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  2. Animals in Islam - Wikipedia

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    According to Islam, human beings are allowed to use animals, but only if the rights of the animals are respected. The owner of an animal must do everything to benefit the animal. If the owner fails to perform their duties for the animal, the animal goes to someone else. The duties humans have to animals in Islam are based in the Quran, Sunnah ...

  3. Qurban (Islamic ritual sacrifice) - Wikipedia

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    e. Qurbāni (Arabic: قربان) or uḍḥiyah (Arabic: أضحية, lit. 'sacrificial animal') as referred to in Islamic law, is a ritual animal sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The concept and definition of the word is derived from the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of Muslims, and is the analog of qorban in ...

  4. Killing of animals - Wikipedia

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    The sacrificed animal is a sheep, goat, cow or camel. [7] [10] The animal sacrifice, states Philip Stewart, is not required by the Quran, but is based on interpretations of other Islamic texts. [11] Goat sacrifice. The Eid al-Adha is major annual festival of animal sacrifice in Islam.

  5. Aniconism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Aniconism in Islam. In some forms of Islamic art, aniconism (the avoidance of images of sentient beings) stems in part from the prohibition of idolatry and in part from the belief that the creation of living forms is God 's prerogative. The Quran itself does not prohibit visual representation of any living being.

  6. Hunting - Wikipedia

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    Bushmen bowhunting for bushmeat in Botswana. Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. [10] The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, etc.), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), although it may also be done for ...

  7. Ritual slaughter - Wikipedia

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    Ritual slaughter. Ritual slaughter is the practice of slaughtering livestock for meat in the context of a ritual. Ritual slaughter involves a prescribed practice of slaughtering an animal for food production purposes. Ritual slaughter as a mandatory practice of slaughter for food production is practiced by some Muslim and Jewish communities.

  8. Hasht Bihisht - Wikipedia

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    Bahram Gur listens as Dilaram enchants the animals. " Hasht-Bihisht " (Persian: هشت بهشت, lit. "The Eight Paradises") is a famous poem written by Amir Khusrow around 1302 AD. The poem is based on the Haft Paykar by Nizami, written around 1197 AD, which in turn takes its outline from the earlier epic Shahnameh written by Firdausi around ...

  9. Al-Jahiz - Wikipedia

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    The actual name of al-Jahiz was Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Bahr ibn Maḥbūb. His grandfather, Maḥbūb, was a protégé or mawali of ‘Amr ibn Qal‘ al-Kinānī, who was from Arab Banu Kinanah tribe. [n 1] Not much is known about al-Jāḥiẓ's early life, but his family was very poor. Born in Basra early in 160/February 776, he asserted in ...