Why is pork haram? | Mufti Abu Layth

Mufti Abu Layth explains the rulings regarding to pork.

[@irshadazeez4764]

Solid explanation yah Mufti. Doing good wholesome work here.

[@LimitedKnowledge12]

Barak Allah. Awesome job you have done to explain the topic from historical, scientific, social, and religious angles. Truly an inspiration for truth seekers.

[@WasifHasanBaig]

Thank you for passing on such great information Mufti ❤️

[@khanG-gq9hc]

This was an incredible analysis. Love the detail buildup to show how the pig image was inherited as filthy from centuries of development. The bronze age history part was amazing to know ❤️

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

❤🙌🏻

[@mohamedbenalgia3274]

@@MuftiAbuLayth what i have question what jalal or the animal that eat filth like cows chicken etc could you explain them more and i am quite confused because these animals are considered halal until they become jalal wchich i am quite confused about it could you explain more i will be very pleased if you did that also the first videos of monday nights has time stamps at time longer than the video like 30 minute long video but has time stamps for the 45 minute and for 1 hour also is there is a way to watch these video if their timestamps longer than the video

[@GAMING24HOURS693]

​@@MuftiAbuLaythassalamualaikum can we pet pig. Please please please reply please

[@GAMING24HOURS693]

​@@MuftiAbuLaythplease reply

[@xreddbeats4536]

@@GAMING24HOURS693You can

[@rayhanprodhan9006]

What a golden speech 👍🏿

[@SurgeonSuhailAnwar]

A great analysis as usual Mufti. I feel that pig being haram is not the only narrative that we have inherited from Mosaic law. Other dictums such as circumcision have also being passed on. Same for many stories like Noah’s flood, David’s might and Samuel and soul etc etc. A pure historical analysis of these, always show a gradual development of these narratives, some times from older history or older religions like zoroasterinism or Hinduism. It’s difficult to tease out the historicity of antiquity - I can feel and sense your underlying dilemma.

[@akeemzaman8645]

A very interesting talk. It's good to learn these things as Muslims.

[@darth_veda]

Wow 1 hour has passed and no dislikes yet... Mufti you must be doing something wrong if you don't have any haters anymore lol

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

lol spread love not hate 😉❤🙌🏻

[@pkmuhammedhisan]

@@MuftiAbuLayth Eventually everyone will bow down in front of MALM 🤘🏼

[@MH-vm5hb]

@@pkmuhammedhisan you're not helping his cause here lmao

[@darth_veda]

@@MuftiAbuLayth Loving the new vibe... Although MALM the entertainer was epic I prefer MALM the Academic because it gives them haters nothing to discredit your knowledge.

[@darth_veda]

@@MH-vm5hb lol hopefully people will clock on its tongue in cheek.

[@samuelknair1888]

I get to learn a lot about Islam from you

[@Gggggggglllk]

Haven’t watched the whole video but seems good so far, this is the type of content we want akhi, no creepy laughing and jokes ever 15 seconds just knowledge.

[@yeah7620]

Lol ..the creepy laughter always makes him look like a Bollywood villain n his whole message is lot because of that evil laugh.it's highly entertaining tho 🤣

[@theletterw3875]

The laugh doesn't bother me, in fact I think promoting that someone present or market an insincere persona so that I take the content of their argument seriously would be a severe character flaw on my part.

[@guitarika8477]

Very good analysis. I totally related to that P.I.G thing. We, as children, used to spit after saying pig and the common saying was that he who says pig, every food becomes haram for him for 40 Days. Why would God create something and then detest it, why create it then? Very nice video, Thankx MALM

[@kaycoonill3591]

can you make about video on gelatin products?

[@cyrilanderson]

Very interesting talk. Though it feels like it stopped just when it was getting really interesting. Though at the same time I can understand why you wouldn’t want to push forward further at that point, since it leads into challenging questions. You did a good job looking at the interplay of likely historical, sociocultural, geographic-environmental, inter-religious, inter-cultural, and medical reasons behind the appearance and reinforcement of the taboo on eating pork in the ancient and pre-modern mid-East. But then I guess the natural question that follows (building on some of the themes of some of your other content) is what does all of this mean then in times and places where those concerns and assumptions that (probably) led to the taboo on pork don’t apply? What do we make of that as Muslims in the 21st century?

[@djamaluddin]

Hey is this the Cyril from Quora? I'm very much impressed with your work there brother. Welcome here!

[@cyrilanderson]

@@djamaluddin Yes. Same. Thanks a lot. I appreciate that.

[@itsmeraz3008]

After seeing the previous comment from djamaluddin, I had to go and have a look on Quora. After spending some time with my cup of tea and toast in front of the screen reading your answers- which really gave me food for thought, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I am in no doubt I will continue to read your contributions. It's so gratifying coming across other people who have similar thought processes or ideas to help make sense of the world.

[@cyrilanderson]

@@itsmeraz3008 Hey, great. Thanks a lot. I appreciate that. I like to write. Glad some people like to read it. Thanks again.

[@John-lf3xf]

It is haram as per the Quran says literally. The Quran does not give a functional criteria by which we decide which meats to eat from which it follows that the pig is haram, a criteria which may change how we act in relation to the pig. The Quran says literally “No” to “pig”, literally. Π

[@Ayan_quraishi]

Very informative ❤

[@HenryClinton.]

Hello , can you explain verse 5:33 in quran , why it sounds like Pharoah's punishment

[@memonm786]

Absolute gold bro MashaAllah

[@iiiiibrahim555]

What does not exceeding the limit specifically refer to in the verse at the beginning, not exceeding the limit of what is necessary?

[@yeah7620]

Is gelatin used in medical products haraam? Like materials used for embolization ..surgeries etc

[@kenankabbani855]

Mufti, what translation do you use? I tend to enjoy Muhammad Asad's Translation, but I know it's not very common or wisely used.

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

i havent used a translation since 20 years. this is why i advise each and all to learn Arabic, the language of the Quran. It's not difficult to learn, one can have a good grasp within 6 - 12 months.

[@yeah7620]

@@MuftiAbuLayth please teach how to learn Quranic arabic . You're a good lecturer

[@fatimaxo4885]

@@MuftiAbuLayth so you’re saying one can learn Arabic straight through Quran without going through basics- like you would in school? I’d be really interested in trying that approach.

[@oueizaii976]

Salam 'alaykoum wa raHmatullah. 👉1:11 As a maliki muqallid I heard that our madhab was the only one forbidding horse meat (based on surah 16 verse 8) while hanafis look it at makrooh (though kazakh, kyrgyz and other central asians hanafis consume it a lot) and shafii as well as Hanbalis deem it to be mubaH without problem. So according to you there is an opinion in maliki madhab saying horse meat is permissible ? Could you provide the name of a scholar and/or book who/which upheld this please ?

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

yes, please read mawahib jalil. tasheel wa takmeel amongst many names. it's a widely known matter. you may simply read ibn al-Araby's Ahkaam.

[@oueizaii976]

@@MuftiAbuLayth Thanks you fornthe answer however at first glance I did not find the information tied to the sources you have provided🙁 Will have to search more later...

[@muhammadismaeeljaumeer7755]

From watching the video, I assume that Paul (in the Bible) was trying to bridge this gap between eating and not eating pig because in the letters attributed to him, he said that all food is clean unless someone sees it as unclean (Romans 14:14). Regarding not saying the word pig, YES as a child we were discouraged to even say the word and till this day, my parents still do not say it. I try to enlighten them from time to time but I bear in mind that its how they grew up so...

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

very interesting

[@rickyalfred9710]

brilliant

[@MM-wt6nq]

Mufti is Nasha (Afeem) Halal for a medication?

[@user-ky8ym7le9m]

More of these in depth analysis of individual matters will be very interesting

[@anjuma2676]

What would be your view on the nasal flu vaccine as it contains porcine elements?

[@samuelknair1888]

You naughty naughty you teasin me hahaha I love you mufti

[@adnandizdarevic6989]

Qur’an is not a book about eating guidelines. Denied (haraam حُرِّمَتْ) upon you is the ignorance, and what pours forth, and engaging without thinking deeply and being deceitful, and anything that is not in the worthiness of binding (uhillu أُهِلَّ) with Allah, and that which the intelligence cannot accept, and that which causes mental confusion leading to ignorance, and which causes the mind to fall from a higher conscious in order to accept , and that which your reason rejects and repels, and do not deliberate on what your mind has grasped except what you have fully perceived, examined, and made clearly evident based on what you were originally seeking and building upon and the relaying of incomplete parts is a departure…

[@shirazlodhi836]

i love the maliki view

[@rumannahami3745]

Mufti sahb please go through ghamidi sahb's explaination.

[@shirazlodhi836]

can you talk about the makroo what is not haram but also not halal

[@shirazlodhi836]

mashallah

[@asmaelitemiz2039]

Prof.Kamal Salibi explains who the Philistines are in his amazing thesis 'The Bible came from Arabia. He also wrote 'Conspiracy in Jerusalem'

[@hahahehe4495]

I think im already used to nono to pig. But the part about pig that drink is interesting

[@fletcher9328]

A youtuber named Adam Raguesea has done an excellent video on this subject, I highly recommend watching it.

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

I'll check it out!

[@centric145]

Yes ,my neighbours died from trykinelosys(can t spell it) and left 2 elementary school children orphans.😢They lived alone till adulthood

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

😢🙌🏻

[@wajidahmadkhan9029]

Wait wait bro! I have a question! You're brilliant in explaining the dogmatic belief of not eating pork "chops" from the sociological, anthropological and historic perspectives but where would you put the "Devin logic" in these processes per se? You're argument seems like the God was having an appeasing attitude towards the social norms built in the society? If that was it? Then why the same wasn't done in the case of other things that were forbidden? I didn't get the point of all this at all

[@shirazlodhi836]

i agree that animals are pure and i dont believ that animals get turned to dust in the day of judgement as they are masum and will be in paradise when i was in berlin germany i had 2 lovely cats

[@Kim_Jong_Un_.]

But some animals have been naughty naughty

[@GaaraNous]

Is pork haram since the beginning?, i.e. humanity shouln't comsume pig meat at all since Adam. Or is only begin at the time of the prophet Musa/Moses within the Jewish community?

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

not since time immemorial no.

[@TJandDally]

The question should be why does pork taste so good

[@muhammado708]

What benefit did Allah intend for humans in making pork haram?

[@sajaadhussain9868]

Mufti once a Christian told me that jesus drove the devil into the swine❓❓

[@jackbarnes5589]

In the older testament it was forbidden. In the new testament God says all his creators are far and good.

[@shanewilson2484]

Christianity is nonsense.

[@lechef1029]

Yes. It's in the gospels. I doubt it really happened

[@darth_veda]

From Heaven to Earth to within the Swine and Ultimately to Hell... that Devil chap has had the most epic run of bad luck probably not had the best of life coaches.

[@worldpeace4823]

Lol I didn’t know that some people were not allowed to say pork or pig 🐷

[@nabeelk9057]

I remember back in days in school we never use to say the word 'PIG' we use to spell it ... P ..I...G lol 🤣

[@ALLHEART_]

28:51

[@centric145]

I met this idea many times:that pig was forbidden because pig is the only animal that has no gheerah and whoever eat it will become like it(dayout obsession 🤣)I understand that we can t eat pork but I could not bring myself to hate the poor pig 🤔

[@shirazlodhi836]

animals are masum like angels

[@consolefragging9392]

But if its mainly cultural and social explain, than why does God forbid it? What has God to do with it when its the people who came with it.

[@adnandizdarevic6989]

See my comment

[@Fahimreasons]

Yea Mufti ,This is why we Mutazilahs insists on reasoning and rationale. It may be pure , but reason tells us the nature of the pig is filthy Do you agree? Allah swt insists to reason, and even condemns those who don't use reason. Unto you Shiek

[@fatimaxo4885]

Nothing wrong with khinzeer? That’s what I secretly called anyone that pissed me off… 🤣🤣

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rellywolf6187]

He is absolutely right that's what they told us u cannot say its name say P I G..HAHAHAHAHA haeeee oyeee naughty naughty days this 1 not right

[@Kim_Jong_Un_.]

Naughty naughty

[@darth_veda]

Salaam MALM... Thanks for the upload, I'd like to add something that you may not be aware of which may change some of your view on the Historical aspect of Pigs within culture and their decline. I disagree with your conclusion as to the decline in the archaeological record and also their lack of Utility use. My alternative hypothesis would be that Pigs were actually used for agricultural purposes. This is a tradition that had faded in large civilisations because of the development of Bronze tools, I'm sure if you check the dates of the bronze age it'll match up to the decline of Pig bones. Pigs were used to till the ground prior to the introduction of bronze tools and the bull plough cart. There was a decline in the need for Pigs now because you could plough your field with bronze and bulls. You would still need Cows for milk and the excess Bulls that you had no use for other than meat you could put to use to plough the fields. Poor Pigs got made redundant by the wealthy that could afford the new tech and gadgets except for within the poor communities who couldn't afford bronze tools and plough carts. You're logic is the equivalent of saying that the decline of Horse/Donkey bones in our era is because we started hating on Horses but we know it's actually down to the invention of Cars, Trains and Planes for transportation. However poor communities still rely on Horses and Donkeys just look at any nomadic communities today. However I agree with your analysis that we have wrongfully inherited this negative sentiment from the Jews. I just thought I should offer some of my agricultural expertise that Pigs were integral to farming. If you leave some pigs enclosed within the field you need to plough for next season and watch how they prepare it for planting. Anyway peace out Bro much love.

[@khanG-gq9hc]

I think u missed what mufti said. Mufti quotes babylonian tablets showing that pigs were banned from temples and seen as unclean. Its not Mufti's conclusión. Its what historians have said. So the horse point u said makes zero sense.

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

@Darth Veda youve misunderstood unfortunately, i was simply stating the historical and archeological findings. It's very clear from the records that the swine not only fell out of social cultural flavour in the Near East during the late bronze age, it was often described as filthy by regional cultures of the era and became associated with the underclasses, thereby adding an associative stigma further driving away the upper/elite classes from the animal. It had at the same time also fallen out of favour in Egyptian culture. for further reading please refer to: Evolution of a Taboo by Max Price Pigs, Purity & Patrilineality by Nicole Ruane The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig by Marvin Harris that should give you some guidance. #StayBlessed 🙌🏻💯

[@darth_veda]

@@khanG-gq9hc I think you missed what I said too, this is my hypothesis, is a brother not allowed to form his own opinions or express them? I agree with MALM on somethings and I disagree on somethings it doesn't mean I don't understand the point he is making. I didn't hear anything about farming therefore put forth information that may be relevant. What I did hear was that Pigs had only 2 uses "meat for protein and eating trash" therefore I assumed MALM is unaware that actually they're used in farming too. That's all and proceeded to then give an example of how we can use the search data and come up with different causes. Historians also claim everything was a Temple or a Tomb e.g. The Pyramids, do I subscribe to everything that some historians says or do I form my own opinions? Looking at data we can draw multiple conclusions as to what that stats mean or say when you're going back 6,000 years then it all becomes speculation. The Horse example is quite relevant because you don't know how our era will be interpreted 6,000 years from now, that was the point i was making. One thing we do know is that Pigs have a use in agriculture and if u didn't have any tools to till/plough a field you would use Pigs to do it for you. Thanks for the comment Khan saab much love.

[@darth_veda]

@@MuftiAbuLayth I appreciate what you're saying however please see above. I tend not to look too much into them things called books unless it's really cold and I need kindle for fire to keep warm lol

[@SR_UK]

I use to say P I G

[@MrPresidentoftheus]

Animals already dead are called carrion

[@centric145]

Thanks i ve always thought is a marine animal and I was wondering which one.

[@user-tq1hi8pn2h]

From your talking it feels like as if you are disbelieving. Hear me out first, I am not here to mindlessly hate. If I do a summery of what you said it would be, according to you Pigs were getting out of fashion at the time of Moses that's why God (Allah) made pork Haram for the Ummah of prophet Moses . and in respect of the Israelites God (Allah) made it Haram for the Ummah of prophet Muhammad as well. Yes it is a way of thinking but I would say that is a cheap way of thinking. What would you say why was Alcohol made Haram? was Alcohol ever out of fashion ? It is not like that Alcohol was Haram for the Israelites and it was made Haram for Muslims in their respect. It was not the case so why was Alcohol made Haram? I believe no matter how out of fashion something is if it is benefiting for men kind God (Allah) would encourage it and how much fashionable something is if it is harmful for men kind God (Allah) would prohibit it.

[@shaestatarannum7177]

ALLAH commands we obey...period.

[@jackbarnes5589]

Interesting video. I work in a meat locker and go by USDA guidelines for butchering and preparing pork. I could see how some might see it as unclean meat from how pigs lives but it is how pork is processed day which makes it very safe. We've had to some Jews do Kosher killings for beef and to each their own. If they don't want to it pork then that is there choice. But we always say "Over 1 billion people eat pork and they are completely fine. Hopefully Jews and Muslims don't think they will get sick or God will stick them dead if they eat it. Humans are all the same. We all can consume and digest pork, many just choose not to do so.".

[@TheClimbToTheStars]

Can you like fix your English

[@worldgripe]

The pig eats everything from excrement to other pigs to humans, also the pig doesn't sweat . The uncooked meat contains many parasites , it might be ok for consumption but the wisdom might be coming from those reasons, also in Papua New Guinea cannibals call humans " long pig" as human meats taste like pig. People that eat pork might be fine but are they really healthy? The US is not an example of healthy eating. The US is 3rd larger consumer of pork product , bacon being the favorite product. 5th with the highest cancer cases. is it related? I cannot prove it but I can tell you that processed food like bacon and hotdogs can , even if we proved it will the destroy a big industry.

[@worldgripe]

@@massivehero4871 It is eaten raw in parts of China which is in my opinion asking to get sick badly.Their stomach are used to it and built a resistance to it. Now saying that Pork can be eaten rare is false it must be again in China the consumer of Pork in the world. If you ask any chef or food health and safety inspector about rare Pork they will probably say : Are you mental ? ( Gordon Ramsay voice) lol

[@yeah7620]

The picture is different with sterilization..no risks for hydatid cysts etc. But since it had been made unlawful at the time .It's more of obedience n respect ..to abide by the law. And it doesn't anyway matter if pork is not eaten . Therefore what remained haraam remains haraam whether pigs are raised under hygienic n sterile conditions.

[@illvminated]

Just go vegan!

[@Kim_Jong_Un_.]

That would be naughty naughty

[@uncrown03]

Ilove Bacon🇨🇳

[@Killbill1933]

Hmmm Pork 😋😋😋

[@free_palestine_8481]

Pork 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🐷🐷🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@zakyzayn5361]

@@free_palestine_8481 wait you're bad Bois friend