HALÂL FOOD (I)

The following hadîth-i-sherîf contains the reply of the Best of Mankind: “Consume food only if it is halâl, so that your prayers will be accepted!” Another hadîth-i-sherîf reads: “There are many people who eat food that is harâm and wear clothes that are harâm. And it is those very people who raise their hands and say prayers. How could prayers of that sort ever be acceptable?” At another occasion our Blessed Prophet stated: “Consumers of food that is harâm shall find no acceptance for their acts of – 5 – worship, farz and sunnat ones alike.” [That is, they shall not attain any thawâb.] At some other time he stated: “Supposing a person is wearing clothes that he bought for ten liras one lira of which had been earned by way of harâm. None of the prayers of namâz that he performs with those clothes on will be accepted.” He stated at another occasion: “A body fed on harâms deserves to burn in fire!” Again, he stated: “Those who do not consider whether their property has come to them by way of halâl or harâm shall not attain pity on the part of Allâhu ta’âlâ, regardless of the direction whence they have been hurled into Hell.” Again, he stated: “Worship consists of ten divisions, nine of which cover earning by way of halâl.” He stated at another occasion: “A person who comes back to his home, tired, because he has worked and earned by way of halâl, will go to bed sinless. (And the next morning) he will get up as a person beloved to Allâhu ta’âlâ.