SWINE

Arabic k͟hinzīr ( خنزير‎ ), pl. k͟hanāzīr . Heb. ‏חֲזִיר‎ k͟hazīr . Swine’s flesh is strictly forbidden to Muslims in four different places in the Qurʾān, namely, Sūrahs ii. 168 , v. 4 , vi. 146 , xvi. 116 ; in which places its use is prohibited with that which dieth of itself and blood. In the Traditions, it is related that Muḥammad said that “when Jesus the Son of Mary shall descend from the heavens upon your people as a just king, and he will break the cro and will kill all the swine . ” ( Mishkāt , book xxiii. ch. vi.)