Eating Scorpions Without Need
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on eating scorpions without need? What is the ruling on eating scorpions without need, since some people eat them for the pleasure of their taste, and some are forced to eat them in certain military exercises?
Answer:
Yes, eating insects is generally forbidden. Generally, eating insects is forbidden because they are among the foul things, and the foul things are forbidden for them. These are foul things, so a Muslim does not eat them unless he is forced to. If he is forced, then compulsion has its own ruling, whether it is a scorpion or something else. And the scorpion contains poison and harm as well. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on eating scorpions without need? What is the ruling on eating scorpions without need, since some people eat them for the pleasure of their taste, and some are forced to eat them in certain military exercises?
Answer:
Yes, eating insects is generally forbidden. Generally, eating insects is forbidden because they are among the foul things, and the foul things are forbidden for them. These are foul things, so a Muslim does not eat them unless he is forced to. If he is forced, then compulsion has its own ruling, whether it is a scorpion or something else. And the scorpion contains poison and harm as well. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 68 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|في أن قتل الحية والعقرب والمشي اليسير للحاجة |صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (44:28)
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