What Is The Topic Of Religion?
Sure but we can’t say pork is prohibited because of that reason because other foods are not made haraam under that principle. I don’t see how it’s wasting resources. About 4:29 here is al-bayan’s note: 40. The Qur’ānic words used are: وَلاَ تَقْتُلُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ. The word أَنفُسَكُمْ used is similar to the usage of the word أَمْوَالَكُمْ earlier. So the opinion of the people who interpret it to mean “suicide” is against linguistic principles. For this interpretation, the style should have been different. Similarly, it must also remain in consideration that devouring one another’s wealth and the prohibition of unjustly killing someone are mentioned at one place in this verse by the Almighty. What is the reason for this? Imām Amīn Ahsan Islāhī, while explaining this, writes: … the reason for mentioning them together is that both have a deep relationship with one another. The greed for wealth does away with one’s sensitivity towards procuring it legally or illegally and then this malady makes people so blind that it can cause bloodshed. If one researches into the reasons for various social disorders and carnages, one will find that the most common reason for this is greed for wealth. Because of this deep relationship with one another, Islam has equally emphasized the sanctity of wealth and life. (Amīn Ahsan Islāhī, Tadabbur-i Qur’ān, vol. 2, 282)
So then the topic of religion is not merely morality