Animals in Islam

According to Islam, animals are conscious of God. According to the Quran, they praise Him, even if this praise is not expressed in human language.^[1]^[2] Baiting animals for entertainment or gambling is prohibited.^[3]^[4] It is forbidden to kill any animal except for food or to prevent it from harming people.

The Quran explicitly allows the consumption of the meat of certain halal (lawful) animals.^[2]^[5] Although some Sufis have practised vegetarianism, there has been no serious discourse on the possibility of interpretations of scripture that require vegetarianism.^[2] Certain animals can be eaten under the condition that they are slaughtered in a specified way.^[6]

^ See Quran 17:44
^ ^a ^b ^c "Islam, Animals, and Vegetarianism" in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (Bron Taylor (chief ed.), Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2008).
^ Al-Adab al-Mufrad, Book 1, Hadith 1232
^ Susan J. Armstrong; Richard G. Botzler (2003). The Animal Ethics Reader. Routledge (UK) Press. pp. 235–237. ISBN 0415275881.
^ See Quran 5:1
^ Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (2001): The Dietary Laws Archived 2 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[ReferenceA-1] See Quran 17:44

[EoR&N-2] "Islam, Animals, and Vegetarianism" in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (Bron Taylor (chief ed.), Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2008).

[Al-Adab_al-Mufrad,_1:_1232-3] Al-Adab al-Mufrad, Book 1, Hadith 1232

[ArmstrongBotzler-4] Susan J. Armstrong; Richard G. Botzler (2003). The Animal Ethics Reader. Routledge (UK) Press. pp. 235–237. ISBN 0415275881.

[5] See Quran 5:1

[die-6] Javed Ahmad Ghamidi (2001): The Dietary Laws Archived 2 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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