Allah makes things unlawful when He mentions them explicitly in the Quran, just because other categories are not mentioned does not make them haram! Now, I ask you guys to give me a verse from the Quran that mentions other categories by name and makes them unlawful. Not verses from where you implicitly deduce such a prohibition, clear explicit verses.It can't be done because there is no such verse!
Salaam!
I believe this is your main point in the entire discussion. If you are saying
as a general principle that whatever not
explicitly mentioned in the Quran as prohibited cannot be considered as forbidden, you are wrong. If that is the case, the Quran would contain endless lists of prohibitions and permissions. Based on the same logic, will you also say that Allah makes things lawful only when He mentions them
explicitly in the Quran? Your demand to show you explicit verses from Quran mentioning the categories of animals by names that are made unlawful is very silly. Are you sure that the Arabs were even aware about all different categories of animals? It is just sufficient to state the permissible animals in order to understand what are not permissible.
Anyhow, it need not necessary that all lawful and unlawful things are to be explicitly mentioned in the Quran to make them lawful and unlawful. At the same time, Quran being a complete source of guidance, we shall be able to deduct the permissibility and non permissibility of any given issue either through explicit verses, implicit verses, including general principles contained in the Quran. For example, permissibility or non permissibility of organ donation, smoking, etc is decided not based on whether they are explicitly mentioned in the Quran, but based on deductions and general principles contained in the Quran. According to me, even the instruction in the Quran to eat what is Tayib is sufficient to prove Dogs, Cats, Rats, etc are not allowed.
A perusal of the Quran indicates that not many things we face in our day today affairs are declared
explicitly as Haraam. For many things simply boundary lines are drawn. And human thought and intellect is left independent, free to soar, within the boundaries thus prescribed, so that it is free to find the solutions for the different issues and problems. Islam is a collective system of life where affairs are decided by mutual consultations focusing on the principles and general guidelines contained in the Quran. Based on this, if an Islamic society reaches a decision, say for instance, organ donation is permissible, the decision should be respected and binding on all, irrespective of individual differences of opinion.
Correct me if I have made anything wrong in the above comments.
Regards,
Optimist