Documents of the Right Word

Prophet advised to eat rabbit meat, could a Muslim say that rabbit
meat should not be eaten? Certainly, no Muslim could say that
rabbit meat is harâm. There has never been a dispute among
Muslims on whether or not rabbit meat can be eaten. Yet these
people say that rabbit meat should not be eaten. No Muslim has
taken any heed of this assertion of theirs. All Muslims have been
eating rabbit meat for centuries. Our Prophet’s stating “Eat the
rabbit” has shed a light for all Muslims. This subject is not worth
being dwelt on. Our master the Prophet has settled the matter.
Hurûfîs’ gossips could not change our Prophet’s prescription.
They allege that rabbit meat should not be eaten because it is
stated in the Torah that it should not be eaten. Muslims adapt
themselves to Qur’ân al-kerîm and to the commandments of our
master, the Prophet, in whatever they do. They do not follow the
Torah. Qur’ân al-kerîm has abrogated, invalidated most of the
commandments in the Torah. Moreover, nowhere in the world
today is there left an original copy of the Torah revealed by Allâhu
ta’âlâ. Is it worthy of a Muslim to say that rabbit meat is not edible
only because it is stated so in the copies of the Torah manufactured
by Jews? However, Hurûfîs, who are the followers of a Jew of
Yemen named Abdullah bin Saba’, imitate him and value the
Torah highly.
The forty-first âyat of Baqara sûra purports, “Believe in the
Qur’ân, which verifies the Torah you possess in the knowledge
pertaining to the unity of Allah, to the torments and rewards, and
in (the teachings pertaining to) îmân!” And its sixty-third âyat
purports, “We said: o the sons of Isrâîl! Adhere respectfully to the
Book We have given to you!” These âyats do not show that the
Qur’ân is the Torah. Its ninety-first âyat purports, “That Qur’ân is
true. It confirms the Torah, which existed at that time.” Yes,
teachings pertaining to belief are not different in the Torah than
they are in the Qur’ân or in any other heavenly Book. Yet
teachings pertaining to worships, halâls and harâms are different in
every heavenly Book. The ninety-seventh âyat, which purports,
“The Qur’ân confirms the Books previous to itself,” points out
that teachings of belief are all the same in those heavenly Books
that have not been interpolated.
The fifty-second âyat of Mâida sûra purports, “We have
revealed the Qur’ân as the right Book to thee. It confirms the
previously revealed books.” The twelfth âyat of Ahkâf sûra
purports, “Before the Qur’ân, the Torah, the Book of Mûsâ
(Moses), was revealed as the Book to guide to the way to follow
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