Islamic dietary laws
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Islamic jurisprudence specifies which foods are halal ("lawful") and which are haraam ("unlawful"). This is derived from commandments found in the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, as well as the Hadith and Sunnah, libraries cataloging things the Islamic prophet Muhammad is reported to have said and done. Extensions of these rulings are issued, as fatwas, by mujtahids, with varying degrees of strictness, but they are not always widely held to be authoritative.
According to the Quran, the only foods explicitly forbidden are meat from animals that die of themselves, blood, the meat of pigs, and any food dedicated to other than God.
However, a person would not be guilty of sin in a situation where the lack of any alternative creates an undesired necessity to consume that which is otherwise unlawful. (Quran 2:173) This is the "law of necessity" in Islamic jurisprudence: "That which is necessary makes the forbidden permissible."
See also
- Comparison of Islamic and Jewish dietary laws
- Christian dietary laws
- Dhabihah
- Dietary laws
- Halal
- Hechsher
- Hindu–Islamic relations
- Kashrut
- Kosher Foods
- Makruh
- Mushbooh
- Muslim Consumer Group (MCG)
- Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork
- Ritual slaughter
- Food and drink prohibitions
- Word of Wisdom
