Assalamualaikum,
First of all there are differences between veganism and plant based diet that everyone should know. A vegan diet is strictly no animal products, this includes not eat meat, dairy, eggs, or honey, and also don’t wear animal products or use certain products tested. However, plant-based diets (way of eating) means eating more plants and cutting back or reduces on animal products. In certain part, there are no restrictions about wearing or using animal products.
My thoughts about plants based diet started after watches Dr Nael Bernard several videos in the YouTube few months ago. I likes how he confidently talk about this diet and smoothly transform my entire perspective about foods. This is because the next day while ate Nasi Lemak (Malaysian top dish) with fried chicken for breakfast, I magically seen my everyday consumption actually written about my body health.
Let's talk how beneficial this diet are, with maintaining enough plate serving nutrition per day obviously no obesity will notify. Secondly by reduces fatty and calories intake it surely can make better heart pumping. Thirdly it might lessen risk of cancer, in avoiding meats which are booster for growth of abnormal cells. Forth as anti-inflammatory qualities in fastening healing or recovery process, in the same time could reduce the pain that might experience. At the end, it will balanced hormone and getting body fitness.
In practices this diet I look out some points in my life, basically I'm allergic to certain seafood and only ate familiar foods to avoid any subsequences. I'm not done yet any allergy blood or skin test, or scope procedure. Normally i knew what I must avoid if after I ate the things and my eyes start to teary, red rashes and itchy. But in some cases, it's too fast until I experienced some swelling of the entire body, stomach ache, vomiting, diarrhoea and light-headedness. This time, I will directly go to the hospital and took a shoot.
In above statements this surely good for my health but in consider proceeding to this diet i then take a look in Islamic views. Is it permitted? Is it haraam if I refuse to eat animals? These questions start lingering in my mind and i interested to know how islam put on this topic. In islam they're slaughter of sheep, chicken, cow, camel for Eid or Qurban to make them halal to eat in that celebrations day. People used to have animals in their compound and in Asia its our everyday consumption. One important question, do i can survive in this diet?
Some webs i found had mentioning that the Prophet (SAWS) was not a meat-eater. Most of his meals did not have meat in them. And the proof of that is clearly in the Muwatta—when Sayyidina Umar says, ‘Beware of meat, because it has an addiction like the addiction of wine'. While hadith in the Muwatta, there is a chapter called ‘Bab al-Laham,’ the chapter of laham, the chapter of meat. Both are from Sayyidina Umar. And Umar, during his khilafa, prohibited people from eating meat two days in a row.
In the same time, Mufti Ebrahim Desai said a Muslim may be a vegetarian. However, he should not regard eating meat as prohibited. This is because Muslim can eat halal meat and not that Haraam by abstaining from it is an act of worship, as the Brahmins, monks and others do. Allah says in the Qur’an in surat an-Nahl, “And cattle He has created for you. From them you drive wont and numerous benefits and of their meat, you eat.” (16:5-8).
Insyaallah i will run through this diets little by little, and make it fully by end of next year. My real intention in this diet is only for my healthier life, like spiritual reasons. I don't like to feels weak and harm my own body. Needs only enough nutrition, and surely comes from fresh whole foods. In the simple words, vegetarianism is halal. Meat is not compulsory. And Allah Taãla knows best.
