The word of the Most High { Indeed He has forbidden you dead meat, blood, and pork, and that which has been slaughtered in the name of other than Allah; but anyone who is compelled, not desiring and not transgressing, he is not guilty of sin; indeed Allah is forgiving, merciful } : here there are thirty-four points. … The twenty-sixth: … if someone who feels compelled finds some dead meat, or a pig, or the meat of a human, he may eat the dead meat, since it is permissible in the circumstance; but pigs and humans are not permissible in any circumstance; and a light prohibition is more likely to be denounced than a firm prohibition, for example although it is disliked for someone to have intercourse with his sister as well as with a woman other than a wife or marriageable relative, he may have intercourse with the woman, since she is permissible to him under certain circumstances; and this is the principle in the present rulings. One must not eat a human, even if he dies; this is what our scholars say, and Ahmad and Dawud say likewise. Ahmad makes his assertion based on what He (peace be upon him) said: “Breaking the bone of a dead man is like breaking it when he is alive.” And Al-Shafi’i said: One may eat the meat of a human, but it is not permissible for him to kill a dhimmi, as his blood is respectable, nor a Muslim, nor a prisoner, he being the property of another. But if the person is a fighter, or a married adulterer, it is permissible to kill and eat them. And Dawud rebuked Al-Muzani, saying: “He made it permissible to eat the flesh of prophets!” But Ibn Shuraih came back at him, saying: “Rather you risk killing prophets if you forbid them to eat disbelievers!” Ibn Al-‘Arabi said: “The correct view according to me is that one should not eat a human unless he is certain that it will save him and keep him alive.” But Allah knows best.