If one aims a rifle at a specific prey and kills another, is the prey permissible?
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The questioner:
May Allah grant you success. If a person shoots a rifle at a tree where he sees only one bird, and a second bird falls with it, is it permissible for him to eat the other bird?
The Shaykh:
Yes, as long as he hit it with that shot, and he intended to shoot and hunt, there is no harm in that. Yes.
The presenter:
And likewise, may Allah preserve you, if he shoots at a tree with the intention of knocking down whatever birds are there, without specifying a particular one?
The Shaykh:
No, that is not permissible. He did not intend anything specific. A person says, "There are birds on it, I will knock them down," while another tree has no birds. May Allah guide him. He says, "No, this is a guess, and it is not permissible."
May Allah grant you success. If a person shoots a rifle at a tree where he sees only one bird, and a second bird falls with it, is it permissible for him to eat the other bird?
The Shaykh:
Yes, as long as he hit it with that shot, and he intended to shoot and hunt, there is no harm in that. Yes.
The presenter:
And likewise, may Allah preserve you, if he shoots at a tree with the intention of knocking down whatever birds are there, without specifying a particular one?
The Shaykh:
No, that is not permissible. He did not intend anything specific. A person says, "There are birds on it, I will knock them down," while another tree has no birds. May Allah guide him. He says, "No, this is a guess, and it is not permissible."
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2501 -2802] إذا صوب البندقية على صيد معين فصاد آخر، هل يحل الصيد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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