Hyena Meat??

Animals whose meat is Haram in the Hanafi School:

1) Wolf

2) Hyena

3) Cat

4) Monkey

5) Scorpion

6) Leopard

7) Tiger

8) Cheetah

9) Lion

10) Jerboa

11) Bear

12) Swine/pig

13) Squirrel

14) Hedgehog

15) Snake

16) Tortoise/Turtle

17) Dog

18) Crab

19) Jackal

20) Donkey (domesticated)

21) Lizard (The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) forbade the eating of a Lizard. Recorded by Imam Abu Dawud in his Sunan from Abd al-Rahman ibn Shibl (Allah be pleased with him). Hadith no: 3790)

22) Fox

23) Crocodile

24) Weasel

25) Elephant (Radd al-Muhtar, 6/306)

26) Falcon

27) Hawk

28) Kite

29) Bat

30) Vulture

31) Mouse

32) Rat

33) All insects, such as a Mosquito, Fly, Wasp, Spider, Beetle, etc.

And Allah knows best

Muhammad ibn Adam
Darul Iftaa
Leicester, UK

[Source: Darul Iftaa]

Difference of opinion amongst the scholars;

"Many scholars are of the view that it is permissible to eat hyenas. This is the view of the Shaafi'ees and Hanbalis, and they quoted clear, saheeh evidence for that.

Al-Shaafi'ee (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Umm (2/273): The meat of hyenas is sold here in Makkah between al-Safa and al-Marwah, and I did not hear from any of our companions any difference of opinion concerning its permissibility.

This was also stated in a fatwa by the Standing Committee (22/185).

Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) (23/34).

See also the answer to question no. 89727

And Allaah knows best."

Islam Q&A

http://islamonline.com/news/articles/3/Ruling-on-eating-crocodiles-and-hyenas.html

Were the imams wrong about fox and hyena?

Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed

The Shafi'ee imams, may Allah be well pleased with them, have mentioned that eating fox and hyena is permissible. Was this ruling based on information that may not have been up-to-date with what we know today, that might show that they were incorrect?

Answer:

Our imams did not base their saying of the permissibility of eating fox and hyena on contemporary facts, meaning medical or zoological. Rather, they based it on established legal principles and proofs that are established in their relevant sources.

Among these principles is that whatever does not attack with its fangs is halal to eat. The fox and hyena do have fangs, but they are weak, and they don’t attack with them. Tirmidhi related in his authentic chain that the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said about hyena, “It is permissible to eat.” And our imam, Imam al-Shafi'ee, may Allah be well pleased with him and have mercy on him, said “People still eat it between Safa and Marwa, without any blame.” Our imams did analogy of the fox with the hyena, because of both have weak fangs, as we mentioned.

السؤال: لقد ذكر أئمةُ المذهب الشافعي رضي الله عنهم أن أكل الثعلب والضبع جائز ، فهل كان ذلك استناداً على معلومات علمية يُمكن أن يكون العلمُ المعاصر اليوم قد اكتشف عدمَ صحتها ؟

الجواب : لم يبنِ أئمتُنا قولَهم بحل أكل الثعلب والضبع على معلومات علمية ؛ بمعنى طبية أو ما يتعلق بتكوين الحيوان ، وإنما بنوا ذلك على قواعدَ وأدلةٍ شرعية قرَّروها معلومةٍ في بابها ، منها : أنَّ ما ليس له نابٌ يَعْدُو به فهو حلالٌ ، والثعلبُ والضبعُ لهما نابٌ لكنَّ نابهما ضعيفٌ لا يَعْدُوان به ، وقد روى الترمذيُّ بسندٍ صحيحٍ أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم قال في الضبع : " يحلُّ أكله ". وقال إمامُنا الشافعي رضي الله عنه ورحمه :" ما زالَ الناسُ يأكلونها بين الصفا والمروة من غير نكير ". وقاس أئمتنا الثعلب على الضبع بجامع ضعف ناب كلٍّ كما مرَّ .

http://islamqa.org/shafii/qibla-shafii/33336

Hyena Meat??

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