Allah has forbidden the consumption of certain animals’ meat for wise reasons. The things that are forbidden are evaluated in terms of faith, spirituality, morality, and cleanliness. The Qur’an emphasizes that impure and filthy things, referred to as habais, should not be consumed. Additionally, one of the general principles of Islam is the prohibition of consuming harmful substances. The foods that are forbidden in the Qur’an include carrion (animals that died without proper slaughter), blood that flows (Al-An’am, 6:145), pork (Al-Baqarah, 2:173; Al-Ma’idah, 5:3; Al-An’am, 6:145), and animals slaughtered in the name of anything other than Allah (Al-Baqarah, 2:173).
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) also emphasized that certain animals are forbidden to eat. These include predatory animals, predatory birds, filthy animals (Muslim, Sayd, 15-16; Abu Dawood, Et’ime, 32), all insects except locusts, and animals that hunt with claws or talons, like wild birds and beasts. Additionally, mules and donkeys, as well as inherently filthy animals, are also forbidden.
Among the land animals whose meat is forbidden are wolves, bears, lions, hyenas, leopards, weasels, squirrels, foxes, ferrets, cats, dogs, and birds such as kites, ravens, eagles, vultures, bats, hawks, and falcons. Additionally, forbidden creatures include mice, moles, hedgehogs, lizards, scorpions, snakes, frogs, snails, worms, bees, and flies.