Hadeeth 10: At-Tayyib (Being Pure)

Speaker: Sister Eman Al Obaid

Date: 01.05.2012

In the Hadith-'At-Tayyib' (Being Pure), The Prophet (sallAllahu

'alayhi wa sallam) said: “Verily Allah, the Exalted, is pure and

accepts only that which is pure. Allah has commanded the believers

to do that which He has commanded the Messengers."

Allah is elevating the believers by commanding them along with the

Messengers/Prophets. Though the Prophets and Messengers are the

best of the creations in obeying Allah but they were also commanded

by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.

The more you have faith, the more you submit to Allah and the more

you perfect your actions such as your Salaat (prayers) and other

righteous deeds. When you know that Allah not only commands you

but also He has commanded the Messengers and Prophets, it will

encourage you to do more good deeds. For Ex: If you see someone

doing good deeds it will also encourage you to good.

Now we will see what Allah commanded the Mursaleen and the

Mu'mineen –

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says to the Messengers:

���� ـ � � � �� ���ا ٱ�� ـ ����$� وٱ!���ا ٱ� ـ % O you Messengers! Eat of the good things and act righteously….

[Surat Al-Mu'minun, 23:51]

Here Allah commanded the Messengers/Prophets to eat of the good

foods and do righteous deeds.

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says to the believers:

�'�� ـ � �� +��ا ءا�(�ا ٱ�)�� � ـ ��.- �� ط ـ وٱ2.�وا رز/( 3

O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided

you with and be grateful to Allah….. [Surat Al-Baqarah, 2:172]

Here Allah commands the believers to eat of the good foods which He

has provided them with.

Allah has commended the Messengers as well as the believers 'to eat'

like how He has commanded to do the other acts of "Ibaadah (such

as Salat, Zakat etc.). So we must not eat the food according to our

habit or for our enjoyment but we need to eat it as an act of 'Ibaadah.

We should first have the niyyah to eat or drink for the sake of Allah,

before we begin to eat or drink saying 'Bismillah' so that we don't

want to lose any hasanaat (rewards) in the Aakhirah/Paradise.

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala will command the believers in the

Paradise �

Surat Aţ-Ţūr

52:19

[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to

do."

Surat Al-Ĥāqqah 69:24

[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put

forth in the days past."

Surat Al-Mursalāt 77:43

[Being told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do."

So here in the above mentioned Verses, Allah is saying that He will be

commanding the believers to eat and drink with pleasure also in the

Paradise. This is a command to the believers to enjoy in the Paradise.

So when you eat and drink in dunya, you need to do it as an act of

'ibaadah. In dunya we cannot eat and drink with pleasure and enjoy

all the time because we are scared of obesity or other illnesses, but in

Paradise we can eat and drink with pleasure and enjoy eternally.

Now look at the other thing mentioned in the same hadith- Allah has

commanded the Messengers and believers not only to eat but also to

eat the halal food. The Prophet (sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:

"Verily Allah, the Exalted is Pure. He does not accept but that which

is pure."

So for the sake of Allah, we need to eat from the Tayyibaat (pure /

good foods) because Allah accepts only that which is pure. We need

to eat all kinds of pure food which Allah has made Halal (Lawful)

such as the meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk/milk products,

vegetables, fruits etc.

Eating haram foods can have adverse effects on yourselves and in

your 'ibaadah (worship). These haram foods will have adverse effects

on your physical health as well as mental health.

In Surat Al-Baqarah, 2:172- Allah said:

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O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided

you with and be grateful to Allah…

The food we eat should be not only halal but also it should be from a

good source/provision. For Example: Buying food using the money

from Alcohol business or from Ribaa' (Usury), picking fruits from

others gardens thinking that no one is watching, eating food stuffs at

the supermarkets without paying, opening the fridge at others houses

and taking some food or drink without their permission etc. are

haram or from the haram sources.

You need to eat halal foods from halal sources. Islam does not allow

to have anything haram or from the haram sources as these things

can affect yourselves as well as your 'ibaadah and also you will be

held accountable for it.

So Tayyibaat means something halal and it should be from a good

provision.

In Surat Al-Muiminun, 23:51- Allah said:

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O you Messengers! Eat of the good things and do righteous deeds….

What is the relation between good food and good deeds in this

Aayah?

The 'ulamaa' said: At-Tayyibat (good foods) help a person to act

righteously. Eating good food can have a good effect on your

acts/deeds and also good effects in your 'ibaadah (worship), hikmah

(wisdom), kalaam (speech) etc. It will have good effects on your

physical as well as mental health.

All the Messengers had missions and so they needed to eat good food

to continue and complete their missions (good foods -> good deeds).

The haram foods could have caused obstacles in their missions. So

halal food is very important and that's why Allah commanded all His

Messengers and believers to eat good food.

In Surat Al-Kahf, 18:19- Allah says: "So send one of you with this

silver coin of yours to the city and let him look to which is the best of

food and bring you provision from it…"

In this Ayah we can find from the story of Ashaab al-Kahf (people of

the cave) that one of them was sent to the town with silver coins to

find out the purest food (Azka ta'aman) and to bring some of that to

them.

So we need to always eat only the halal food. If someone can't eat

certain halal foods due to specific valid reasons such as allergy or

other health issues, then they can quit those foods. At-Tayyib min at-

ta'am- the best from the food- It is not according to people's desire.

You can't say about any halal food that it is bad because you don't

like it. The lawful (halal) and unlawful (haram) is not according to

your desire but it's according to the Divine Command from Allah

Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.

In one of the above Aayaat (2:172) Allah says:

-. ـ � �� رز/( ـ ��وٱ9'8وا 7 +��ا �� ط �'�� ـ ءا�(�ا ٱ�)�� �

O you who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided you

with and be grateful to Allah...

So you need to be grateful to Allah because it is Allah Who blessed

you and provided you with the best food.

This is all about the two Aayat mentioned in the above hadith (At-

Tayyib), in which Allah has commanded the Messengers (23:51) and

the believers (2:172) to eat from the Tayybiaat (good/pure things)

which Allah has provided.

The halal food has good effect on our righteous acts/deeds as well as

our 'Ibaadah. So in order to have the best in dunya and in the

'Aakhirah we need to eat the halal food.

Last week we had discussed about the animals whose meat and skin is

impure and haram. Regarding the matter of tanning and using the

skin of those animals (crocodile, snake, horse etc.) whose meat is

haram, there is a dispute between the scholars and there are five

different opinions among them. So it's doubtful whether we are

allowed or not allowed to use the leather products that are made out

of the skin of those animals.It is also not worth buying those expensive

leather items which are made out of crocodile skin etc. And Allah

knows best.

Now we will talk about the food which is haram. There are certain

foods or the meat of certain animals which Allah Subahnahu wa

Ta'ala has made haram/unlawful. We can't make any food haram

unless there is evidence from Quran and Sunnah. So we need to know

about those animals whose meat is haram according to the Sharee'ah.

Al-Muharramaat min-al-At'amah - The Forbidden Foods There are different kinds of animals, birds, insects etc. whose meat is

not allowed to eat. Let us first see the wild animals whose meat is

forbidden to be eaten.

Al-Haywaanat al-Bariyah - The Wild Animals

The wild animals whose meat is forbidden:

• Kullu naabin yaftarisu bihi (Al-Asad An-Namr Ad-dubb)-

All the predators that have fangs (carnivores)-

Ex: Lion, tiger, bear, wolf, dog etc.

• Al-Haywaanaat as-Saamah (al-'aqrab)-

Poisonous animals/reptiles-

Ex: Scorpions, snakes etc.

• Al-Mustakhbathah (al-jurdhaan wal faar) –

[Mustakhbathah from khabeethah which means filthy]

Filthy/disgusting animals

Ex: Rat/mouse, squirrels, monkeys etc.

• Al-Humur al-Ahliyyah-

There are two types of donkeys- Domesticated donkeys and wild

donkeys (Zebras)

Domesticated donkeys ->Haram

Hadith:

Abu Tha’labah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger

of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade the meat

of domesticated donkeys." [Al-Bukhaari (5527) and Muslim (1936)]

http://islamqa.info/en/ref/85534/donkey

*But it is permissible to eat the meat of wild donkeys (Zebras) ->

Halal

Hadith:

Abu Qataadah (may Allah be pleased with him) who hunted an

onager (wild donkey) and brought a piece of it to the Prophet (peace

and blessings of Allah be upon him) and he ate some of it, and he

said to his companions: “It is halal, eat it.”

• Al-Khinzeer-

The pigs

Pork is forbidden in Islam according to the Verses of the Qur’an,

where Allah says:

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Say (O Muhammad ): "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….." [Surat Al-An'aam, 6:145]

These are the animals whose meat is forbidden (haram) and now we

will see the birds whose meat is forbidden/haram.

At-Tuyoor - The Birds

The birds whose meat is forbidden to be eaten:

• Kullu mukhlab min at-Tuyoor-

All the birds that hunt with talons (sharp claws).

Ex: Falcons, eagles, kites, hawks, etc.

• Mustakhbath (al-wathwaath)-

Birds that feed on carrions and filthy things

Ex: Bats, vultures, crow etc.

• Kullu maa Amar an-Nabi sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam

yaqtuluhu (al-ghuraab, al-aswad, al-'aqrab, al-faar, al-kalb)

Any animals or birds that Prophet (sallAllahu 'alyhi wa sallam)

had ordered us to kill (if they are harmful).

For ex: Ravens/Crows, lions, scorpions, rats/mice, dogs (mad) etc.

‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that Hafsah (radhiyAllahu 'anha) said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “There are five animals for which there is no blame on the one who kills them: crows, kites (hawk-like birds), mice/rats, scorpions and mad dogs.” [Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1828]

Source: http://islamqa.info/en/ref/2896/kill%20animals

It is prohibited to eat the meat of these animals which the

Prophet (sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam) had ordered us to kill.

• Kullu maa naha an-Nabi (sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam) 'an

qatalahu (An-namalah, an-nahalah, al-hudhud)-

All the animals or birds that Prophet (sallAllahu 'alayhi wa

sallam) had forbade us from killing.

Ex: Ants, bees, hoopoes (hudhud), sparrow-hawks etc.

Narrated by Abu Dawood (5267) and Ibn Majaah (3224) from Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade killing four kinds of animals: ants, bees, hoopoes and sparrow-hawks. [Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood]

Source: http://islamqa.info/en/ref/111827/hoopoe

It is prohibited to eat these animals which the Prophet

(sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam) had forbade killing.

Al-Hashraat – The Insects

Most of the insects are forbidden from eating -> haram

For ex: Cockroaches, flies, bedbugs, mosquitoes, lice, beetles,

centipedes, millipedes etc.

LM84 .ت ا$Oا.4"�ا Al-Haywaanaat al-Bahriyyah – The Sea Animals

According to scholarly consensus all the animals in the sea are

permissible to eat. All the fish found in the sea even if they are

dead, they are considered as halal.

Allah says in the Qur'an-

��رة O�و� -.� � D ـ أ;� �.- %�7 ٱ��$� وطC��D ۥ 9�“Lawful to you is (the pursuit of) water game and its use for food — for the benefit of yourselves and those who travel” [al-Maa’idah 5:96]

Al-Bukhaari narrated that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “Water game means what is hunted, and its food is what the sea throws out (onto the shore).”

Al-Bukhaari narrated from Shurayh, the companion of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), that he said: “Everything in the sea is madhbooh (slaughtered).”

But there is a dispute between the scholars about whether the animals

that live on both land and water such as turtles, frog, crocodile, crab

etc. are allowed to eat or not (halal/haram). And Allah knows best.

For more details please refer: http://islamqa.info/en/ref/1919/frogs

Halaath Tahrum Feeha-al-At'amah–

Cases in which the (halal) Food is Forbidden

The meat of those animals which is lawful /halal becomes haram

because of the circumstances the animal died. For example: The

meat of the animals such as cow, goat, sheep, camel etc. which is

halal becomes haram under some circumstances which are mentioned

in Surat Al-Maa'idah, 5:3->

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:

Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than

Allah , and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a

violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of

horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten,

except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars,

and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through

divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day

those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your

religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor

upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion.

But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no

inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and

Merciful. [Surat Al-Maa'idah, 5:3]

Forbidden food for us:

• Al- Maytah (the dead animals)

• Blood

• The flesh of Swine

• That which has been dedicated to other than Allah ����

Means what has been slaughtered as a sacrifice with the invocation of a name other than the Name of Allah (for ex: to slaughter in the name of any idols or anything other than Allah)

The name of Allah should be mentioned while slaughtering the animal. (The correct manner of mentioning the name of Allah at slaughtering is, "Bismillah Allahu Akbar" (in the name of Allah, Allah is the Most Great).

Allah Ta'ala says:

"Then eat of that over which the name of Allah has been mentioned, if you believe in His signs."(6:118)

"And do not eat of that over which the name of Allah has not been mentioned, for truly that is impiety.... "(6:121)

Al-Bukhaari (5558) and Muslim (1966) narrated that Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sacrificed two horned black and white rams. I saw him placing his foot on their sides, and he said the name of Allaah and he said takbeer, then he slaughtered them with his own hand.

• That which has been killed by strangling or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring of horns ����

- The strangled: an animal which has been strangled, for example, by a rope around its neck, or suffocated, as for instance by

putting its head into something which produces suffocation . - The beaten (by a violent blow): an animal which has been beaten

to death by a club or similar object .

It is prohibited to stun the animals by stroking or using electricity for these kinds of stunning hurt the animal and the Prophet (Peace be upon Him) interdicts us from torturing or hurting animals and on the contrary ordered us to be kind and benevolent with them

especially at slaughtering.

- The fallen: an animal which dies as a result of a fall from a high

place, or by falling into a gully or ravine . - The gored: an animal which dies as a result of being gored by

the horns of another animal.

• That which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal

• That which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on An-Nusub (stone

altars) ����

This means those animals which are sacrificed (slaughtered) to idols.

Although the animals mentioned in this Ayah are types of permissible

cattle (except for swine), they become impermissible under the circumstances that the Ayah (5:3) specifies.

So these are the different types of foods or animals which are

prohibited to eat according to the Sharee'ah.

We can find how much Islam takes care of even hurting the animals,

SubhanAllah!

It's very important for us to make sure that the meat of chicken or the

cattle we buy is slaughtered according to the Sharee'ah and it is

halal.

This is all about the halal and haram foods.

-And Allah knows best

[Please let me know if there are any errors. My e-mail id: falaq_ckd@yahoo.com ]