Allah commands His servant and Messenger, Muhammad ,
﴿قُلْ﴾
(Say) O Muhammad to those who prohibited what Allah has provided them, claiming
this falsehood to be from Allah,
﴿لاَ أَجِدُ فِى مَآ أُوْحِىَ إِلَىَّ
مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ﴾
(I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten
by one who wishes to eat it,) This Ayah means, I do not find any animals that are
prohibited, except these mentioned here. We should mention here that the prohibited
things mentioned in Surat Al-Ma'idah and the Hadiths on this subject amend the meaning
of this Ayah.
﴿أَوْ دَمًا مَّسْفُوحًا﴾
(or blood poured.) Qatadah commented, "Poured blood was prohibited, but the meat
that still has some blood in it is allowed.'' Al-Humaydi said that Sufyan narrated
to us that `Amr bin Dinar narrated to us, "I said to Jabir bin `Abdullah, `They
claim that the Messenger of Allah prohibited the meat of donkeys during (the day
of) Khaybar.' He said, `Al-Hakam bin `Amr narrated that from the Messenger of Allah
. That scholar - refering to Ibn `Abbas - denied it, reciting the Ayah;
﴿قُل لاَ أَجِدُ فِى مَآ أُوْحِىَ
إِلَىَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ﴾
(Say: "I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be
eaten by one who wishes to eat it...")''' Al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud collected it.
Abu Bakr bin Marduwyah and Al-Hakim, in his Mustadrak, recorded that Ibn `Abbas
said, "During the time of Jahiliyyah, the people used to eat some things and avoid
some other things, because they disliked them. Later on, Allah sent His Prophet
, revealed His Book, allowed what He allowed, and prohibited what He prohibited.
Therefore, whatever Allah allowed is lawful and whatever He prohibited is unlawful.
Whatever He did not mention, there is no sin in it.'' He then recited the Ayah,
﴿قُل لاَ أَجِدُ فِى مَآ أُوْحِىَ
إِلَىَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ﴾
(Say: "I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be
eaten by one who wishes to eat it...") This is the wording with Ibn Marduwyah. Abu
Dawud also recorded this statement, and Al-Hakim said, "Its chain is Sahih and they
did not record it.'' Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "A sheep belonging
to Sawdah bint Zam`ah died and she said, `O Allah's Messenger! So-and-so (sheep)
has died.' He said,
«فَلِمَ لَا أَخَذْتُمْ مَسْكَهَا؟»
(Why did you not use its skin) She said, `Should we use the skin of a sheep that
has died' Allah's Messenger said,
«إِنَّمَا قَالَ اللهُ:
﴿قُل لاَ أَجِدُ فِى مَآ أُوْحِىَ
إِلَىَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلاَ أَن يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًا
مَّسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنزِيرٍ﴾
وَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَطْعَمُونَهُ أَنْ
تَدْبَغُوهُ فَتَنْتَفِعُوا بِه»
(Allah only said, (Say: "I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything
forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, except Maytah (a dead animal)
or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine....) You will not be eating it if you
tan its skin and benefit from it.) So she had the sheep skinned, the skin was tanned
and made into a water skin that she kept until it wore out.'' Al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i
collected a similar Hadith. Allah said,
﴿فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلاَ
عَادٍ﴾
(But whosoever is forced by necessity without willful disobedience, nor transgressing
due limits;) Therefore, whoever is forced by necessity to eat anything that Allah
has forbidden in this honorable Ayah, without transgressing his limits, then for
him,
﴿فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ﴾
(certainly, your Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.) We mentioned the explanation
of this Ayah in Surat Al-Baqarah. This honorable Ayah contradicts the idolators'
innovated prohibitions for certain kinds of wealth, relying merely on their misguided
ideas, such as the Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah and Ham. Allah commanded His Messenger
to inform them that he does not find that such types of animals are prohibited in
what Allah revealed to him. In this Ayah, Allah only prohibited dead animals, poured
blood, the flesh of swine and what has been slaughtered for something other than
Allah. Other things were not prohibited here, but rather treated as that which does
not have a ruling, i.e., permissible. Therefore, how do you -- idolators -- claim
that such items are prohibited, and why did you prohibit them when Allah did not
prohibit them
﴿وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ
هَادُواْ حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِى ظُفُرٍ وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَالْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
شُحُومَهُمَآ إِلاَّ مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَآ أَوِ الْحَوَايَآ أَوْ مَا اخْتَلَطَ
بِعَظْمٍ ذَلِكَ جَزَيْنَـهُم بِبَغْيِهِمْ وِإِنَّا لَصَـدِقُونَ ﴾
(146. And unto those who are Jews, We forbade every (animal) with undivided hoof,
and We forbade them the fat of the ox and the sheep except what adheres to their
backs or their Hawaya, or is mixed up with a bone. Thus We recompensed them for
their rebellion. And verily, We are Truthful.)
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