Zakir Naik – My Hindu tutor asked me that if I had only one bread and a hungry man comes and asks me for the food

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A man named Muhammad inquires about what to eat in a situation where two individuals die of hunger. The man is confused by what Islam says about eating and gives the example of a non- Islam person eating only half of their loaf of bread. The man explains that if they die of hunger, they will be saved and that if they fail one human being, they will be killed.

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			The next question from Muhammad sourwood Lucknow, India. I am a student, sir you are a great Muslim
influencer for the Ummah, Sama Hindu.
		
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			Tutor asked me that if I had only one bread, and the hungry man comes and asks me for the food, and
we both are dying of hunger. What does Islam say in such a situation? Should I eat? Or should I give
him? It's a very tricky question, asked by the teacher of mama sewed
		
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			that if you're hungry, and you're dying of hunger, and another hungry man comes and eat, will dying
of hunger, and you have only one piece of bread. So would you eat it yourself? Or would you give it
to the hungry man? What does Islam teach you? Regarding the reply for such a situation if, depending
upon the situation,
		
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			if there's a hungry man who comes and realize
		
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			that
		
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			he's dying of hunger, and I'm dying of hunger to and if we both can survive by having half loaf of
the bread, then I will make that bread into half, give him one half and eat the other half.
		
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			There may be a situation
		
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			that dangly men may be a non Muslim, he may not be used to hunger, I'm a Muslim, I'm used to
fasting. And I know that maybe I do, I'm hungry, I can survive more for a couple of days. And that
hungry non Muslim man,
		
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			he is not used to staying hungry. And if he doesn't get food, maybe in the next few hours, he will
die. So what I will do, I will give the complete loaf of bread to the non Muslim man,
		
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			knowing very well that I'm used to fasting and I can maybe survive for the next few days. And I pray
to Allah subhanaw taala that me he provide me food as soon as possible.
		
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			You may ask me that, what is the logic behind this? The logic behind this is that Allah says in the
Quran
		
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			in surah Majda, chapter number five, was committed to that if anyone kills any other human being,
unless it be for murder, or for spreading corruption in the land, it is as though he has killed the
whole of humanity. This was says, If any Muslim, kills any other innocent human being, whether it be
a Muslim or non Muslim, it is as though he has killed the whole of humanity. And there was
continuous if you save any human being, it is as though you're saved the whole of humanity. This
was, I do not find in any other scripture, except the Glorious Quran, that if you kill one innocent
human being, you have killed the whole of humanity. That means killing any innocent human being is
		
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			prohibited. It is haram. It is a second major sin in Islam. And there was continues that if you save
one innocent human being as though you're saved the whole of humanity, so you're knowing very well
that I'm used to fasting. I can stay hungry for a longer time. I have an opportunity, an easy
opportunity of saving money, human life. So that non Muslim who's not used to stay hungry and you're
dying of hunger, I will give my loaf of bread to Him and pray to Allah subhanaw taala me he saved me
and even God forbid if I die because I failed one human being. It is as though I've saved the whole
of humanity Inshallah, Inshallah, Allah will put Michiana for themselves question