Conduct - Manners
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Good hospitality without extravagance is a duty on every Muslim.
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Invite
the pious to one’s home, not the dissolute or impious people, and do not limit
the invitation to the rich alone, since the aim should not be boasting.
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It
is an obligation to accept the invitation from the rich or the poor, unless
there is a legitimate reason.
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Be
hospitable to the stranger for three days unless the host insists on more.[27]
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Have
a bath, apply perfume, and wear one’s best clothes.
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Muslims
should congratulate each other.
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It
is permissible to eat plentifully, drink and play within lawful limits.
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Eating
is recommended before going to Al-Fitr Feast Prayer, and after performing Al-Adha
(the immolation) Feast Prayer.[28]
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Food
should be from a lawful source.
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Eating
with the sincere intention of getting more capacity to obey Allah.
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All
food and beverages are lawful for Muslims except those kinds that are harmful to
the mind and body as prohibited by Allah and His Messenger.[29]
· Prohibited
meat are carrion, that is the animal that died before the Muslim had the chance
to slaughter it, such as this having been strangled, beaten to death, toppled to
death, gored to death, and that eaten by wild beasts of prey. Also forbidden are
spilled blood, the flesh, lard and blood of swine, beasts with fangs and birds
with claws, mules and domesticated donkeys, and whatever is slaughtered for the
sake of idols, and whatever has been dedicated to other than Allah, the
Almighty.[30]
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Sacrifices
should be slaughtered according to the Shari`ah method of releasing blood by
using a sharp instrument to cut the throat, esophagus and jugular veins
simultaneously, but in the case of camels, they are stabbed in their throats.
The Name of Allah has to be mentioned when slaughtering and sacrificing.
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Eating
seafood and (hunting) game is permissible for everybody, but hunting is
prohibited for the pilgrim in the area of the Haram (Sanctuary) while in a state
of ritual consecration (Ihram).
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It
is lawful to eat animals slaughtered by the People of the Book (Jews and
Christians) by mentioning the Name of Allah while eating. They are prohibited if
they were not slaughtered properly or if a name of other than Allah was
mentioned.
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It is forbidden for Muslims to eat filthy food exposed to dirt, insects, rodents,
or anything harmful.[31]
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Allah
prohibited partaking of intoxicants, and this prohibition includes those who
make them, transport them, cater for them, and trade them. This applies to
alcoholic beverages and narcotics.
· It is not permissible for a Muslim to approach any forbidden item unless it is essential to maintain life, and on the condition that he takes only the minimum that will not exceed the limit of necessity.
Good manners of hospitality:
Allah
says:
(الذاريات:
24 - 26)
This
means: “Has the story reached you, of the honored guests [three angels;
Jibrael (Gabriel) along with another two] of Ibrahim (Abraham)? When they
came in to him, and said, "Salam, (peace be upon you)!" He
answered; "Salam, (peace be upon you)," and said: "You are a
people unknown to me," Then he turned to his household, so brought out
a roasted calf [as the property of Ibrahim (Abraham) was mainly cows].”
(51, Adh-Dhariyat: 24 - 26)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Associate
only with a believer, and let only a God-fearing man eat your meals.” (Reported by At-Tirmidhi)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“The
worst food is that served at a wedding feast in which the rich are invited
and the poor are abandoned.”
(Reported
by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
“When
anyone of you is invited to a feast, he should attend it.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
“If I were invited to a shoulder or a shank
(i.e. of a goat),
I would respond (to the
invitation).
(And)
if I were given, as a gift, a shoulder or a shank
(of an animal),
I would accept (it).”
(Reported
by Al-Bukhari)
The
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
“When
anyone of you is invited to a meal, he should accept the invitation. If he
is observing Sawm (fasting), he should supplicate for the betterment of the
host and if he is not fasting, he should eat.” (Reported
by Ahmad)
Abu Shuwayh Khuwaylid
Ibn `Amr Al-Khuza`i (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honor his guest according
to his right. He was asked:
What is his right, O Messenger of Allah? He (peace be upon him) replied,
“It is
(to honor him)
for a day and a night, and hospitality extends for three days, and what is
beyond that is charity.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Manners of feasts:
Jabir
Ibn Nafir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
“When
the Companions of the Prophet met each other on the day of `Id, they would
say to each other, Taqabbala Allahu Minna Wa Minkum (May Allah accept it
from us and you).” (Reported by
Al-Baihaqi)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“The
day of `Arafah, the day of Al-Adha
(Sacrifice), the days of Tashriq
are (the days of)
our festival, O people of Islam. These are days of eating and drinking.”
(Reported
by At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa’i, and Abu Dawud)
Anas Ibn
Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
`A’ishah
(may Allah be pleased with her) narrated:
Rulings of consuming food and beverages:
The
lawful and the unlawful:
Allah
says:
This
means: “You who believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism)!
Eat of the lawful things that We have provided you with, and be grateful to
Allah, if it is indeed He Whom you worship.”
(2, Al-Baqarah: 172)
Allah
says:
This
means: “So eat of the lawful and good food which Allah has provided for
you. And be grateful for the Graces of Allah, if it is He Whom you
worship.” (16, An-Nahl: 114)
Allah
says:
This
means: “O you who believe! Make not unlawful the Tayyibat (all that is
good as regards foods, things, deeds, beliefs, persons, etc.) which Allah
has made lawful to you, and transgress not. Verily, Allah does not like the
transgressors. And eat of the things which Allah has provided for you,
lawful and good, and fear Allah in Whom you believe.”
(5, Al-Ma’idah: 87-88)
Allah
says:
لاَ
يُحِبُّ
الْمُسْرِفِينَ.
قُلْ مَنْ
حَرَّمَ
زِينَةَ
اللّهِ
الَّتِيَ
أَخْرَجَ
لِعِبَادِهِ
وَالْطَّيِّبَاتِ
مِنَ
الرِّزْقِ
قُلْ هِي
لِلَّذِينَ
آمَنُوا فِي
الْحَيَاةِ
الدُّنْيَا
خَالِصَةً
يَوْمَ
الْقِيَامَةِ
كَذَلِكَ
نُفَصِّلُ
الآيَات
لِقَوْمٍ
يَعْلَمُونَ
This
means: “O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean
clothes), while praying and going round (the Tawaf of) the Ka'bah, and eat
and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allah) likes not
Al-Musrifun (those who waste by extravagance). Say (O Muhammad SAW):
"Who has forbidden the adoration with clothes given by Allah, which He
has produced for his slaves, and At-Tayyibat [all kinds of Halal (lawful)
things] of food?" Say: "They are, in the life of this world, for
those who believe, (and) exclusively for them (believers) on the Day of
Resurrection (the disbelievers will not share them)." Thus We explain
the Ayat (Islamic laws) in detail for people who have knowledge.”
(7, Al-A`raf: 31 - 32)
Prohibited meat:
Allah
says:
(المائدة: 96)
This
means: “Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) watergame and its use for food
- for the benefit of yourselves and those who travel, but forbidden is (the
pursuit of) landgame as long as you are in a state of Ihram (for Hajj or
'Umrah). And fear Allah to Whom you shall be gathered back.”
(5, Al-Ma’idah: 96)
Allah
says:
(المائدة: 3)
This
means: “Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maytatah (the dead animals -
cattle-beast not slaughtered), blood, the flesh of swine, and the meat of
that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah, or has
been slaughtered for idols, etc., or on which Allah's Name has not been
mentioned while slaughtering, and that which has been killed by strangling,
or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring of horns - 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 AnNusub (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 Favor 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 OftForgiving, Most Merciful. (5, Al-Ma’idah: 3)
Allah
says:
(الأنعام: 145)
This
means: “Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I find not in that which has been
inspired to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it,
unless it be Maytatah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering
or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork, etc.) for that surely 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, etc., or
on which Allah's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But
whosoever is forced by necessity without wilful disobedience, nor
transgressing due limits, (for him) certainly, your Lord is OftForgiving,
Most Merciful.” (6, Al-An`am: 145)
Allah
says:
(البقرة: 173)
This
means: “He has forbidden you only the Maytatah (dead animals), and blood,
and the flesh 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 wilful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then
there is no sin on him. Truly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
(2, Al-Baqarah: 173)
Allah
says:
(النحل: 115)
This
means: “He has forbidden you only Al-Maytatah (meat of a dead animal),
blood, the flesh of swine, and any animal which is slaughtered as a
sacrifice for others than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols etc. or
on which Allah's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one
is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, and not transgressing,
then, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
(16, An-Nahl: 115)
Slaughtered animals:
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said when asked about slaughtering (the
animals):
“If the killing tool causes blood to gush out and if Allah's Name is
mentioned, eat (of the
slaughterer animal). But do
not slaughter with a tooth or a nail.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that
the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Slaughtering (is to be done)
only in the upper part of the
breast and the throat." (Reported by Al-Bukhari)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said to one of his Companions:
“If you hunt an animal with your bow after mentioning Allah's Name, eat of
it, and if you hunt something with your trained hound after mentioning
Allah's Name, eat of it, and if you hunt something with your untrained hound
(and get it before it dies)
and slaughter it, eat of it.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
“If
you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending
it, and the hound catches the game and kills it, then you can eat of it. But
if the hound eats of it, then you should not eat thereof, for the hound has
caught it for itself.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari
and Muslim)
The
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said about the embryo:
“Eat
it if you wish, for the slaughter of its mother serves its slaughter.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari)
Ibn
`Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
“Two types of dead animals and two types of blood have been made lawful for
us. The types of dead animals are seafood and locusts. The two types of
blood are the (blood of the)
liver and the spleen.”
(Reported by Ibn Majah and Ahmad)
Alcoholics:
Allah
says:
(المائدة:
90 - 91)
This
means: “O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks),
gambling, AlAnsab, and AlAzlam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are
an abomination of Shaytan's (Satan) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that
(abomination) in order that you may be successful. Shaytan (Satan) wants
only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic
drinks) and gambling, and hinders you from the remembrance of Allah and from
As-Salah (the prayer). So, will you not then abstain?” (5, Al-Ma’idah: 90 - 91)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Every
intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is forbidden.” (Reported by Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Every
intoxicant is forbidden.” (Reported
by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“If
anyone drinks wine, Allah will not accept prayer from him for forty days.”
(Reported by At-Tirmidhi)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Allah
has cursed wine, its drinker, its server, its seller, its buyer, its
presser, the one for whom it is pressed, the one who conveys it, and the one
to whom it is conveyed.” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Allah
has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for
every disease, so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
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