Explanation of His saying: “So eat from what Allah has provided for you, lawful and good, and be grateful for the blessing of Allah if it is Him you worship. Only forbidden to you are carrion, blood, and the flesh of pigs…”
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The Shaykh : Then He said: [An-Nahl 16:114-115] This is better than what came before. Eat from the good things We have provided for you. Here He says: [An-Nahl 16:114] ... but the meaning is the same. [An-Nahl 16:114] There He said: [Al-Baqarah 2:172] [Al-Baqarah 2:173] The same thing, we have explained it. [Al-Baqarah 2:173] And here He said: [Al-Baqarah 2:192] The discussion is complete. All the verses indicate the permissibility of eating forbidden things in cases of necessity. We have mentioned that necessity is measured by its extent, and that it is not permissible to eat more than what satisfies one’s hunger. As for the fetus, we said that it becomes permissible; if one is compelled, one eats it, and if one is not compelled, one throws it away. Yes. So we stop... Good, if Allah wills.
The questioner : ...؟
The Shaykh : Its benefit is what we mentioned yesterday.
The questioner : ...؟
The Shaykh : No, no, we mentioned it yesterday as well. Yes, Ali.
The questioner : ...؟
The Shaykh : One does not choose as long as all of it is made lawful. One chooses, meaning, for example, does he eat the liver or the spleen? He eats what he wants. No, he does not want the forbidden thing now, but perhaps his stomach is repelled by meat and not by the liver. Yes.
(114) Then eat of what Allah has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And be grateful for the favor of Allah, if it is [indeed] Him that you worship. (115) He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
فكلوا مما رزقكم الله حلالا طيبا واشكروا نعمت الله إن كنتم إياه تعبدون إنما حرم عليكم الميتة والدم ولحم الخنزير وما أهل لغير الله به فمن اضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فإن الله غفور رحيمeat of what Allah has provided for you [which is] lawful and good. And be grateful for the favor of Allah
كلوا مما رزقكم الله حلالا طيبا واشكروا نعمة اللهand be grateful to Allah
واشكروا للهAnd be grateful for the favor of Allah
واشكروا نعمت اللهand be grateful to Allah if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.
واشكروا لله إن كنتم إياه تعبدونHe has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood
إنما حرم عليكم الميتة والدمBut whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
فمن اضطر غير باغ ولا عاد فلا إثم عليه إن الله غفور رحيمthen indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
فإن الله غفور رحيمThe questioner : ...؟
The Shaykh : Its benefit is what we mentioned yesterday.
The questioner : ...؟
The Shaykh : No, no, we mentioned it yesterday as well. Yes, Ali.
The questioner : ...؟
The Shaykh : One does not choose as long as all of it is made lawful. One chooses, meaning, for example, does he eat the liver or the spleen? He eats what he wants. No, he does not want the forbidden thing now, but perhaps his stomach is repelled by meat and not by the liver. Yes.