The Ruling on Eating the Porcupine and Selling It
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on eating the porcupine? And what is the ruling on selling it?
The Shaykh:
There is scholarly disagreement among the scholars, and leaving it is safer without a doubt. Yes.
The questioner:
And selling it.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to sell it because there is no consensus that it is edible. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
What do you want to sell it for? Why do you want to sell it? Yes. Let it go and earn its sustenance from Allah. What do you want? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on eating the porcupine? And what is the ruling on selling it?
The Shaykh:
There is scholarly disagreement among the scholars, and leaving it is safer without a doubt. Yes.
The questioner:
And selling it.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to sell it because there is no consensus that it is edible. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
What do you want to sell it for? Why do you want to sell it? Yes. Let it go and earn its sustenance from Allah. What do you want? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1769 -3022] ما حكم أكل القنفذ؟ وما حكم بيعه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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