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Food and Drink Regulations. O ye who believe, eat of the lawful and wholesome things We have provided for you, and render thanks to Allah, if truly it is. He whom you worship. He has made unlawful for you that which has died, and blood and flesh of swine, and that on which the name of any other than Allah has been invoked (2:173, 174). . Forbidden to you is the flesh of a dead animal, and blood, and the flesh of swine; and that on which the name of one other than. ALLAH is invoked; and the flesh of an animal that has been strangled, or is beaten to death, or is killed by a fall, or is gored to death; and of which a wild animal has eaten, unless you have slaughtered it properly before its death; and that which has been slaughtered at an altar. But whoso is driven by necessity to eat any of these, without being wilfully inclined to sin, in such a case, surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Ever Merciful (5:4). . Lawful are made to you quadrupeds of the class of cattle other than those which are expressly forbidden, except that you should not hold game to be lawful while you are in a state of pilgrimage. (5:2). The game of the sea and the eating thereof is made lawful for you as a provision for you and the travellers (5:97). . They ask thee concerning liquor and gambling. Tell them:. There is great harm in both and also some profit for people, but their harm is greater than their advantage (2:220). . From the above verses of the Holy Quran we conclude that the following are forbidden in Islam: a) Animals and birds that have died a natural death. b) Animals killed without invoking the name of Allah. c) Animals strangled to death. d) The flesh of pig. e). Animals of which a wild beast has eaten. f) Blood. g) Alchohol. . The food which is prohibited in Islam is called HARÂM, and that which is allowed in Islam is called HALAL. 2