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This article is about ' in ic' thought. The Qur'an assigns an inferior status to animals in comparison with humans and has a tendency towards . It nevertheless strongly enjoins Muslims to treat animals with compassion and not to abuse them. The animals, together with all the creation, are believed to praise God, even if this praise is not expressed in human language (e.g. see ). According to many verses of the Quran, (, ) the consumption of is forbidden, except in extreme circumstances,

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  • This article is about ' in ic' thought. The Qur'an assigns an inferior status to animals in comparison with humans and has a tendency towards . It nevertheless strongly enjoins Muslims to treat animals with compassion and not to abuse them. The animals, together with all the creation, are believed to praise God, even if this praise is not expressed in human language (e.g. see ). According to many verses of the Quran, (, ) the consumption of is forbidden, except in extreme circumstances,
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  • This article is about ' in ic' thought. The Qur'an assigns an inferior status to animals in comparison with humans and has a tendency towards . It nevertheless strongly enjoins Muslims to treat animals with compassion and not to abuse them. The animals, together with all the creation, are believed to praise God, even if this praise is not expressed in human language (e.g. see ). The Qur'an explicitly allows the eating of the meat of the animals (see ). Prohibitions include , , and animals in the name of someone other than . The Arabic term for the "animal" (i.e. haywan) in its only one appearance in the Qur'an means "the true life" and refers to the life in the next world rather than to "animal". Although the Qur'an considers humans to occupy the highest place, it nevertheless strongly enjoins Muslims to treat animals with compassion and not to abuse them. The Qur'an states that all creation praises God, even if this praise is not expressed in human language (e.g. see ). There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you. Nothing have we omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered to their Lord in the end. According to many verses of the Quran, (, ) the consumption of is forbidden, except in extreme circumstances, A is reported from Muhammad that he issued advice to kill the sinful (') animal within the holy area (') of , such as the rat and the scorpion. Killing animals that are non-domesticated such as zebras and birds in this area is forbidden.
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