Browsing: Archive for December, 2011
Dhuha is how I’ve always known her and to me, at least, that is normal. She is herself. She is my Dhuha.
Most of the time, I fail to see that any of her behaviour is abnormal, even if that behaviour is disruptive. However, there are times when I think, “Man, that is autistic!”.
Reminders of Autism
Dhuha comes down for breakfast. I give her a bowl of cereal. Suddenly, she jumps up, runs and puts the slightly out-of-place sugar container back to its perfect position. She then runs back to her seat and eats her food.
Abdurrahman is playing a game with one of the doors. He wants it closed. Dhuha dislikes the door being closed and forces it open. Abdurrahman is shouting at her to stop it and she is screaming at him. He hits her. She holds the door open.
As soon as Dhuha woke up, I changed her nappy. After a half an hour, Zahira changes her nappy again. Ten minutes later, it looks like she needs to be changed again. Zahira checks her and discovers that she doesn’t need changed, she’s stuffed four toy cars down her pants.
The joys of autism.
As Salaam Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,
Allah says in His Quran (5:5):
Made lawful to you this day are At-Tayyibat. The food of the people of the Scripture is lawful to you and yours is lawful to them.
It is clear from the above ayah that their food, including meats, cheeses, vegetables, fruit, etc. are halaal. They remain halaal so long as they do not violate other dietary rules.
Allah says in His Quran (5:3):
Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maytah (the dead animals), blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for other than Allah, and that which has been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the goring of horns ـand that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild animal ـunless you are able to slaughter it (before its death) – and that which is sacrificed (slaughtered) on An-Nusub (stone altars). .
It is very clear what is haraam. Included in maytah are modern day practices, such as electrocution. A Christian killing an animal in the name of Jesus would fall into that which has been slaughtered as a sacrifice for other than Allah.
A Word of Caution
There are some Muslims, who use this general rule as a blank check to eat any meat killed in nominally Christian countries, like America or Britain. There is a very real danger of falling into haraam by failing to scrutinise the source of our meat.
In many countries, haraam methods and inhumane practices of slaughter can cause the meat to fall into the category of maytah or become a violation of the animal’s rights.
Allah says in His Quran (21:107):
And We have sent you (O Muhammad SAW) not but as a mercy for the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).
Moreover, in many Western countries, it is more likely a non-Christian or non-Jew slaughters the animal. If you’re not sure a Christian, Jew or Muslim killed the animal, can we consider such meat lawful?
Take Away
In my opinion, if there is a Muslim slaughtered option take that first. If not, buy kosher or get your meat from Amish communities and their like. It is a stretch to apply the permissibility of the meat of Ahle Kitab to the industrial killings in America or Britain.
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