Are you a Vegetarian? Are there benefits?

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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
 
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i am veggie i have been for a number of years now
I would never go back to eating meat again
I would love to go vegan
 
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 love all food too that is halal. more than I should actually.
 
Salam alaykum

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........ :nervous:

Sometimes I eat just only beans, potatoes and carrots.
 
sister herb said:
Salam alaykum

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........ :nervous:

Sometimes I eat just only beans, potatoes and carrots.
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Waalaikum salam

Sometime I didn't eat meat, fish or egg for a day.
 
sister herb said:
Salam alaykum

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........ :nervous:

Sometimes I eat just only beans, potatoes and carrots.
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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 don't think I could live without chicken burgers or fish burgers!! lol
I'm not a healthy person when it comes to food.. I LOVE meat! :hmm:
 
Salam alaykum

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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