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[quote]Salam, [size=1]Quote:- Your mentioned verses deal with the meat of the animals. I was actually asking about mentioning Allah’s name before eating or drinking anything. I do believe that you do pronounce Allah’s name before eating and also eat with your right hand, don’t you. That is what I do not see in Quran.[/size=1] [size=2]Reply: - No brother the verses 6:118 & 119 do not only deal with the meat of the animals but also all kind of foods. Please see once again; "YOU SHALL EAT FROM THAT UPON WHICH GOD'S NAME HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED, if you truly believe in His revelation." 6:118 "WHY SHOULD YOU NOT EAT FROM THAT UPON WHICH GOD'S NAME HAS BEEN MENTIONED ? He has DETAILED for you what is prohibited for you, unless you are forced. Indeed, many people mislead others with their personal opinions, without knowledge. Your Lord is fully aware of the transgressors." 6:119. The corrupt Muslims have substituted God's condition for making food lawful (which is through uttering God's name on it before eating it) by a new un-Quranic condition of their own making. Somehow they have made slaughtering the ONLY lawful method of killing an animal for its meat. Needless to say, there is no such restriction in the Quran. As a result of this corrupt restriction, they insist that to make food Halal the name of God must be uttered on it before slaughtering it. The following arguments all show that this imposed restriction is false and that it is not part of God's law in the Quran: 1- The first reason is that (unless you are a butcher ) you are not the person who slaughtered the animal .... and since the Quran is clear in holding people accountable ONLY to what they did personally, then the only certain way to confirm that the name of God has been uttered on the meat is for each person to utter God's name on the food before eating it. "Every human being is responsible only for his own works." 53:39 2- The spiritual reason behind uttering God's name on our food before eating it is given in 16:114. This is to constantly remember and be appreciative of God's blessings on us: "Therefore, you shall eat from God's provisions everything that is lawful and good, and BE APPRECIATIVE OF GOD'S BLESSINGS, if you do worship Him alone." 16:114 This act of appreciation for God's blessings would not be genuine and heart felt if we rely on someone else uttering God's name somewhere in the slaughter house. 3- By reading 6:114, we note that the command of uttering God's name is related to what we eat in general and not just meat. The command in the verse means that we should utter God's name (appreciative of God’s blessings) on all food before eating it and not just meat. This includes fruit, vegetables, or even snacks like biscuits or peanuts ... etc. Consequently, and since we cannot slaughter fruit nor peanuts, the only method to obey God's law is to utter His name before eating all foods. 4- If we read 5:5, we note that God made it lawful for us to eat the food of the people of the scripture (Jews, Christians). But as the Christians in particular do not say the name of God before slaughtering, yet their food is lawful for us (5:5), this can only mean that the duty is laid on each of us before eating our food and nothing else. God knows that one day these slaughter houses will be run by machines and computers. He assigned the responsibility to every true Muslim to mention His name on his /her food. Sadly, we see many Muslims today, and because of their obsession with the restriction of slaughtering, buying and gulping what they are told is halal meat, yet when they eat other food (e.g. fruit or vegetables) they ignore God's command to utter His name on it. Hence, and since they ignored God's commands and followed man made innovations they in fact are eating a lot of food that according to the Quran is unlawful. So the mentioned verses do not tell us that we should only pronounce God’s name when we eat the meat of the animals. Rather we should pronounce GOD"S NAME on everything we are going to eat.[/size=2] [size=1]Quote: Do you believe that the Christian pronounce God’s name before slaughter? I do not think so. The animal should be slaughtered in the name of God only. I do not find any difference between the slaughter meat by Christians and dead meat now days.[/size=1] Reply : Above. [size=1]Quote: Takbeer e Tehreemah: It is a beginning of the prayers by raising both hands up to the shoulders or ears and uttering “Allah-o-Akbar”.[/size=1] [size=2]Reply:- We must comprehend the meaning of our prayers, as these are the moments in which we communicate directly with the GOD(4:43). We must be reverent during our contact prayers(23:2). Alongwith understanding what we say we can recall one of Gods atrivutes, depending on our need and condition during the time of our prayer(17:111). The prayer is to commemorate God and God alone96:162, 20:14, 29:45). Prayer is to praise, exalt and remember His greatness, His mercy and ultimately our dependence on each of these attributes(1:1-7,17:111, 2:45). Now I ask you suppose if anyone does not raise his hands upto his shoulder or ears at the beginning of his prayers, then according to the Qur’an will his prayer be nullified? I don’t think so. [/size=2] [size=1]Quote:- Iqaamah is the announcement of the commencement of a prayer behind Imam in a group.[/size=1] [size=2]Reply :- I think this is a system but not obligatory. Also I don’t see any violation of any Qur’anic command if we do it except mentioning Muhammad’s name.[/size=2] Salam, Samsher Edited by: ibrahim on Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:11 AM[/quote]
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