The Ruling on Consuming Foods That Are Harmful to Health
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: If it is known that some foods are harmful to health, and their harm is established, what is the ruling on consuming them? And does a person earn reward for abstaining from them?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to eat what is harmful,[Al-Baqarah 2:195]. It is not permissible for a person to eat what harms him or drink what harms him, [An-Nisa 4:29]. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the prohibited things and warned against them. It is not permissible for a Muslim to consume them or be lax in observing their prohibition. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: If it is known that some foods are harmful to health, and their harm is established, what is the ruling on consuming them? And does a person earn reward for abstaining from them?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to eat what is harmful,
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِAnd do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [127/186] حكم تناول المأكولات الضارة صحياً - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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