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Surah: Al-Maidah (3)
Prohibited Foods — The Quranic List
حُرِّمَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡمَيۡتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحۡمُ ٱلۡخِنزِيرِ
— المائدة الآية 3
Verse: "Prohibited to you are carrion, blood, swine flesh, and what is dedicated to other than Allah." (5:3)
Four original prohibitions: Carrion (died without slaughter), flowing blood, swine flesh, what is dedicated to other than Allah.
Carrion exceptions: "Whoever is forced without desiring or transgressing" — the compelled person may eat carrion to prevent death. Fish and locusts: "Sea game is permitted for you."
General principle: "Say: I find not in what is revealed to me anything forbidden" — the default for food is permissibility.
Four original prohibitions: Carrion (died without slaughter), flowing blood, swine flesh, what is dedicated to other than Allah.
Carrion exceptions: "Whoever is forced without desiring or transgressing" — the compelled person may eat carrion to prevent death. Fish and locusts: "Sea game is permitted for you."
General principle: "Say: I find not in what is revealed to me anything forbidden" — the default for food is permissibility.
Source: Al-Qurtubi (6/58); Ibn Al-Arabi (2/36); Ibn Qudama (9/325)
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What are the four original food prohibitions in Al-Maidah 3?
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