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What is the wisdom behind the prohibition of blood and the miraculous aspect in that, based on the noble verse: "He has only forbidden to you dead animals and blood and the flesh of swine"?

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Being overly meticulous in searching for the wisdom behind religious rulings is not from the guidance of the Salaf (pious predecessors). Rather, their primary concern was to obey commands and avoid prohibitions. However, seeking the legal reasons (hikam shar'iyyah) to remove doubts or to demonstrate the greatness of Islam is a commendable matter. Modern science has revealed that blood is a suitable environment for the proliferation of germs and contains no nutritional value. Rather, it is indigestible and may cause vomiting, and it contains toxic elements such as carbon dioxide. This explains the wisdom behind the prohibition of blood in Islam and the slaughtering (tadhkiyah) process, which expels harmful blood. Allah Almighty says: "Say, 'I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who eats it, except that it be a dead animal or blood poured forth or the flesh of swine — for indeed, that is an abomination — or what is a defiantly disobedient animal offered to other than Allah.' But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], then indeed, your Lord is Forgiving and Merciful." [Al-An'am: 145]. The Holy Quran describes the Prophet (peace be upon him) as one who "permits for them good things and prohibits for them evil things." [Al-A'raf: 175].

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