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HALAL AND HARAM FOODS Basically all food is halal and allowed for Muslims to eat except what is forbidden explicitly in Quran and what is forbidden by prophet Muhammad saying (Ahadith) or practices. Accordingly, the following is forbidden according to Quran and Prophet saying: Quran says (meaning English translation): "Forbidden to you are the flesh of dead animals and blood and the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to any other than Allah, and that which has been killed by strangling or by beating or by falling or by being gored, and that which has been (partly) eaten by a wild beast except that which you make lawful by slaughtering (before its death), and that which has been sacrificed to idols...." (Quran, chapter 5, Verse 3) Prophet Mohamed (peace be on him) states also that: "forbade the eating of any wild animals with a canine tooth and of any bird with talons." "Wild animals" denotes those which prey on others and devour them by tearing them apart, e.g., the lion, leopard, wolf, and the like; birds with talons such as the hawk, eagle, falcon, etc., do the same. It is worthy to mention also that gelatin made from pork is also forbidden. Intoxicants (eg alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, ...) are also forbidden

Smoking is considered also forbidden as currently assured that smoking is harmful to health and Quran commands us not to harm our health. All animals mentioned above that are forbidden in Islam are also forbidden in Judaism. From the above, it is clear that what is forbidden to eat, except in cases of severe hunger, are mainly dead animals, pork, blood, and what is not slaughtered under name of God. Alcohol and other intoxicants are also forbidden in Islam. refer to question and link below for more information.

What Muslims are forbidden from consuming are:

- pork - meat from carnivorous animals (ie only vegetarian animals allowed) - meat from an animal that has not been properly slaughtered in the name of God, and - intoxicants, such as alcohol. Dead Animals In Islam, there is a prohibition against the eating of dead animals. According to Islamic Fiqh (Jurisprudence), this includes animals that die by drowning, fire, electrocution, trauma (e.g. "roadkill"), or by boiling while alive. (Permitted) animals must be killed by conscious slaughter or by hunting to allow (the most) blood to flow. The exceptions to these rules are generally creatures from the sea, which may die while in open air.

Alcohol
In Islam, alcoholic beverages or any intoxicant is generally forbidden. Intoxicants were forbidden in the Qur'an through several separate verses revealed at different times over a period of years. At first, it was forbidden for Muslims to attend to prayers while intoxicated (4:43). Then a later verse was revealed which said that alcohol contains some good and some evil, but the evil is greater than the good (2:219). This was the next step in turning people away from consumption of it. Finally, "intoxicants and games of chance" were called "abominations of Satan's handiwork," intended to turn people away from God and forget about prayer, and Muslims were ordered to abstain (5:90-91). In Surah Al-Baqarah: 219, it states "They ask Thee concerning Wine and Gambling, Say: In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit." In addition to this, observant Muslims refrain from consuming food products that contain pure vanilla extract or soy sauce as these food products contain about 30% alcohol by volume. [1][2] ==== Blood ==== Eating or drinking blood and its by-products is forbidden. This includes by-products like hot dogs or meats that have not been drained of blood.

Omnivores
Consumption of omnivores, such as pigs, bears, rats, foxes, genets, monkeys, apes and dogs, is prohibited.