| dc.description.abstract | It is known that Qur'an and sunnah/hadith are the primary resources when determining the halal and haram. When determining if anything is halal or not, Islamic scholars accept all to be originally halal and licit, and evidencing from the verses of the Holy Qur'an they state that there is no haram except the ones directly stated by Allah and the ones a clear ruling has been given. Accordingly, consumption of all animals is permitted except the meat of dead animals, blood, swine and the meat of animals offered to other than Allah. This being the very fundamental principle, Qur'an verses stating that "... The Prophet Muhammad allows what is good (and pure), and prohibits what is bad (and impure)", authorizes The Prophet to determine which animals are halal and which are haram. This also allows what is good, nice and pure to be considered as halal, and what is bad, impure and harmful to be considered as haram, if it has not been ruled as halal or haram in the Qur'an. A good many animals have been mentioned in the hadith narratives that the consumption of their meats are permitted. Evaluating the animals whose meats are permitted for consumption would give us a criteria to assess what is halal, rather than a list of halal animals. Collecting these hadith narratives in a single resource and evaluating them as a whole would allow us to understand The Prophet's approach on assessing which animals are halal, and would help us determine the related criteria. Also different judgements-opinions in the line of mubah-maltruh-haram (licit -licit not advisable, disgusting- illicit) given by mezheps, related to the animals considered as eatable with respect to narrratives, causing controversies and the role of hadidth narratives in these controversies are subjects to evaluate. | en_US |
