Book of Foods
Introduction
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Book of Foods
Every pure food 1 that poses no harm is permissible, even musk and similar substances.

Impure items are forbidden, such as carrion, blood, and pork. Urine and dung are likewise2 prohibited, even when the animal they come from is deemed ritually pure.

Among land animals it is unlawful to eat domesticated donkeys and any beast that preys with its fangs: lion, tiger, wolf, cheetah, dog, monkey, bear, mongoose, jackal, ermine, cat—whether tame or wild—fox, squirrel, and sable.

Among birds, whatever hunts with its talons is forbidden, such as the eagle, hawk, falcon, sparrow-hawk, merlin 3, kite, and owl.

Also prohibited are creatures that feed on carrion: the vulture, Egyptian vulture, qāq 4, stork, crow, bat, mouse, wasp, bee, fly, hoopoe, swallow, hedgehog, porcupine, snake, and all insects.

Permissible to eat are creatures that originate from a lawful, pure food source, such as the bean weevil and the worms that form in vinegar or cheese, provided they are consumed together with the host food and not separately.