It is mentioned in the traditions that eating one Haram morse l of food...

It is mentioned in the traditions that eating one Haram morse l of food, the effects will remain in the body for forty days and, during this period, the prayers of the person may not be answered. We are helpless and powerless If someone gives a serious thought to the facts he would cry out (the verse of the Qur’an), “ Amman yujeebul mudtarra… - Who is there to answer the distressed…” The foods we consume take us to darkness. There is no light in them that can give nourishment to our spirits.

Our tongues too are influenced by these foods that we utter falsehoods and abusive language. We indulge in misguiding games and play. Backbiting has become our habit. All our limbs and organs have been exposed to the effects of Haram and unsavory ( makrūh) foods. The body has therefore become insensitive to the instinct of remembrance of Allah (S.w.T.). The limbs and organs have thus turned into the playthings of Satan.

When a child is brought up on najis food, he will develop negative and un-Islamic tendencies as he grows up. It is to be borne in minds that only animals can take Najis food*.* The occasion when one is required to abstain even from Halal food is when he is fully sated and can eat no more at that moment. Over-eating is a prohibited and a satanic trait. Identify the Haram morsel of food A thing that comes to you in an illegitimate manner is Haram or prohibited.

If one acquires bread by cheating someone or he has usurped it from someone, or has bought it from the proceeds of usury, or has consumed without the knowledge or permission of the rightful owner, then he has contravened the rules of Shari’ah. This is a Haram act. The next in line of impure foods is the ‘ murdaar’ or the meat of an animal that has not been slaughtered properly as required by the Shari’ah.

This applies also to those animals eating of whose meat is permissible in the Islamic Shari’ah.