Why We Don't Eat Pork

Received this in email this morning. No video attached though... The email forwarded to me had no email addresses of Najib and Bobby. So, out of curiosity, I Googled and found this version of the email. I also found about the cat... (followed below)

---Original Message-----
From: Surattee Khan [mailto:najib_009@yahoo.com.sg]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 200711:59 PM
To: Bobby Tan
Cc: Ust Abu Zaki; Ust Mohd Ghouse Khan Surattee; Ustaz Anang Husaini Al
Banjari; Ustaz Iskandar; Ustaz Jallaludin Hassan; Ustaz Khair Rahmat; Ustaz
Mohamed Bin Ali; Ustaz Muhd Mihdhar Mahmood; Ustaz Rosman Al Habsyi; Ustaz
Yousef; Ustaz Yusri Yubhi; Wesley Neoh
Subject: Fwd: FW: Fwd: wonder why we don't eat pork??

Hi Bobby,

Please watch the forwarded video. Maybe this is just one of the reasons why
muslims are strictly not allowed to eat pork. The pigs are created not for
eating. The are created for something else.

In the Holy Quran, God mentions in 4 separate verses that we are not allowed
to eat pork purely because the pork is dirty. In Chapter 2 Verse
172 & 173, God says:

O believers! Eat the clean things which We have provided you and give thanks
to Allah, if you worship only Him. He has forbidden you to eat dead meat,
blood, the flesh of swine (pig), and that on which any name other than Allah
has been invoked; but if someone is compelled by absolute necessity, neither
to sin nor to trangress, they shall incur no sin.
Surely, Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Similar instruction can also be found in Chapters 5: 6, 6: 145 and 16: 115
of the Holy Quran.

I have a Chinese friend who went to visit a pig stye in Malaysiaand he did
not eat pork for many months because he saw most of the pigs were eating and
licking the excretion of the other pigs even when the excretions were about
to come out, they started to lick them. He almost vomitted.

The animal (pig) is an eater of the highest degree. It is shameless and
indecent. They have very high sexual desires most of them are homosexuals
too. It is clear now why it is forbidden. The flesh of such an impure animal
will have similar impure influence on the body and soul of the eater.

It is affirmed that the soul will be affected by the type of food eaten and
without doubt, the result of a bad thing like pig will be bad.

The Greek scientists have shown before Islam, that the flesh of this animal
reduces modesty in one who eats and promote shameless behavior.

Eating its flesh causes distancing oneself from the angels and growing of
the character contrary to good manners.

The pig is much inclined to impurity especially human excretion, which it
relishes. Its flesh, therefore is developed from faeces and eating is like
eating one's own excretion.

So why does God creates the pigs? We'll discuss this issue separately.

I have to thank you for having interest in Islamic knowledge. It is always a
pleasure to share with you as well with our religious teachers such
knowledge.

Warmest Regards,

Najib Khan Surattee


QUOTE("BOBBY TAN")
Bobby Tan wrote:

Hi Najib,

I only know that MUSLIM cannot take pork because it is uncleaned according
to your religion. No one has explain to me like you does and even the Bible
does not mentioned on this subject matter.

It seemed to me that you are very knowledgeable and understand the "KORAN"
very well. I am glad and honour that you had taken your valuable time and
going extra mile to to think and explain to people like me.

Many thanks for your great effort.

With warmest regards,

BOBBY TAN


QUOTE("Najib Khan Surattee")
-----Original Message-----
From: Surattee Khan [mailto:najib_009@yahoo.com.sg]
To: Bobby Tan

Subject: Did the Bible mention about pork?

Hi Bobby,

Thankyou for taking your time to read this article. I have to make a couple
of comments to your statement below before continuing to explain to you why
Allah created the pig in the first place.

I am also glad that you have decided to stop eating pork after watching the
video. It is for your own good health.

My comments are as follows:

1. The Bible does mention that it is forbidden to eat pork:

It is also mentioned in 4 separate verses (like in the Qur'an).
The verses are:

1. In the Book of Leviticus, Chapter 11, Verse 7& 8:

"Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided
hoofs, but do not chew the cud. Do not eat these animals or even touch their
dead bodies; they are unclean."

2. The above verse is repeated in the Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 14,
Verses 7 & 8.

3. In the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 65, Verses 2 to 4: The Lord says:

"... I have always been ready to welcome my own people, who stubbornly
do what is wrong and go their own way. They shamelessly keep on making me
angry. They offer pagan sacrifices insacred gardens and burn incense on
pagan altars. At night they go to caves and tombs to consult the spirit of
the dead. They eat pork and drink broth made from meat offered in pagan
sacrifice..."

4. Also in the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 66, Verse 17: The Lord says:

"The end is near for those who purify themselves for pagan worship, who
go in procession on sacred gardens and eat pork and mice and other
disgusting foods."

By now I hope you are purely convinced that pork is dirty and disgusting.

2. My second comment is that you should spell out the word "Qur'an" with
the letter Q instead of using the letter K. God swears with the letter Qaf,
the Arabic letter for Q, as in the word "Qur'an" (Chapter 50, Verse 1), and
not the with Arabic letter Kaf, as used in the word "kafir" (unbelievers).

If you go to any bookstore and find some Qur'an with spelling "Koran", as a
title, try to look at the author : 99.9% they are non muslims! These are
people who do research on Islamic studies and are not having the Islamic
faith. Their translation are usually not accurate and biased to their
personal perception on Islam. A good example is a book called "The Koran"
translated by N J Dawood, Penguin Classics. The author is a Jew. He did not
convert to Islam.

This is part of the CODE of the Qur'an!

Next, let's talk about why in the first place Allah created the pig.

In the book entitled, "Noah's Arkand the Universal Deluge" by Mohamad Yasin
Owadally, I quote:

"Two species of animals that did not enter the Arkwere seen coming out on
Mount Judi namely the pig (and the cat). These animals did not exist before
the deluge, but Allah created them in the Arkbecause the Arkwas filled
with filth and the human excrements that pervaded and unbearable stink. The
people of the Arkcould no longer bore the bad smell, so they complained to
Prophet Noah (may peace be upon him). Therefore Noah passed his hand on the
back of the elephant and lo! The pig came out from the anus of the elephant.
The pig complied with the Instructions of Allah, it consumed all the filth
and the human excrements within the Arkand the stink disappeared." (I will
not write about the cat here.)

So I hope by now you understand what is the purpose of pigs in this world.
They are not meant for eating but for cleaning those dirty stuffs.
Otherwise you will not find 4 verses in the Bible and 4 verses in the Qur'an
mentioning about it.

In addition to the pork, all meat that are not slaughtered in the name of
Allah is forbidden to the muslims. That's why we can't eat those cakes,
sweets, food containing gelatine, emulsifiers etc.

I'll stop here for this topic and hope to share with you on some other
miracles of the Holy Qur'an in future. May Allah bless you!

Thanks and Regards,
Najib Khan Surattee


QUOTE("Bobby Tan")
-----Original Message-----
From: Bobby Tan
Sent: 03 May 200717:40
To: Surattee Khan

Thanks for your your comments, corrections and pointing out mistakes to me.
I am glad to learn something from you.

I just wonder do you read the whole BIBLE? You seemed to be very
knowledgeble in both "Qur'an and Bible" and you are able to quotes the
verses even from Bible.

May Allah bless you too!

Warmest regard,
Bobby Tan

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From Bazila Ismail's blog

"Wa alaikum salam,

Dear Bazila Ismail,

Thank you for writing to me.

The following is a brief description about the cat:

After the pig was created, the rats were seen in a big number in the Ark. They consumed all the food of the occupants of the Ark and filled the Vessel with filth. The prophet Nuh (a.s.) passed his hand over the back of the lion, which instantly sneezed, and the cat started attacking and eating the rats. Please take note that it is not that the cat did not enter the Ark but it was not created yet at that time. It's taken from the same book.

By the way, cats are considered as a very lovable animals. To love and take care of cats is a sunnah of our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. May Allah bless those who love cats.

Regards,
Najib Khan Surattee"