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Peace all,
I would appreciate any comments on 53 and what implications some of the restrictions would have.
Literal Forbidden on you is the animal whose death was caused by suffocation or strangulation, and the blood, and the pig's/swine's flesh/meat, and what was declared/praised the name of whom the sacrifice was made for to other than God with it, and the strangled/choked to death, and the beaten to death/dead due to sickness, and the fallen/destroyed/perished (to death), and the animal whose death was caused by another's horns , and what the beast or bird of prey ate (from), except what you slaughtered, and what was slaughtered on the slaughter places, and that you seek oath with the featherless arrows , that (is) debauchery ; today those who disbelieved despair from your religion, so do not fear them, and fear Me, today I completed for you your religion, and I completed on you My blessing , and I accepted/approved for you the Islam (as) a religion, so who was forced in hunger, not deviating from righteousness/justice to a sin/crime, so that God was/is forgiving, merciful.
Free-Minds Forbidden to you is that which is already dead, and the blood, and the meat of pig, and what was sacrificed to other than God, and that which has been strangled, and that which has been beaten to death, and that which has fallen from a height, and that which has been gored, and that which the wild animals have eaten from except what you managed to rescue, and what has been slaughtered on alters, and what you divide by the arrows of chance. This is all vile. Today the rejecters have given up from your system, so do not fear them, but fear Me. Today I have perfected your system for you, and completed My blessings upon you, and I have accepted surrender as the system for you. So, whoever is forced by severe hunger and not seeking sin, then God is Forgiving, Merciful.
Would these restrictions only apply to livestock or other animals as well? In which case what about the way fish are caught? I have been researching quite a lot about the way fish are caught and in the majority of cases especially commercial trawlers, there is a staggering amount of deliberate waste of perfectly good fish (bycatch). Many fish die of pressure and other causes before they even leave the net. When I was in China, most shops had live fish kept in tanks that they would slaughter and cook for you if you wanted it. I find that a far better way to eat fish (fresh and not stressed to an extreme degree) than commerically caught fish, as they are studies that a certain percentage of fish are spoiled before they leave the market leaving aside the unethical ways of overfishing and waste of good fish caught.
Many would say, but this is the way it is done, I don't think that excuses us from doing it in a better, more ethical fashion and being more conscious of what we eat. This also goes for slaughter houses where animals are treated in a vile manner and then slaughtered in cruel ways. The implications of a lot of these restrictions would mean a far more careful study of where we buy our meat from and how they are treating the animal as they catch and/or slaughter it.
What the basic question comes down to is, does 53 relate to creatures of the sea as well as livestock and if it does, what are the implications of these restrictions on how we catch fish and other seafood.
Thanks in advance.