Is it true that Al-Maʿarri restricted himself to eating plants and forbade eating meat, citing the words of his contemporary Al-Ghazali: "And Abu Al-ʿAla Al-Maʿarri drew near to him when he called for the prohibition of slaughtering animals, making it a manifestation of piety and mercy, and said in his poem, the opening of which is: I have become sick in mind and faith, so meet me that you may know the news of true matters"?
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Abu Al-Ala Al-Ma'arri is famous for atheism and heresy. Scholars have condemned him and attributed heresy to him due to his misguided beliefs, among which is his prohibition of eating meat, about which he composed a poem. Ibn Al-Qayyim says about him that he refrained from eating animals, claiming it was an injustice to them through pain and slaughter.
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