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

Forbidden to you (for food) are: Al-Maytah (the deadanimals), blood,Allah informs His servants that He forbids consuming thementioned types of foods, such as the Maytah, which isthe animal that dies before being properly slaughtered orhunted. Allah forbids this type of food due to the harm itcauses, because of the blood that becomes clogged inthe veins of the dead animal. Therefore, the Maytah isharmful, religiously and physically, and this is why Allahhas prohibited it.The only exception to this ruling is fish, for fish isallowed, even when dead, by slaughtering or otherwise.Malik in his Muwatta, also Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi, An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah in their Sunan, Ibn Khuzaymahand Ibn Hibban in their Sahihs, all recorded that AbuHurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah was askedabout seawater.He said,18هُوَ‏ الط َّهُورُ‏ مَاؤُهُ‏ الْحِل ُّ مَيْتَتُهIts water is pure and its dead are permissible.The same ruling applies to locusts, as proven in aHadith that we will mention later.Allah's statement,blood...,وَالْد َّمُ‏ ...This refers to flowing blood, according to IbnAbbas and Sa`id bin Jubayr, and it is similar toAllah's other statement, دَمًا م َّسْفُوحًا (Blood pouredforth...). (6:145)Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Ibn Abbas was asked aboutthe spleen and he said,"Eat it.''...