The Ruling on Eating Carrion for One in Dire Necessity
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Shaykh, is it permissible for a person in dire necessity due to illness to eat meat, or is this forbidden?
The Shaykh:
We carry the source, yes.
The questioner:
Eating carrion, yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Yes, the person in dire necessity who finds nothing other than carrion and fears death may eat from it whatever preserves his life. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:173]. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Shaykh, is it permissible for a person in dire necessity due to illness to eat meat, or is this forbidden?
The Shaykh:
We carry the source, yes.
The questioner:
Eating carrion, yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Yes, the person in dire necessity who finds nothing other than carrion and fears death may eat from it whatever preserves his life. Allah the Exalted said:
He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ بِهِ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7117- حكم أكل لحم الميتة للمضطر - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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