[Poll] Vegetarian Muslims

^Be Nice to the newbie <_<

Sis Alayaleh welcome to the forum first. And ignore Br. Abdullahii, he just likes to joke a lot :/

I have a friend who thinks about animals that way, that's why she doesn't eat meat. There's nothing wrong with that like you said there's other halal options.
I say stick to your fruits n veggies

did someone mention stake?

I'm due for a giant stake, smothered in african chilli sauce

I'm looking at the pool results, but wait ! who's "Thinking of being one" ? heh ?
j/k

Ok look, if you can't eat meat (because you just can't : don't like it, or it makes you sick, or you don't have enough money) then I think it's fine to be a vegetarian muslim. But if you like meat and you can eat it, why should you be a vegan?
IMHO, I think muslims are encouraged to eat meat, but it's just my opinion. because :
1) it's halal.
2) the prophet used to eat it when he find it.
3) we have Eid al idha (sacrifice feast), so if all muslims become vegetarian, who will eat all the meat prepared in that day?

As I said it's only my opinion. Muslims can be vegetarian and it's just fine. But WHY ?

for some reason a vegetarian muslim to me is like a muslim who wants to remain unmarried :><:

^ mashallah bro aadil ! this comparison is so perfect. I have this feeling too.

format_quote Originally Posted by Sister Unknown

You're missing teh point akhi. Wher edo you get your meat from if you don't mind me asking?

Assalamu Alaykum sister.

What point have I missed ?

I live in a muslim country so I guess all the meat sellers are doing Islamic slaughtering I guess. Otherwise, I eat meat from animals slaughtered by one of the family (my dad or my uncle etc.)

format_quote Originally Posted by Sister Unknown

it is wrong to say "all meat is halal>" Some meat is slaughtered in a wrong way, other by mushriks

Yes you're right sister. but I was talking only about true halal meat.
I try to do my best to make sure that the person doing slaughtering is a religious muslim and knows how to do it in the Islamic way, and that's not very difficult in a country with muslim majority Alhamdulillah.
Jazaki Allahu Khayran.

I do love meat, but to be honest I tend to eat mainly veggies. I usually eat meat at home once a week, otherwise its more for special occasions or if I go out for a meal etc.

I dont believe that we are designed to consume a lot of meat, but then again I dont believe we are supposed to be completely vegetarian either.

format_quote Originally Posted by marwen

^ mashallah bro aadil ! this comparison is so perfect. I have this feeling too.

I think its cause they both want to miss out on the pleasures and blessings that Allah has given us

format_quote Originally Posted by **muslimah**

Pleasures and blessings that have bad sides too..

As-Salāmu `Alaykum (السلام عليكم):

**muslimah**

A Muslim has a choice to eat meat or refrain from it. The following is another point of view. Not choosing to eat meat is in no way like choosing to be single which is not the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) as I have listed with Dalil (Evidence) in various posts. The niyat (intentions are important)

The following is a another point of view by a practicing Muslim.

Sometimes Muslim who eat meat get negative, hostile, indignant, or incredulous towards a Muslim who chooses not to eat meat. One common line of attack goes, "You can't make harâm what Allah has made halâl! That is a sin!" The practicing Muslim who chooses not to eat meat if knowledgable would never declare Hilal meat (Zabihah) haram. Provide the ayat that commands Muslims to eat meat. Not your opinion but Quran and Sunnah. In Islamic law there are more categories than just obligatory and harâm. There are various shadings of desirable and undesirable, and in the middle there is the neutral (al-mubâh). The choice of what halâl food to eat is a neutral one---it doesn't have any direct bearing on what is forbidden or obligatory. Practicing Muslims who observe not eating meat are not making eating meat haram. They just choose not to eat it. Hopefully the reasons are founded in not having access to hilal meat. you.

Some Muslims will tell you that in Islamic law you are not allowed to refuse to eat meat. This is mere opinion unsupported by any evidence from the sources of the Shari‘ah.

Others try to persuade you by saying that the Prophet, peace be upon him, ate meat, so you should too. Well, let's look closer at that argument. We all know that we should emulate the Prophet's sunnah. And what is more important in the Sunnah: to observe specific details of the Prophet's personal taste which others may or may not share? Or to abide by the great universal principles of behavior and character that he exemplified? There are foods the Prophet Muhammad didn't choose to eat.

The Prophet recognized that each person is a unique autonomous individual with his or her own personality. When giving advice to individual Companions, he would specifically tailor the advice according to that person's own characteristics. He did not enforce any overbearing uniformity on the people. Especially when it came to eating, he recognized that different people have different tastes. And for that matter, not even the Prophet and his Companions ate meat all the time; it was only once in a while that they did, not every day. Some Muslims seem to be under the impression that eating meat is the sixth pillar of Islam or something, but clearly there is no reason for thinking so.

The one overall guideline on food that the Prophet gave was: Eat of what is halâl and what is agreeable to you. That says it all. Within the wide range of halâl food, each individual can choose to eat whatever suits him or her.

If people want to follow the Prophet's sunnah of eating, consider this: The Prophet ate what he liked and he left aside what he didn't like. The is what practicing Muslims who choose not to eat meat are doing. Furthermore, he never coerced anyone else into eating what they didn't like. How about imitating this sunnah?

There was a Bedouin tribe whose custom it was to eat lizards, and the Prophet never forbade them from doing so. But he himself would never eat a lizard. This shows that just because something is "halâl," that doesn't require you to eat it if you don't want to.

The bottom line is: no one has the authority to dictate to you what halâl food you can choose to put into your body. Islamic law is completely neutral on this issue; it is only a private matter for each individual to decide for his or her self.

Moreover, note that the Qur'ân does not simply say to eat halâl meat: it says to eat what is good and wholesome (tayyib), and what is halâl. Therefore, if any food is not tayyib, the Qur'ân does not encourage us to eat it. Considering the diseases linked with meat eating (hardening of the arteries, which causes circulatory failure and stroke, in addition to other ills; gout; E. coli infection; and Mad Cow Disease), the hormones artificially put into animals, the filthy conditions of feedlots and slaughterhouses, and the danger of meat going bad.

Salam alaykum;

this thread makes me hungry...



Meet you on my garden over grill...

I don`t understand how you bros and sis,can think it`s just fine to take a life just because allah (SWT) says it`s halal, i mean it just ain`t right imo.Unless you have no other choice.
And allah gave us pork but no muslim eats it.grrr i`m fighting a lone battle rofl.I respect peoples opinion,but i just love animals to much to not say something.Veggies Unite!!!!!!!!!!! hehe