Lahmul Khinzeer – Flesh Of Swine
Yes I remember that discussion. It was so long ago 🙂. Thank you for your praise but none of this is my own work, it is all Allah’s. I think the principle is still that if someone gives you water that was specially, let’s say, used in a polytheistic rite or blessed by some sort of religious leader then it comes under ‘wa maa uhilla bihi lighayr illah’. I think the spirit of the law is of course that the pig is a beastly animal. But the bones of a pig are the same as the bones of a cow. The meat is different and that is the differing factors between meats. Beef is more chewy than chicken for example. So the spirit of the law is more subjective. The spirit is that tayyibaat are halaal and khabaith are haraam. But here God chose to specifically name a few things and make them haraam. So it’s already a matter of application and a branch of law rather than from an usul. So when he specified khinzeer with lahm I think that it is very important.
Your question was asked to dr. Shehzad Saleem alongwith others. You can hear his response in the following link https://soundcloud.com/ahsan-jalal-451039147/shehzad-saleem-pig-meat-non-meat-food/s-t6ZkmhBkEsO