Is it permissible to eat and sell an elephant?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to eat and sell an elephant? Knowing that it is not a predator, because it eats nothing but grass.
Answer:
It is not permissible to eat it; it is among the forbidden things. However, selling it is permissible because it is used as a mount; it is ridden and benefited from. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it permissible to eat and sell an elephant? Knowing that it is not a predator, because it eats nothing but grass.
Answer:
It is not permissible to eat it; it is among the forbidden things. However, selling it is permissible because it is used as a mount; it is ridden and benefited from. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [403 -954] هَل يَجُوْز أكل الفيل وبيعه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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