Eating Cow Meat
Allah says in the Holy Quran in Surah Anam, Ch 6, V. No. 108…
‘Revile not those who worship gods besides Allah, lest in their ignorance, they will revile Allah (swt)
On the topic of Cows:
Question:
Alot of Hindus have this Question which is: Muslims – they keep on killing Cows why cant they live on veg’
Answer:
You see every allegation requires an answer.
Any other questions just ask, my muslims brothers and sisters we are all here to clarify the misconception – it is my pleasure. Only if I clarify the misconception, will the person understand Islam better. More a person criticizes and more he is logically convinced, will he understand Islam better. That is what we do – Islam says spread the message of truth, with hiqmat. The Qur’an says in Surah, Nahl, Ch. 16, V.125 …(Arabic)… That is…‘Invite all to the way of thy Lord, with wisdom and beautiful preaching, and argue with them, and reason with them, in ways that are best and most gracious’.
Regarding the concept of... ‘Can we have Non-Veg?’ – .
Talking about killing cows, etc. And there are many Non-Muslims who say…‘You know, you Muslims, you all are ruthless people, you all kill animals.’ Just for your information, a Muslim can be a very good Muslim, even by being a pure vegetarian. It is not compulsory that he should have Non-Veg, to be a good Muslim. But since the Qur’an says in several places… ‘You can have the cattle’ – Why we should not have ?
The Qur’an says in Surah Maidah, Ch. No.5, V. No. 1 – It says that …(Arabic)… ‘Fulfil all your obligation – and lawful for you are all four footed animals, with exceptions named.’ Qur’an says in Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16, V. No. 5, that… ‘Allah has created for you cattle, which are the signs – From it you derive warmth, and there are various benefits in it, and of their meat, you can eat.’ Qur’an repeats this in Surah Mominun Ch. 23, V. 21... ‘You can eat the meat of the cattle’.
You know in Non-Veg – It is rich in protein, it is rich in iron, and it is very nutritious. In the other foods, the level of protein which get, in Non-Veg. – you cannot get in any other vegetarian food. Soya bean which is supposed to be the best form of protein in vegetable – it comes no where to close to the Non-Veg. protein.
And regarding the concept of killing of cows –
If you read the Hindu Scriptures – I am not here to criticize any Religion – I have to speak the truth – it permits a person to have Non-Veg. If you read the Hindu Scriptures, the Sages and Sants…they had Non-Veg… They even had beef. It is later on, due to the influence of the other Religions like Jainism, etc. that people were being influenced in the philosophy of Ahimsa...of not to kill animals – that they accepted this philosophy in the way of life.
Otherwise, Islam is also for animal rights -I can give a talk only on animal rights. Islam is the Religion which says that...‘Do not overburden the animals, treat them nicely, give them food – But when required, they are even created for food.’ If you analyze the other Religions which believe in this philosophy…‘That you should not have Non-Veg.’ – This philosophy was based on the concept that…‘You should not kill animals, because they are living creatures – Therefore having Non-Veg. is a sin.’
I do agree with them – If any human being can live in this world without killing a single living creature, I would be the first one. The Universal Brotherhood in Hinduism, is that…‘Every living creature is your brother – every living creature, irrespective whether he is a animal or a bird or an insect.’ I am asking a simple question that…‘How can a person even survive for five minutes, without killing millions of his brothers?’
Those who know simple science, will understand what I am saying. That, whenever you breathe, there are millions of germs you are inhaling, and you are killing – that means in this Religion, you are killing your brothers to survive.
The Universal Brotherhood in Islam is, every human being is your brother – brotherhood in faith is, every Muslim is a brother. Every living creature is not my brother – but we have to protect the living creature, should not harm them, should not unnecessarily torture them – but when required, you can have them for food. So when this philosophy says that…‘Having Non-Veg. is a sin, because you kill living creature’ –
Today science tells us that…‘Even the plants have life’ – Do you know that? So the logic that…‘Killing living creatures is a sin’, has failed.
So now they change the logic, and they say that...‘See plants have got life, but plants cannot feel pain – therefore killing the animals is a greater sin, as compared to killing plants.
Do you know today science is advanced, and we have come to know, even the plants can feel pain – the plants can even cry, the plants even feel happy – so the logic that plants cannot feel pain, has failed.
What is the thing – the cry of the plant cannot be heard by the human ear, because the human ear has a frequency of twenty cycles per second, to twenty thousand cycles per second. Anything between this, the human ear can hear – anything below or above, the human ear can not hear. For example, if a master blows a dog whistle – you know there are dog whistles – It is called as a silent dog whistle – It blows the whistle, which has a frequency of above twenty thousand cycles, and below forty thousand cycles, per second. The dog can hear upto forty thousand cycles per second – So when the master blows the whistle, the dog hears the whistle, but the human beings do not hear – It is called as a silent dog whistle. Similarly, the cry given out by the plant cannot be heard by the human being – but they also cry, they also feel pain.
There was a brother of ours who argued with maximum, and he told me that...‘Brother, I agree with you, that the plants have got life, they can feel pain – but you know, the plants have got two senses less. They only have three senses – the animals have got five senses – therefore killing an animal is a greater sin, as compared to killing a plant. So I told him...
‘Brother suppose you have a younger brother, who is born deaf and dumb – two senses less. After he grows up, if someone goes and kills him, will you tell the Judge: O me lord give the murderer a less punishment because my brother had two senses less? Will you say that? You will say: ‘Me lord give him double punishment because he killed a person who was innocent’. So in Islam the logic does not work like that – two senses or three senses. Islam says in Surah Baqarah, Ch. 2, V. 168…‘Eat of the good things that We have provided for you’
– That means, whatever is good and lawful, you can have. And that is the reason if you analyze, the cattle in the world
– Allah (swt) has His way – Almighty God – the reproduction of the cattle is very fast, as compared to reproduction of the other animals and the human beings – they reproduce very fast. If I agree with you that no human beings should have any cattle, then we will have over population of cattle in the world. And regarding killing of cows, there is a book written by Maulana Abdul Karim Parikh ‘Gauhatya’… ‘Cow slaughter – Who is to blame?’ And if you analyze the people that deal in leather…leather of cows – more Non-Muslims, than Muslims. Leathers – the Jains…they deal in that – So the people who are responsible to benefit from the cow slaughter, are not the Muslims – the more of them are Non-Muslims. So if you know history well, and if you know logic also well, you will understand that Allah says...‘Eat of the good things We have provided for you’ – If you can have, there is no problem.
And besides that if you analyze, the set of teeth of the herbivorous animals…the cow, the goat, the sheep – they only eat vegetables – they have a flat set of teeth.
If you have analyze the set of teeth of the carnivorous animal – the lion, the tiger, the leopard, they have got sharp pointed teeth – they can only have Non-Veg.
If you analyze the set of teeth of the human beings – if you go in the mirror and look at your teeth – we have pointed teeth, as well as flat teeth. If Almighty God wanted us to have only vegetables, why did He give us these pointed teeth? …For what? To have Non-Veg.
If you analyze the digestive system of the herbivorous animal…the cow, the goat, the sheep – they have digestive system which can only digest vegetables.
The digestive system of the carnivorous animal…the lion, the tiger, the leopard – they can only digest Non-Veg.
The digestive system of the human being can digest both Non-Veg. and Veg. If Almighty God wanted us to have only Vegetables, why did He give us a digestive system that can digest both Veg. and Non-Veg.
So scientifically if you analyze, Almighty God wanted us to have both, Veg. as well as Non-Veg. – Hope that answers the question of the Hindus. If you have any queries, any other misconception brother, it is my pleasure to reply. One misconception at a time – So that I can do justice to each of the misconception.
