Allah's creation.

Recall from other post, that Jesus himself cast the Demons into pigs. Why not just distroy the Demons? Why cast them into another of Allah's creation? Why should we treat pigs any different than the Prophets did?

[Ayep]

:salam2:
I read from stories about Prophets somewhere that the swine was created during Prophet Noah's(R.A) time in the ark. The ship was filled up with animal
waste after a certain period of time(because of the flood)and there was no solution to remove it. Thus God created the swine to solve the problem.

If I am correct on this, this was the real purpose behind the
creation of the swine: clearing of waste materials.

Allah knows best
:wasalam:

[Andalusian]

Baby pigs are so cute, and pigs, although they cover themselves in mud similar to other animals
Lana

Perhaps in cartoons like Porco rosso (pink pig) done by Miyazaki etc.

I was raised in farm country and they are definiately cleaner than chickens!

i don't think so perhaps your chickens were different and special because there are chickens and chickens!! and they adapt and eat food that they find in front of them.

I had some chickens and in drought period perhaps they act as yours had done, brief as human do in drought period, they resist and do what they in order to still alive!!


but pig has one way of living and that's true what brother said :
I feel you may be experiencing the pangs of culture to some extent. If you have never seen a pig in action then it may be more difficult for you to understand. I have personally seen a pig farm and it is the most vile thing you will ever see. Hyena's and Komodo's live very different lives and are far out of the reach and experience of most people. Pigs, on the other hand, are in our faces all the time. In some countries they are literally in your faces, walking around the streets and sifting through your garbage and human waste.

Back to the pig farm... Seeing it in person removes all questions from ones mind and heart. It is the most terrible thing to watch. They wallo in their own waste and then turn around and eat it.

Let's get on to the creatures of Allah. Allah created all things, included the hated and mosted disgusting of them all... Shaytan. Will you treat the Shaytan well just because he was created by our Ilah? No... So why do that to the pigs? Pigs are a 'perfect' carrier of disease... so yes, there is perfection in its creation as with all of Allah's creation.

Recall from other post, that Jesus himself cast the Demons into pigs. Why not just distroy the Demons? Why cast them into another of Allah's creation? Why should we treat pigs any different than the Prophets did?

[Abu Sarah]

The forbiddance Of The Swine meat as Ordained in the Holy Quran


By Dr. Mohammed Nazar Al-Dagger

Translated

By Mr : Mahmoud Bilal

With an addition by

Mr: Magdy Abd AL-Shafy

Translation Revised by

Mr : Magdy Abd Al-Shafy


(...)

The significance behind the Forbiddance Of The Swine meat



The Holy Quran has mentioned the forbiddance of the swine meat in four verses: -

1-Allah (SWT) says what means in the Holy Qu'ran : {He has forbidden you only the Maitah (dead animals ), and blood and the meat of swine and that, which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols on which Allah’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, Allah is Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful} Al-Baqarah 173

2-And Allah (SWT) says what means in the Holy Quran : {Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maitah (the dead animals – cattle-beast not slaughtered). Blood, the meat of swine, and that on which Allah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering (that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah, or has been slaughtered for idols) and that which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a heading fall, or by the goring of horn- and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal- unless you are able to slaughter it (before its death)- and that which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on An-Nusub (stone- altars)(Forbidden) also is to use arrows seeking luck or decision : (all) that is Fisqun( disobedience of Allah and sin).This day, those who disbelieved have given up all hope of Your religion: so fear them not, but fear Me. This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But as for him who is forced by severe hunger, with no inclination to sin (such can eat these above mentioned meats), then surely, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful} Al-Ma’idah: 3

3-And Allah (SWT ) says what means in the Holy Quran {Say (Oh Mohammed -PBUH -) “ I found not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maitah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the meat of swine (pork); for that, is impure or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols, or in which Allah’s Name has not being mentioned while (slaughtering).But Whosoever is forced by necessity without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits;( for him) certainly, your lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful } Al-An’ am 145

4- Also Allah (SWT) says what means in the Holy Quran {He has forbidden you only Al-Maitah (meat of dead animal), blood, the meat of swine, and any animal which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols or on which Allah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, and not transgressing, then, Allah is Oft- forgiving, most Merciful}
An-Nahl 115


Dictionaries define the word abomination as dirt, ugly act and the deed which leads to the horrible torment. In Al- Baidawi’s interpretation: its called the dirty abomination & it has been so called because the swine used to eat the Nags (impureness) or the evil/ bad.


Al-Qurtubi , (1) says: No doubt the whole swine is forbidden except its hair which might be used as thread for beads. A man had asked the prophet (PBUH) about the swine’s hair if it is used as thread to connect beads together? The prophet said “ there is no harm in it”.
Khwair Mundad had mentioned the above as narrated by Imam Al-Dummeri who said “ because the beads threading was a known handicraft during the messenger’s life and after his death. We have no information that it had been denied by the messenger (PBUH) or by any of the Imams who had followed”

Al-Dummeri (2) states ,as narrated by Imam Mawardi, that: the reference to “the abomination” is a reference to the Swine because it is the nearest thing to be mentioned”

Al-Fakher-Al-Raziof (3) said that: the Islamic nation has agreed that the whole parts the swine are forbidden. Allah (SWT) mentioned the meat because most usages pertain to it”

Imam Abu-Al-Faraj Al-Gauzy (4) confirms the abovemeaning by stating that “ the reference to the swine meat means the whole meat. The meat was mentioned in particular because it composes the most intended thing”
In the book of (Sahih Muslim) bin Bareada has been quoted to say that: the messenger (PBUH) has said “Whoever plays the dice he will be as if he has dyed his hand with swine meat and blood”

Ibn Katheer (5) said: if the mentioned alienation is attributed to mere touching then what about the threat & menace directed to the person who eats and takes it as his food? The alienation includes the meaning that the forbiddance covers all its parts such as its meat, fat & else. Ibn Katheer states that the word Swine includes the domestic swine as well as the boar (wild) one.

Dr. Abdul Hafiz Hilmi Mohammed (6) thinks that the swine meat is marked among all kinds of meat (which are mentioned in the forbiddance verses) by being forbidden in itself, for a cause inherent in it, or for a description, which sticks to it. Other kinds of meat are forbidden for contingent reason. The goat for example, if it has been given as Zakat then its meat is Halal (unforbidden) and it is forbidden only if it was already dead or if it has been slaughtered for idols. We confirm here that the devoted Muslim should make up his mind when he applies the forbiddance/ order of Allah in order to know the cause behind the order/ forbiddance. The forbiddance of the swine meat in particular is a justified one (it is an abomination). Our independent reason is therefore restricted to our attempt to understand the filthiness of this forbidden thing & itsabomination, in order to be more thankful to Allah for His blessings.

Imam Alseuti narrates the rule, which applies to the person who eats the swine meat (7), saying Abdul Razig has stated in Almosanuf Book what had been narrated by Gattadda that: Repentance shall be offered to the person who ate the swine meat, if the said person agrees to repent he will be left, otherwise the said person should be killed.

Dr. Faroug Musahil (8) examines the issue that faces Muslims living in the Western countries and the issue that pertains to contamination of the kitchen’s utensils by swine’s dirt when those Muslims stay in common residence with other People or when they share the restaurants or the public places with them. The said other people eat the swine meat as usual and they use its fat for frying the food. The author finds out the best solution exists in the messenger guidance (PBUH) when Abu Thallaba Alkhishni asked him: Oh messenger, we are living near to Christians who cook the swine meat in their pots and drink the spirits out of their cups?. The messenger said: (If you find other pots and cups then use them in eating & drinking, and if there is none then rinse the available ones with water before eating & drinking) narrated by Abu Dawood.

The German doctor Hans Reckving confirms the importance of forbidding the swine meat when he says (9): It is worthy of mention that the ancient heritage in some nations were the teachings laid down by the two prophets Mohammed & Moses, who have had the most effect on Muslims and Jews to abide by the natural laws of Allah.
In Africa, where the Muslims and others nations live in the same environmental circumstances. We find Moslem nation enjoying a good health because the swine meat is forbidden in their religion. On the other hand we find other nations who follow the western style in their feeding suffering from diseases that are wholly linked to the habit of eating swine meat.
He continues to say: In a study that has been conducted among the Honza tribe, which lives in Hamalaya and adopts Islam and whose members refrain from eating swine meat shows that the tribe members enjoy good health, their life expectancy is high and they work till an advanced age in search of their means of subsistence. On the other hand their non-Muslim neighbours are suffering from a number of diseases, which are popular among them due to eating the swine meat. Their life expectancy and their energy was found more less than the Muslims tribes.
Hence, I can see that the divine Books of Allah that had been sent through Mohammed & Moses have mentioned the truth & the whole truth in respect of forbiddance of eating swine meat.

But, what do we know about the swine:
The swine is a grass fleshy animal, which combines between the wild and domestic features .It eats everything and it is gluttonous animal, which sweeps away any thing in the green field and barn. It eats the garbage, wastes & filthy remains in a greedy & gluttonous manner. It is also a wild animal that eats the rats and mice, as well as the corpses even those of its own fellows (10,11)

Imam Al-Dummeri (2) states that: the swine is fierce animal with excessive copulation and lustful nature whose sexual life is full of chaos and has no one certain female fellow swine.
Dr. Hans Hietrich narrates strange story which occurred in a military hospital where the swine’s yard was built near the hospital .The swines ate the wastes and remains and each month one of them is slaughtered to feed the patients and the staff. One day the swines rushed onto the furnace loaded with the bandages, which were full of wounds’ remains that are ready for burning, and ate them all!
In order to save the fodder, the hospital management resolved to give half of the wet vulva bandages as food to the swines. Thus the blood of those swines became saturated with poisons and toxins. Let us now imagine the patients of this hospital and most of them were suffering from fistula as sequelaes of fractures resulting from gunshots. They are fed with swine meat that has been saturated with toxins, and instead of being cured, this meat generates in them a new attack of infection and pus.
This gives us an understanding on how the meaning of abomination has stuck to our all minds with the swine. The swine could rarely be seen but with its nose downwards the earth. The disgust we feel at this animal is not confined to us- as Muslims.The people of Europe and America do too , despite the prosperous swine’s trade & husbandry breeding and make of toys to their children in the swine’s shape. Nevertheless, whatever the language those people use , the swine name is a swear word and a curse, which they only call at disparaged and miserable person.
The research proves that the swine (8) eats the carrions and the dirt as well as its own dirt even if it is breeded in the cleanest ranch. News comes to us from time to time about swines that attack the young children. A woman had once forgotten to look after her child who sneaked into the swines’enclosure, which hurriedly tore him apart and ate without leaving a piece of it. This trend is not found elsewhere but in wild animals.

Harms to the health resulting from the swine meat eating: -

The difference between the swine meat & other meat
The swine meat contains big quantity of fats and it is marked by spreading of the fat through out the muscular cells within the meat. In addition ,the fat is found outside the cells within the retractor tissues of the swine in high density. While in the other edible animals the fats are separate from the muscular tissues and do not locate within its cells but it locates outside the cells and within the retractor tissues (12).
The scientific research (10) has proved that when the human being eats the fats of ruminant animals their fats emulsificate in his intestines and be absorbed and transformed into human fats. But when one eats the fats of predatory animals or the swine, the emulsification of their fats will be difficult. The trivalent-particles of the glycerides in the swine’s fats will be absorbed as it is without transformation, and then it gets settled in Man’s tissues as animal or swine’s fats.
It is verily amazing to mention what Dr. Hans Hietrich (9) noticed, that those who eat the swine’s fat out of some part of its body, will get the said fat settled in the corresponding part of their own bodies. Hence it is found that women who eat the swine’s pork could be seen with obvious deformation in their thighs & buttocks.
The cholesterol which results from the proteolysis (analysis) of the swine meat in the body appears in the blood in a form of partial cholesterol having large atom which leads mostly to the blood pressure and to arteriosclerosis and both are dangerous elements that lead to cardiac infarction of the heart muscle.
Professor Roff (12) has found that the cholesterol, which exists in the mobile cancer cells, is similar to the cholesterol that composes when the swine meat is eaten.
The swine meat is rich in the components which contain high rates of slphate (10) .All these components affect capability of the retractor tissues to absorb the water like the sponge. It acquires a form of wide pocket and this leads to accumulation of the mucus materials in the chords, ligaments and cartilages and make it soft, a matter which makes it easy to be infected by the arthritis (gout) and in particular the joints between the vertebra, and also by degeneration in the bones.
The tissues that contain the sulphate can easily be damaged by decay and fermentation resulting into diffusion of foul smell due to the emission of the hydrogen sulphur gas.
It has been noted that the pots, which contain the swine meat, should be taken out of the room after some days due to the foul and unbearable smell despite the tide close of these pots.
In comparison, other kinds of meat had been subjected to the same trial. The beef was less in getting decayed and did not emit the said foul smell. The swine meat contains a high rate of the growth hormone which has certain effect in causing the the edges decay, as well as its effect in the increase of the abdomen’s (belly) growth and increasing in particular the growth of the tissues which are capable to develop into cancer.
According to Roff studies, the fatty diner meal of swine meat is the basis for transformation of the cells into cancer because it contains the growth hormone in addition to its effect in raising the blood cholesterol.
Researche of Hans Hietrich (9) confirm the existence of a high quantity of the Histamine in the swine meat, which prepares its eaters to catch the sensitivity diseases of the skin such as the eczema, urticaria and the dermatitis and many other diseases.
It has been found that the allergy and itching, which affect the swine meat’s eaters, diminishes when eating the pork including the sausage manufactured from it completely stopped .

The diseases, which the swine transmits:

The Islamic religion has forbidden the swine meat and this has been executed by the devoted Muslims who wilfully follow Allah path without discussion of the cause behind the forbiddance. But the scientists ,today, have reached amazing results in this respect (12): Isn’t it so amazing to know that the swine is a rich habitat for more than 450 epidemic disease, and that the swine plays the role of an intermediary agent for transmission of 57 diseases to the human being. Let alone the diseases which come as result of eating its meat such as dyspepsia, arteriosclerosis and else.
These diseases could be transmitted from the swine to the human being by different means (10): -
First: By way of daily contact during it’s breeding or by way of dealing in its product (these are considered an occupational diseases). They are not less than 32 epidemic which affect in most cases labours of the ranches and Slaughterhouses and also the veterinarians. These epidemics include some kinds of fungi, moaning, worms, moaning dysentery, spinal Japanese fever and the stomatitis.
Second: By way of contamination of the food & drink with the swine’s wastes. These are not less than 28 disease which include the dysentery, scares, hedgehog & liver worms, tapeworm, hookworm, taenia solium, the coiled silk worm and else.
Third: By means of eating the swine meat and its products. These are more than 16 epidemic disease including the whiteners disease, the swine resicles disease, Maltese fever, liver worm, wile disease, round worm (Trchocephalus), tape worm and cancer & else. This confirms what the scientist Kroll had stated that the forbiddance imposed on Muslims (not to touch the swines) needs no justification (6).

The Swine’s Parasites: -
We have known how the swine hosts in its body a big number of parasites and that more than 50 kind of them affect the human being (6). It is classified as diseases, which are common between animals & human beings (Zoonosis) and can be classified within the following groups:

The viral and gremial diseases: -
This includes the rabies, yellow fever, maltase fever and tuberculosis. But the most important ones, which the swine transmits are: -
1- The Meningeal and blood poison and this comes as result of infection with the streptococcus discovered in 1968 and which gave explanation to the obscure cases of death that occurred in Denmark and Holland at that time (8).It becomes obvious that the said germs are fatal to Man’s health and cause. Meningitis sickness by exertion of certain toxins in the sick person. The persons who suffered from this disease and escaped the death after hard treatment remained with permanent deafness and lack of balance.
2- The crape Diseases (12) whereas Dr. Hans Hietrich confirms that the Crape virus which transmits by the swine is the most toxic element. He quotes The Viral Researches Institute (9) in London that {the crape virus) exists in abundance in the swine’s lung which composes the sausage process. The viruses, which exist in the body’s vital organs, could easily attack in a form of epidemic disease when the circumstances so allow. This happens in cold climate and in the lack of sun rays such as the one that occurred in Germany after the Second World War when the people of Germany ate the gifts of swine meat and its by-products given to them by USA.
3- The swine Flu (8). This disease spreads in form of epidemic that affects millions of people. The serious effects of this disease is the brain infection, heart hypertrophy (enlargement) .The world witnessed the last hit of this disease in 1918 where more than 20 people had suffered from it.
4-The swine erysipeias (11). This disease communicates from the swine to the Butchers and Tanners and other people. The disease appears in form of very painful and big burning red spot in the hands accompanied by general symptoms such as fever, chill and infection of the lymph nodes and glands.

The diseases that communicate by the Protozoa (6-11): -
The swine is regarded as the hosting habitat for two kinds of protozoa called the Trypanosoma.The first one is the sleeping sickness parasite of Africa and the second one causes Shagas sickness of South America. The swine is also considered as the largest host of a kind of amoebic dysentery. In fact the most dangerous parasite is the one called Balantidium Coli, which lives inside the large intestines of the swine & monkeys. The rare chances of contacts between the monkeys and the human being make the swine the sole source, which communicates what is called the Dysenteric sickness. This is an occupational disease which affects labours who follow up the swine’s breeding or slaughtering where their hands get contaminated then contaminate the food which goes to those labour’s intestine and causes repeated and severe diarrhoea as well as colic, dizziness and loss of weight. This matter may leads to appearance of ulceration in the intestine and ultimately to the patient death.

The diseases that communicate by the insects & acaridae (6): -
The swine is regarded as host for a number of parasites that affect the human being. These parasites include some kinds of mosquitoes, flees and pediculus & among them is the Tesi Tesi fly which communicates parasite of the sleep sickness and some kinds of skin flies whose larva affects the mouth, eye, nose and open wounds. It includes some kinds of acarideae similar to the scabies parasite.
Diseases that communicate by the flat worms: -
The Trematoda: This affects the blood whereas the swine catches Japan
bilharzias worms whose eggs come down with its stool. It is also affected by one kind of lungs trematoda, which communicates to the human being in many countries. Regarding the enteric and liver trematoda, the swine keeps big share of them and these are: -
Fasciolopsis Buski an intestinal worms that live in the liver and it is wide spread in Asia from China to Bangaladesh.The mature worms live in the intestines causing local infections, bleeding and ulceration in the small intestine’s skin accompanied by chronic diarrhoea, anaemia and may cause hydro abdomen that leads to death ,it spreads in the Far East countries like Japan & China , where the swine is the included also to have Chlonorihis Sineasis and main host of it. These Worms live in the bile ducts and if their numbers increased in the patient a Kidney hypertrophy, chronic diarrhoea and severe jaundice will occur and end with death.
The Tape Worms (6): the swine suffers from two kind of them: the first one is the D.Latum where the swine is affected by the matured worm in the same manner like the human being. The other important kind is the Taenia Solium, which is called the Sole Armed Worm which lives its matured phase in Man’s intestine. The length of this worm is around 2-3 meters and it has a head, which is a smaller than the pin’s head having four suckers and surrounded by hoop of thorns in its top. A short neg follows that head in which small barbs or pieces are continuously grow as they become far from the head. This shape constitutes the worm’s body that looks like the tape and contains more than 1000 piece. The matured pieces are filled with thousands of eggs and it ultimately becomes a mere heavy cyst filled with those evil eggs ,each of them develops rounded barbed- hexagon embryo.
The last barbs disconnect from the worm’s body and go out with the patient’s stool and lives in the humid soil for long time until it is eaten by a swine along with its eggs. In the swine’s intestine its gastric juice dissolves.The casing of these eggs where the embryos come out and penetrates the intestine wall to the animal’s blood circulation. Through the blood, the said embryos settle in the swine’s muscles composing rounded or egg-shape vesicles of 6-18 millimetres long. Each vesicle has a head, which is transformable into complete new worm. This occurs when the patient eats from the swine meat before it is well cooked in order to kill the vesicles. The swine’s role here is one of an intermediary host, which considered as the sole source of human infection.

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Man may replace the swine as intermediary host in a circle that ends in closed way when Man eats food contaminated with the said barbs (or the eggs). This happens if the food is contaminated by Man’s own wastes or from external source where the eggs hatch in its intestines and the barbed- hexagon embryos. The embryos penetrate the intestines wall & then enter his blood circulation and move in the blood to settle in any one of his organs whether the muscles or lungs or liver or heart or the brain. This causes vesicles problem or (cysts) and leading to what is called Cysticercosis.Whenever the number of these cysts in the body is big and if the organ in which it settled is vital one, the bigger danger is expected. The growth of these cysts in the brain leads to some fits of epilepsy and to partial organic paralysis accompanied by dizziness and sensational nervous disorder (neuropathy). It also release toxins in the blood that may lead to death, bearing in mind that no successful medication is known to this disease till now.
It is a right thing that, as claimed by advocates of the swine, that cows contract a similar worm called the isolated tapeworm. Man contracts the matured phase of that worm when he eats the cows’ meat accompanied by symptoms similar to those which are caused by the armed tape worm (of the swine) but only if he swallowed its eggs. This is important difference since the vesicles sickness in Man comes only from the swine tapeworm, bearing in mind that it is a very dangerous disease, which is incomparable with the cows’ worm.
The barbed- headed worm: - this worm is common in the swine and was discovered among the swine’s breeders in the Volga valley in Southern Russia.
The hair or Gordian worm: -this includes the stomach snake or the scaris whereas Smyth has proved that the swine assists in its spread, including the hair-headed worms but the most dangerous one is the Trichinella Spiralis (6-12).
The matured worms live in Man & swine’s intestines and it is short worms of 2-4 millimetres long. The females, which are filled with eggs, penetrate in-between the intestinal pubescents to lay down its larva therein. The females do not lay down its eggs whereas the eggs hatch when it is inside the females’ stomach. The larva then penetrates the intestine wall to enter the blood circulation, move with it and settles in the host’s muscles.
The worms grow there until it reach 1 mil. Long then surround itself in vesicle and if a human being eats meat of the affected swine, the vesicles dissolve in his intestines where the embryos come out in order to develop into matured worms. The matured hairworm in itself is not the dangerous thing to Man whereas the said worms fecundate inside his intestines and the males worms die. The fecundated females stay in the intestines’ walls to lay down its larva after one week. These larva penetrates the intestine wall to the blood to settle in any part of the human’s body causing what is called the Trichinosis. These Trichinosis are found in abundance in the patient diaphragm and in his throat, tongue and eyes.
The first phase of the sickness is distinct for gastric- intestinal disorders, severe diarrhoea, fever and general weakness.
The second phase that appears after the larva spread in the body is fatal in most cases. The symptoms of this phase are swelling of the eyelids, oedema, hard muscular pains, and disorders of the eyes movement, the breath & the swallow muscles. The patient will suffer from a fever, which might be continuously accompanied by heavy sweat and delirium. If the larva settled in the spinal cerebrum liquid, the symptoms of brain & meninges encephalitis (inflation) will appear.
After calcification of the said vesicles, the third phase starts by spread of the sweat in the face, stomach and the limbs accompanied by great and general weakness, skin eruption, bleeding, enlargement in the spleen and mental neurcopathy.
Most deaths occur between the fourth & fifth week.
It is well known that the Trichinosis has no specific medication and the actual problem is that the arthritis makes the diagnose difficult work. As result the sickness might not be described before occurrence of the death and before carrying out a medical test on a sample of the diaphragm.
The tropical vascular ulceration: -
Dr. Hans Reckving confirms that the environmental blood circulation may be disturbed in particular environmental circumstances as result of eating the swine meat and causes painful wounds of legs. This disease spreaded among the German soldiers during the campaign led by Romell in North Africa.
Dr. Reckving narrates how his colleques discovered the relation between contract of this disease and eating of the swine meat when they found that the Muslims local inhabitants had never suffered from that disease.
Despite all medication which had been given to the patients they didn’t recover except after serving them with a diet that is similar to the one which the local inhabitants and after total cancellation of the swine meat whereas successful results were obtained.
The said researcher asserts that the swine meat is the most toxic component for Man because it weakens the body resistance and exposes it to the diseases. He thinks that the real healthy restaurant is the one that never uses any part of the swine meat because he who habitually eats it will pay the price one day.
Testimonials of the West scientists on Islam favour: -
Dr. Abdul/ Hafiz Hilmi Mohammed confirms the Islam favour on protection of its followers against the evil diseases of the swine.
The connection between spread of the Taenia Solium & diseases, which result from it like the Cysticercosis on one hand, and between the feeding habits of the country & the religion followed by its inhabitants on the other hand, is obvious one.
Hence Noble (1961) confirms that the said swine worm causes a great number of mental sickness each year among Mexican population who used to eat the swine meat. Also Labag (1961), Welcocas and Matson confirm in their book on Tropical Medicine that the existence of the said worm is rare in the Islamic countries.
On the other hand, Tchander & Reed have mentioned in their book on Parasitology that “ In the Jews and Muslims countries where the swine meat eating is a big religious sin, the mentioned parasite has no chance at all to exist and it becomes an evidence of immorality when it occurs”
When Nelson (6) speaks about spread of the Trichinella Spiralis in the European & American countries he , says in astonishment “ the cause behind our addiction of eating swine meat - we the people of the western world- is a perplexing puzzle, especially when we are always being reminded about the risks of doing and also when we read the holy Bible (referring to the fourteenth Bible of the Deuteronomy- Torah).
As to the devoted Jews and Mohammed’s followers they resumed their hatered of the swines and bereaved of enjoying its meat which resulted in complete lack of the Trichinella among their groups”.
The swines infection: Perhaps the most important source of the swines infection is the habit followed in the swines breeding on eating the garbage and the swines bad habit of eating the wastes and remains. The garbage contains the remains of sick swines to the extent that one researcher gave the name of Garbage Worm to the Trichinella. Thus the worm shares the dirt and abomination with the swine. Another important cause, which has observed by some researchers on infection of the swines is that, some swines eat the tails of their mates inside the swines crowded farms.
The rats and mice play an important role, it also contract the disease if they eat the meat remains of sick swines. The rats infect each other because they eat the meat of each other, whether they are live or dead, then the infection communicates to the swines if they ate the dead bodies of those rats thrown in the carbage heaps. Thus different cycles of infections occurs from one rat to another one , and from one swine to a rat and from a rat to a swine and from swine to human being.
Is it possible to avoid the diseases, which communicate by the swines?
Some people ask: Why the swines are not breeded in a clean and healthy environment? Why is there no adoption of detecting means in order to discover the diseased meat and to destroy it? If the said proposal is applicable in certain place & circumstances, is it possible to apply it in all circumstances? Is it better to avoid the risks and fatal habits or not? Perhaps the fact is that all these means were not effective in any place or at any time.
The proof comes from USA (6) where the level of living standard is high, as we know. As we see while the most poor Islamic country had escaped this evil but in USA there are infections which are thrice as much as of the whole world swines infections of parasites. Bearing in mind that the statistics are not accurate because the diseases are not clinically diagnosed except when they are severe and most cases are not diagnosed except after the death. In the west heavy procedures and expensive attempt take place in order to protect the swines and their eaters from the Trichinella Spiralis worms and else.
In USA where more than one million & half swine are wholly or partially breeded on the carbage feeding, laws were issued to state that the carbage should be exposed to hot vapour for half an hour before being given to the swines. But what are the results of these big efforts?
Statistics have estimated that around 5% of Boston & 18.5% of Mitchigan
slaughtered animals are infected by this disease ( Welcocas & Matson Bar)
On the other hand, the treatment of the meat with the radiant Cobalt and Sezium may result in causing sterility to the worms, a matter that prevents its growth. But this measure is a sensitive one and it is not easy to be applied.
The fast freezing by cooling and the long storage in very low temperature degrees kills the microscopic parasites.
The health instructions in USA states that the swine meat which are eaten without cooking should be stored for 20 full days in a temperature degree of 15 blow zero. Since the meat boiling kills the parasites, the boiling of meat is recommended for a period commensurates with its quantity. Despite the mentioned hard efforts & high expenses still the statistics refer to the high rates of infections.
Is it easy or not as common sense to avoid the swine meat in principle? Do the concerned persons forget that their work took long centuries in order to discover a number of infections resulting from eating the swine meat & who would confirm that no other diseases remained without being discovered by the science? Does the Islamic Sharia, which came to us ten centuries before the human sciences, deserve or not deserve our trust to give us the final word in respect of what is the Halal & Haram? ( allowable and not allowable )
The behavioural (moral) effects following eat of the swine meat:
Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) mentioned the effects of the food on behaviour of its eaters when he said: (the proud & arrogance is a nature in camels breeders and the quietness & gravity is a nature in sheeps breeders) Narrated by Imam Ahmed in Al-Musnad, narrated by Abi Said Al-Khudari.
Al-Fakhar Al-Razi (3) states that: “ Ahlo Al-ilim says- The food becomes part of the eater's nature and he should obtain morals & descriptions of what he had eaten .The swine’s nature is typically of great desire and rushing appetite towards the stimulating desirables. Its eating as food has been forbidden to prevent adaptation of Man’s nature to that extent”
Ibn Khaldon (12) says: “ the Bedouins eat the camel meat and they acquired the roughness and the Turkish eat the horse meat and they acquired the aggressiveness while the Europeans eat the swine and they acquired the kuckoldness) Recently scientists have different views on the effect of food on the natures and behaviour. Observations of many scientists led them to the result that the behavioural effects differ according to the most eaten kind of meat. They think that the swine meat and its fats have bad effect on the obstinence and jealousy for the honour if the person continued it’s eating (10). Their final finding is that the kind of food affects Man’s character, behaviour and conducts.
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The refrences of the reasearch
1) Imam Al-Qurtabi in its interpretation (Al-Gamie Liahkam Al-Quraan)
Dar Al-Hadith- Cairo 1994.
2) Imam Al-Dummeri in his book (Hayat Al-Hayawn Al-Kubra).
3) Al-Imam Al-Fakher Al-Razi in its interpretation (Zad Al-Sair Fi Ilm Al-Tafseer)
4) Imam AbuAl-Faraj Al-Gauzy (zad Al-Sair Fi Ilm Al-Tafseer)
5) Imam Ibn-Katheer Al-Damshgi in his book (Interpretation Of The Holy Quran)
6) Dr Abdul/ Hafiz Hilmi in its article (Biological Sciences Help In Interpretation Of The Quran) Intellectual World Magazine- volume 12-4 Kuwait January 1982.
7) Imam Al-Seuti in his book (Al-Dur Al-Mansoor Fi Al-Tafseer Bilmasoor.
8) Dr.Faroug Musahil in his book (Forbiddance Of The Swine In Islam)-London.
9) Dr.Hans Dietrich Reckving (Religion, Science& Forbiddance Of Swine meat. T-Adnan Halabi.
10) Dr. Ahmed Jawad in his book (Al-Khinzeer Bain Mezzan Al-Sharia wa Minzar Al-Ilim) Dar Al-Salaam 1987.
11) Dr. Ahmed Barbour & his colleques (Al-Tib Al-Wigaee Fi Al-Islam) Damascus 1992.
12) Dr. Ahmed Hassan Dameri (nazarat Tibiyaa Fi Muharmat Islamia) G.A Damuscus1995.


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Wa alaykum Assalam

gazakum Allah khyran Brothter / Andalusian

4 sharing these useful and Great post..


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[rguyah]

Excellent Post!

[Kayote]

:salam2:

Andalusian, what a wonderful post. Thankyou so much putting it up for us. Its most informative & something I shall bookmark so I can share with others if/when the subject is brought up. :Jazaak:

I think I know where you are coming from q8penpals. Its unfortunate, that some muslims kill them (or think they should be made extinct) simply because they are haram for us to eat. Pigs &/or hogs are Allah's creations. We donot know whether Ayep's comments have any proof to them or not, but as everything in this universe has a purpose, so do pigs. Just to be cruel to them because we find them disgusting is sad & from my point of view very un-Islamic.

Ofcourse this does not mean that I can keep them in a farm if I ever have one (Oh, how I wish :) ). They should be left in the wild where they belong.

:wasalam:

[Abu Sarah]

:salam2:

Andalusian, what a wonderful post. Thankyou so much putting it up for us. Its most informative & something I shall bookmark so I can share with others if/when the subject is brought up. :Jazaak:

I think I know where you are coming from q8penpals. Its unfortunate, that some muslims kill them (or think they should be made extinct) simply because they are haram for us to eat. Pigs &/or hogs are Allah's creations. We donot know whether Ayep's comments have any proof to them or not, but as everything in this universe has a purpose, so do pigs. Just to be cruel to them because we find them disgusting is sad & from my point of view very un-Islamic.

Ofcourse this does not mean that I can keep them in a farm if I ever have one (Oh, how I wish :) ). They should be left in the wild where they belong.

:wasalam:

wa Alaykum Alsalam..

Dear Brother / Kayote

i'm with u Brother / Andalusian, put a wonderful post..

Really and ur post So great post ..:ma:

small words but from great brother ...

May Allah reward u and brother Andalusian.. and brothers & sisters who's sharing with u and put wonderful articles or good post..

Any way ...i think that's a time now 4 closeing theard..

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