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Is Meat Slaughtered by Jews and Christians Permissible?

on 10-21-2004 11:56

Published in : Islamic Articles, Islam

At-Ta'am according to philology refers to all that is eaten and taken as nourishment. But it is said that it is used to wheat and other such grains only. Lisanu ?l-Arab says: "When the people of Hijaz use the word at-ta'am without any restriction or association, they mean wheat exclusively." He further says: "Al-Khalil has said, ?In high Arab language at-ta'am is wheat in particular." The same meaning has been given by Ibnu ?l-Athir in an-Nihayah. It is for this reason that in most of ahadith narrated from the Imams of Ahlu ?l Bayt (a.s.) it has been declared that at-ta'am in this verse means wheat and other grains, although a few traditions give another meaning; and we shall talk about it under "Traditions".

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