Why has the consumption of human flesh been forbidden? Is its prohibition an act of honoring humanity, or is it because it is the most delicious type of meat? Which of the two meats is more delicious: human flesh or animal flesh?
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Allah the Almighty has not forbidden anything except for a wisdom. Allah has honored the human being and prohibited aggression against him, and made it obligatory to bury his corpse, which contradicts the permissibility of eating his flesh. The questioner is advised to focus on religiously beneficial questions.
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