Rulings on Eating the Meat of the Wild Donkey, Elephant, Monitor Lizard, and Dhab

The questioner:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the meat of these animals lawful? The striped wild donkey?

The Shaykh:
And what makes it forbidden? Do the stripes make it forbidden? This is from the game that is lawful. In fact, the striped one is more beautiful and better.

The questioner:
And the elephant.

The Shaykh:
The elephant, no, the elephant is among the abominations. Yes.

The questioner:
And the monitor lizard, the "warrar" he says, or the monitor lizard.

The Shaykh:
The "warrar," hmm? No, this is forbidden, it is not permissible, this is among the abominations, and also it is a predator. Yes.

The questioner:
And the dhab.

The Shaykh:
The dhab is good, it is among the good things. It was eaten at the table of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he approved of it. He said he did not eat it (peace and blessings be upon him) because he was not accustomed to eating it, and it was not in the land of his people. Is it forbidden? He said: No, but I find myself disgusted by it. So it is lawful. Yes, because it feeds on herbs. Yes.