1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

the people of Khyber gave the Prophet a gift of a
roasted leg of sheep, which they poisoned. The
Prophet used to like eating the leg of the sheep
and he took a bite from it, but it told the Prophet
that it was poisoned, so he discarded that bite.
The bite that the Prophet took effected the palate
of his mouth, while Bishr bin Al-Bara bin Ma`rur
died from eating from that sheep.
The Prophet had the Jewish woman, Zaynab, who
poisoned the sheep, killed. Therefore, the Prophet
and his Companions wanted to eat from that
sheep and did not ask the Jews if they removed
what the Jews believed was prohibited for them,
such as its fat.
Allah's statement,
and your food is lawful to them.
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وَطَعَامُكُمْ‏ حِل ُّ ل َّهُمْ‏ ...
means, you are allowed to feed them from your
slaughtered animals.
Therefore, this part of the Ayah is not to inform
the People of the Scriptures that they are allowed
to eat our food -- unless we consider it
information for us about the ruling that they have
-- i.e., that they are allowed all types of foods
over which Allah's Name was mentioned, whether
slaughtered according to their religion or
otherwise.
The first explanation is more plausible. So it
means:
you are allowed to feed them from your
slaughtered animals just as you are allowed to
eat from theirs, as equal compensation and fair
treatment.
The Prophet gave his robe to Abdullah bin Ubayy
bin Salul, who was wrapped with it when he died.
They say that he did that because Abdullah had
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