What is the ruling on a person in ihram stepping on locusts unintentionally?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when a person performs the rites of Hajj or 'Umrah, he sometimes steps on a live locust and it dies. Is the locust considered game of the Haram, and what is the ruling regarding it?
Answer:
The locust is from the game of the sea, from the sea; it is marine, yes. But they mentioned that it is from the game of the sea, but it is game of the sea if it is taken alive, if it is taken from the sea alive and caught, it takes the ruling of game of the Haram as long as it is alive. There is a penalty for the locust; one pays the value of the locust that was destroyed and gives it in charity. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, when a person performs the rites of Hajj or 'Umrah, he sometimes steps on a live locust and it dies. Is the locust considered game of the Haram, and what is the ruling regarding it?
Answer:
The locust is from the game of the sea, from the sea; it is marine, yes. But they mentioned that it is from the game of the sea, but it is game of the sea if it is taken alive, if it is taken from the sea alive and caught, it takes the ruling of game of the Haram as long as it is alive. There is a penalty for the locust; one pays the value of the locust that was destroyed and gives it in charity. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [911 -2802] ما حكم وطأ المُحْرم للجراد دون قصد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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