This post is an observation that I made after living in Norway since childhood seeing my fellow Muslim friends who find it amusing making fun of those that try to eat halal food. Funnily enough I know personally some people that start from one haram stuff to eating candy that clearly says pork on it.
Here are the top 5 excuses of those that do not eat halal when they can:-
- So what do you want us to do .. die with hunger?
No one can expire if one eats fish or other things that are halal. Muslims do eat other meats too and obviously you can eat beef, lamb and other animals that are allowed.. - Why so much extreme man..? we do other haram stuff too
Do you? Well isn’t it time you try to cut short of those haram things and instead of boasting about try to work on it.. I am writing few things that I want to cut out from my life - I can’t find halal stuff where i live
Where is a will there is a way. - I can just read bismillah and eat it
Now this one is a classic. Absolutely the best excuse ever - I know about my religion and I know what I can and can’t do
Now how cute and innocent is that, create your own hadiths and views and make fun of your fellow friend.
Islam says that the affect of eating haram is that our limbs and our body would not be able to aid us in performing the waajibaat, sunnah of the prophet nawaafil and aamaal. The Shaitan very easily would gain access to us through haram food.
Lets look at the text of the Hadith,
“Abu Hurairah, radiyallahu ‘anhu, reported that the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, said:“Verily Allah the Exalted is pure. He does not accept but that which
is pure. Allah commands the believers with what He commanded the Messengers. Allah the Almighty has said:“O you Messengers! Eat of the good things and act righteously” And Allah the Almighty also said: “O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided you
with” Then he (the Prophet) mentioned (the case of) the man who, having journeyed far, is disheveled and dusty and who stretches out his hands to the sky (saying): “O Lord! O Lord!”
(while) his food was haram, his drink was haram, his clothing was haram, and he is nourished with haram things, so how can he be answered?”Here are some of the lessons derived from this Hadith:
1. A donation given from Haram has no reward.
2. Allah ordered the Prophets to eat only halal.
3. Allah ordered Muslims to eat only halal.
4. Supplication is not responded if one eats haram.
5. Hardships in the path of Allah are not rewarded if the food or the income of a
person is Haram.
Remember wanting to eat halal is not being a fanatic. I do go on business trips and I feel great when they ask me “Wakas, do you want to have fish?” They value and respect me and my religion. I know some people who have people working with them who funnily comment on a muslim co-worker saying things like “Oh man come on, you can’t eat this what kind of religion is that” Fair enough coming from a non-muslim.
But shame on those Muslims who are joining them in targetting their fellow muslim friends..
August 30th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Very well written Wakas
And to be honest very much needed as well, as these days all excuses that are mentioned above are sooo popular hmmm… Unfortunately so many muslims in western countries really dont take this thing or maybe I should say this Order from our Creator as serious as it should be taken..which is very sad.
If one is dying from hunger, and that in true real meaning dying and cant find halal food yes they can eat not-halal, this much that they survive not eat their stomach full… but eating chicken burger, candy, and other stuff knowing its Haram and just for the sake of eating is really unfortunate and i really feel sorry for such ppl who thinks that these haram stuff are more tasty and needed then the reward they will get from Allah by not eating it hmm…
One cant call themselves a good muslim when they have “haram” in their body from top to bottom, and if they do so, then they really need to wake up and realize that this Life is a test for the life hereafter, the most sad and pathetic part of this thing is that: 1. They eating haram, 2. they then use lame excuses to justify it…hmmmm
Allah give us all “Hidaiyat” to eat halal, but then again Allah help those who help themselves!
(Sorry little bittle long comment)
August 30th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Thanks for your views Bholibhali.. unintentionally it’s different but obviously knowing something and still doing it is way different..
August 30th, 2008 at 10:57 am
I think no one can die coz he didnt find halal food, sorry to say this but vegetables are halal & fish too, so the people who are thinking we will die i wanna laugh…
I saw in my student life that someone muslim students at school cantine eaten everything & the funniest was sometimes people who are eating haram said them “hey U r muslim & U r eating haram” but no reaction from muslim students…there is a really work to do at the schools cantines too..not just on fast food
Thx for this topic Wakas Bahi…May Allah bless You for eveything U do…(Ameen)
August 30th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
LOL – good post
August 30th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
@ butterfly2008
Well the thing is so clear here. If we can’t stop someone which we can’t obviously because its their life they can do whatever they can, atleast we can clear the misconception amongst those that do not know what halal haram is and tell them NO not all of us are making fun of Islam.
@ raza rumi
Nice to have you here raza.. and hehe thx
August 30th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
i LOVE this article…
i agree with it, i dont get why people pretend they dont see the haram that so obviously calls out to them on the food!
allah yihdeena inshallah
(this bismillah comment is hilarious)
August 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Back in college (Manila), I saw a couple of my Pakistani male classmates drinking beer just outside the campus. I didn’t speak to them, but in class the next day, they told me that they were just having “a few sips” and that Islam has prohibited alcohol BUT only in doses that can actually cause intoxication! And I was like, where did you get that idea?!
It’s really sad.
August 30th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
@ madmuslima
nice nick first of all sis and secondly yah yehi hota hei as i said some find it cool to eat aisi waisi cheezein.. its ok for them but not ok to make Islam look bad and uptight because they make it feel as if its strangling their daily lives
@ nadia
hehe sis.. its the “getting the ideas” that I find amusing sometimes n sad
August 31st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I find these excuses extremely funny and I feel sad for people who use such excuses to eat haram food. I’m sorry to say but I live in a state where there are absolutely no muslims and you can’t even find any kind of Pakistani/Halal food anywhere. My parents used to drive four hours to NY to get halal meat until we found one place two hours ago recently.
Anyone who thinks reading ‘Bismillah’ and eat it makes it perfectly okie, I just want to smack them. If that was the case, everything haram in Islam would become ‘Halal’ if you just read Bismillah before doing it.
To say that one will die of hunger if they didn’t eat is one of the most hidieous excuse you can use. Like you said, if there is a will, there’s a way! Vegetables or Fish isn’t haram…you can’t make an excuse of ‘couldn’t find ANYTHING’ to eat haram. And if you are in a unknown place in the world where you really have no choice, then I’d rather die of hunger than committ a sin of eating haram, that too intentionally.
I love when people try to tell you they know about their religion and then continue to eat haram and acting like its perfectly normal and you’re the idiot who doesnt know the religion. People will do anything to do things their own way. And like you said, creating their own hadiths. *Astagfar*
Very very informative post and I hope people have learned from this and get back on track.
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February 15th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
May allah guide all the muslims to the straight path and keeps them away from all the so haraam activites *AMEEN*
September 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am
nowadays Vegetarian food is available easily, so if someone has problems finding halal food,that person can simply go for Vegetarian food..
September 10th, 2009 at 4:26 am
Yea true, but halal food would also include meats..
n welcome to the blog