Chapter 21
As many people are writing to me
for personal answers as to what
we should and should not eat, I
think it would lessen my work
and be wise if you kept this
book where you may refer to it
when needed.
Many of my followers write
and tell me of the results they
are receiving from eating one
meal a day or one meal every
other day. This will produce
good results and lengthen our
lives. But children should not
be forced to fast or to eat once
a day or once every other day.
Children and babies should
eat at least twice a day. If you
are now eating three meals a day
and you would like to eat one
meal every other day, you should
not -- all of a sudden -- change
from three meals a day, every
day, to one meal every other
day.
First drop to two meals a
day, then one meal a day, and
then one meal every other day.
It is better to do it this way
so that you will not make
yourself sick. And if you eat
every other day, do not begin
your meal with heavy food.
I receive many questions in
regard to meat, fish, and
poultry. The main thing Allah,
as well as the Holy Quran,
reminds us of is that when it
comes to meat and fish, Allah
forbids us to eat the flesh of
swine or of fish weighing 50
pounds or more.
Although some people will not
eat fish at all, there are many
fish that we can eat; some
weighing as little as a pound or
a pound and a half.
When eating fish, we should
confine our fish-eating to those
fish weighing between one and
ten pounds. As I said previously
do not eat the scavengers of the
sea such as oysters, crabs,
clams, snails, shrimp, eels, or
catfish.
The catfish is a very filthy
fish. He loves filth and is the
pig of the water. Some people
write in, complaining about the
fish that swim on their sides,
but these fish can be eaten.
Allah has taught me that
chickens are not good for us to
eat. They are quite filthy
(inasmuch as they do not eat the
cleanest of food), but we eat
them.
We eat beef and lamb; but
Allah also said that they are
not very good for us. It is not
a sin for us to eat them. It is
not a sin for us to eat camels.
But if we can find better food,
we should not eat the above
mentioned food. Many write and
ask if they should eat meat at
all. It is not a sin for you to
eat meat, but it is a sin for
you to eat the meat of the hog.
If we want to prolong our
lives, it is best that we do not
eat meat or do not eat it so
often. Beef is very coarse and
many of our people do not eat it
because of that. Horsemeat can
also be eaten. It is cleaner
than the average meat. But we
should not eat it unless we are
extremely hungry and have
nothing else to eat because it
is a domestic animal and is
gentle and close to the home.
It is not even a sin to eat
rabbit. But since Allah said
that the rabbit is so closely
related to the house cat, we do
not eat it. The rabbit, however,
is cleaner than the house cat
because he eats vegetables,
roots and herbs and he does not
eat insects or other animals.
Allah has said that no wild
game should be eaten at all.
Regardless of how you love deer
meat, the deer is not good to
eat. No game that run wild in
the woods or birds that fly,
with the exception of baby
pigeons, called squabs, they
have never flown away from the
nest where they were born,
should be eaten. Please do not
eat coons, possums, turtles,
turtle eggs, or frog legs. None
of these are good for us.
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