Jabou, Thank you very much for sending me the verses concerning the prohibition of pork and alcohol. Anyway i neither drink alcohol nor eat pork. I never doubted what is in the koran. I have been to DAARA in the gambia. What i was wondering is the story behind prohibition of alcohol and pork because that is the question i face whenever i tell somebody i dont drink alcohol or i dont eat pork. Jabou, i thank you once again for enlightening me. Gog bless you Matarr >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Quranic prohibitions on food & intoxicants >Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:59:43 EST > >G-L, > >I am forwarding the following response to the question of the forbidden >foods >and drink in Islam on behalf of Falankoi Janneh. > >Jabou Joh > >Date: 1/5/2002 4:05:52 AM Central Standard Time >Subj: Re: Quranic Prohibitions on food and intoxicants >Date: 1/5/2002 4:05:52 AM Central Standard Time >From: <A HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> >To: <A HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> > > > >To support Habib's arguement and for the benefit of others, I would >like to refer Matarr to the following quranic prohibitions: > > >FOOD: > >Al- Quran -2:173 > >"He has forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and flesh of swine, and on >which nay other name has been invoked besides that of Allah. But if one >is forced by necessity without willful disobedience, nor transgressing, >due limits...then he is not guilty, for Allah is forgiving, merciful." > > >Al-Quran 5:4 > >"Forbidden to you are: Dead meat, blood, flesh of swine and that on >which has been invoked a name other than Allah's, and that killed by >strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being >gored to death: That which has been eaten by a wild animal: Unless you >are able to slaughter it, that which sacrificed on stone: (forbideen) >also is the divination of arrows: that is impiety." > > >Al-Quran 6: 145 > >"Say: I find not in the Message received by me by inspiration any meat >forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be dead >meat, or blood poured forth, or the flesh of swine, for it is an >abomination, - or what is impious, (meat) on which a name has been >invoked, other than God's. But even so, if a person is forced by >necessity without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, - >Your Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." > >Al-Quran 16: 115 > >"He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood; and the flesh of >swine, and any (food) over which the name of other God has been invoked. >But if one is forced by necessity without wilful disobedience, nor >transgressing due limits, - Your Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." > > >INTOXICANTS: > >Al-Quran 2: 219 > >"They ask you concerning wine and gambling. Say: "in them there is >great sin, and some profit for men, but sin is greater than the >profit." > >Al-Quran 4: 43 > >"O you who believe! Approach not prayers, with a mind befogged, until >you can understand all that you say." > >Al-Quran 5:90 > >"O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, >and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination of Satan's handiwork. >Avoid such (abomination) that you may prosper." > > >Al-Quran 5: 91 > >"Satan's plan is to sow enmity and hatred among you with intoxicants >and gambling, and to hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from >prayer. Will you not then give up." > > >I hope the above help improve Matarr's understanding of the reason why >Allah has forbidden us from eating flesh of swine and drinking of >alcohol. > >May Allah help all of us alway against Satan's ploy and keep us on the >straight path. Ameen!!! > >Falankoi Janneh > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>