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In the boly Koran animal life stands on the some footieg as buman life in the sight of God: "There is no beast on earth nor bird, which flieth with its wings, but the same is a people life unto you mankind-upto the lord shall they return ".
"All his creatures are Allah's family for their subsistance is from Him; therefore the most beloved unto Allah is the person who does good to Allah's family. Whoever is kind to his creatures, Allah is kind on him."
Some of the mystics in Islam never encouraged the practice of Slaughtering animals. What is called Ahinda is completely observed during the period of Hajj, where the Muslims from all over the world congregate in the Dame of God. There were and there still are a number of Muslim Saints and commoners, who abstain from meat eating. Hazrat Ali seldom took meat and would say, "Don't make your stomach a tomb of slaughtered animale."
A man came before the prophet with 8 carpet and said, "O Prophet, I passed through a wood and beard the voices of the young ones of birds, took and put them into my carpet. Their mother came fluttering round my head and I uncovered the young. The mother fell down upon them. I wrapped them up in carpet and these are the young ones which I have." The Prophet said, "Put them down," and when he did so, their mother
1. Koran VI 38. 192]
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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