Bismillā hir Rahmā nir Rahīm
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
As-Salāmu `Alaykum (السلام عليكم):
What does Allah say regarding eating fruits and vegetables?
Surah An'am 6:141
It is He Who produceth gardens, with trellises and without, and dates, and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates, similar (in kind) and different (in variety): eat of their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered. But waste not by excess: for Allah loveth not the wasters.
(Y. Ali translation)
Surah Ra'd 13:4
And in the earth are tracts (diverse though) neighbouring, and gardens of vines and fields sown with corn, and palm trees - growing out of single roots or otherwise: watered with the same water, yet some of them We make more excellent than others to eat. Behold, verily in these things there are signs for those who understand!
(Y. Ali translation)
Surah Nahl 16:11
With it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes and every kind of fruit: verily in this is a sign for those who give thought
(Y. Ali translation)
Surah Rahman 55:68-69
68. In them will be Fruits, and dates and pomegranates:
69. Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
(Y. Ali translation)
Is not eating meat denying the favors of Allah?
Eating meat during the times of Prophet Muhammad was a delicacy. Now everyone has to have meat with every meal or it isn't considered a meal.
What is the current research on being a Vegetarian?
Lower BMI
As most vegetarian diets are low-fat ones (average vegetarian eats 25% fat less than a typical meat-eater), they usually effect in the lower Body Mass Index of an average vegetarian. This is probably the most visible of all benefits of vegetarianism and the main reason for many people to become a vegetarian.
Lower cholesterol level
Other widely noted benefits of vegetarianism is decreasing the cholesterol level (by 0.5 mmol/l) and subsequently, the decreased chance of suffering from a heart attack. However, due to the complexity of the heart attack issue, it is still sometimes argued that such decrease results from other factors than a vegetarian diet.
Longer average life expectancy
One of the best-known benefits of vegetarianism is, however, not the low probability of having a heart attack, but the longer life expectancy. Vegetarians, on average, live a little longer than the rest of us. Whatever benefits and disadvantages vegetarian diets have, it seems that they give us a little more than they take away.
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^If you have a preference for a certain type of diet, then there is nothing wrong with it. But if you're becoming a vegetarian despite having a desire for meat and dairy items and are forcing yourself to not eat those, that means you're making something haram (forbidden) for yourself which Allah has made halal. And that is not allowed. The Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم swore not to eat honey though it was something he loved. Allah made him break the swear. O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Allah has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And Allah is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise. (66:1-2)
In the commentary to this verse it says:
This is not, in fact, a question but an expression of disapproval. The object is not to ask the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace) why he had done so, but to warn him that his act to make unlawful for himself what Allah had made lawful is not approved by Allah. This by itself gives the meaning that nobody has the power to make unlawful what Allah has made lawful; so much so that the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) himself also did not possess any such power. Although the Holy Prophet did not regard this as unlawful as a matter of faith nor legally but only forbade himself its use, yet since he was not an ordinary man but Allah's Messenger, and his forbidding himself something could have the effect that his followers too would have regarded it as forbidden, or at least reprehensible, or the people of his community might have thought that there was no harm in forbidding oneself something his Allah had made lawful, Allah pointed it out to him and commanded him to refrain from such prohibition. See commentary of Surah 66 - http://www.tafheem.net/tafheem.html
No benifets. They just try to be different. Somebody actually admitted. Look even fighters who are veges never became champions though they work really hard and their bodies is not ripped.
I am part-time vegetarian as in my city is difficult to find halal meat. Here is one halal restaurant and one halal shop but prices........
Sometimes I eat just only beans, potatoes and carrots.
I know! It's sad how Muslims take advantage of every other Muslim needs to make more money! Astagfirullah. You'd think that they'd try to make halal meat available more easily (cheaply) in nonmuslim countries but instead they make it more expensive and thus more difficult for people to get halal meat.
Egg and dairy products (milk, yogurt, and cheese if it's halal) are good alternatives. Also you can get fish.
I personally very much agree with another poster who was saying that a lot of the so-called halal meat might come from ill-treated animals. That is, IF you can figure out where that meat actually comes from... I avoid eating meat because of this. Just saying the animal has been sacrificed in a halal way doesn't mean the animal was raised in a halal way. Now, whether this is a valid basis to disqualify the meat is for scholars to tell. Sadly I have never read any fatwa about this really important issue.
As for the health benefits, I think that adopting a vegetarian lifestyle means that you are already concerned about what you eat and have a certain knowledge of what a proper, balanced diet should be, so it would make sense that vegetarians be less prone to metabolic disorders. I don't think this can be explained only by the absence of meat though. The key is moderation, as in everything...
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