Chapters on Hunting

It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “Whoever kills a house lizard with one blow will have such andsucha reward. Whoever kills it with two blows will have such and suchareward,” less than the first. “And whoever kills it with threeblowswill have such and such reward,” less than that mentioned thesecondtime.

It wasnarrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saidconcerning house lizards: “Vermin.”

It wasnarrated from Sa’ibah, the freed slave woman of Fakih binMughirah,that she entered upon ‘Aishah and saw a spear in her house.Shesaid: “O Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this?” Shesaid: “We kill these house lizards with it, for the Prophet ofAllah(ﷺ) told us that when Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, therewas nobeast on earth that did not try to put it out, apart from thehouselizard that blew on it. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commanded thatthey should be killed.”

It wasnarrated from Abu Tha’labah Al-Khushani that the Prophet (ﷺ)forbade eating any predatory animal that has fangs.

It wasnarrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Eating anypredatory animal that has fangs is unlawful.”

It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “On the Day of Khaibar, theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eating any predatory animal that hasfangs and any bird that has talons.”

It wasnarrated that Khuzaimah bin Jaz’ said: “I said: ‘O MessengerofAllah, I have come to ask you about the vermin of the earth. Whatdoyou say about foxes?’ He said: ‘Who eats foxes?’ I said: ‘OMessenger of Allah, what do you say about wolves?’ He said: ‘Doesanyone in whom there is anything good eat wolves?’”

It wasnarrated that Ibn Abu ‘Ammar, who is ‘Abdur-Rahman, said: “Iasked Jabir bin ‘Abdullah about hyenas: ‘Are they game (that canbehunted)?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ I said: ‘Can I eat them?’ Hesaid: ‘Yes.’ Isaid: ‘Is this something that you heard from theMessenger of Allah(ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘Yes.’”

It wasnarrated that Khuzaimah bin Jaz’ said: “I said: ‘O MessengerofAllah (ﷺ), what do you say about hyenas?’ He said: ‘Who eatshyenas?’”

It wasnarrated that Thabit bin Yazid Al-Ansari said: “We were withtheProphet (ﷺ) and the people caught a mastigure. They grilled itandate from it. Then I caught a mastigure so I grilled it and broughtitto the Prophet (ﷺ). He took a palm stalk and started counting hisfinger with it, and said: ‘A nation from among the Children ofIsraelwas turned into beasts of the earth, and I do not know if thisisthey.’ I said: ‘The people have grilled them and eaten them.’He didnot eat it and he did not forbid it.”

It wasnarrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah: “The Prophet (ﷺ) did notforbid (eating) mastigures, but he found that distasteful. It is thefood of most shepherds, and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, hasbenefited more than one person thereby. If I had some I would eatit.”

It wasnarrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: “A man from amongAhlus-Suffah called the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he had finishedthe prayer, saying: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Our land is a landinfestedwith mastigures. What do you think of (eating) mastigures?’He said:‘I have heard that a nation was transformed.’ He did nottell us toeat them, and he did not forbid that.”

It wasnarrated from Khalid bin Walid that a grilled mastigure wasbroughtto the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and placed near him. Hestretched outhis hand to eat (some of it), then those who werepresent said: “OMessenger of Allah, it is the flesh of a mastigure.”He took hishand away, and Khalid said to him: “O Messenger of Allah,is amastigure unlawful?” He said: “No, but it is not found in my landand I find it distasteful.” He said: “Then Khalid bent over themastigure and ate some of it, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) waslooking at him.”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: “Ido not forbid it,” meaning mastigure.

It wasnarrated that Anas bin Malik said: We passed by Marr Az-Zahranandstartled a rabbit. They chased it but got tired, so I chased itandcaught it. I brought it to Abu Talhah who slaughtered it and sentitsrump and thigh to the Prophet (ﷺ), who accepted it.

it wasnarrated from Muhammad bin Safwan that he passed by theProphet (ﷺ)with two rabbits hanging down. He said: “O Messenger ofAllah, Icaught these two rabbits but I cannot find any iron* withwhich toslaughter them with Marwah** and eat them?” He said: “Eat.”

It wasnarrated that Khuzaimah bin Jaz’ said: “I said: ‘O MessengerofAllah, I have come to you to ask you about the vermin of the earth.What do you say about mastigures?’ He said: ‘I do not eat themand Ido not forbid them.’ I said: ‘I will eat of that which youhave notforbidden. But why (do you not eat them), O Messenger ofAllah?’ Hesaid: ‘One of the nations was turned into beasts and Ilooked at thiscreature and was uncertain.’ I said: ‘O Messengerof Allah, what doyou say about rabbits?’ He said: ‘I do not eatthem and I do notforbid them.’ I said: ‘I will eat of that whichyou have notforbidden. But why (do you not eat them), O Messenger ofAllah?’ Hesaid: ‘I have been told that it menstruates.’”

Mughirahbin Abu Burdah, who was of the tribe of Banu ‘Abd-Dar,narratedthat he heard Abu Hurairah say: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said:‘The water of the sea is a means of purification and its deadmeatis permissible.’”

It wasnarrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)said: “Whatever the sea throws out or is left behind when thetideebbs, eat it, but whatever rises to its surface, do not eat it.’”

It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “Who eats crows? The MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) called them vermin, By Allah, they are not from amongthegood and permissible things.”

It wasnarrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Snakes are vermin, scorpions are vermin, mice are vermin and crowsare vermin.”

It wasnarrated that Jabir said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbadeeating cats and he forbade their price.”