Ruling on Collecting Grasshoppers from the Haram Precinct
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Question:
Ah, ah. He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My mother performed 'Umrah last week, and in the outer courtyard of the Haram she found a group of grasshoppers, so she collected some and brought them to Riyadh. What is obligatory for her? And what should we do?
Answer:
Grasshoppers that are edible, meaning... hmm? If they are edible grasshoppers, she owes a fidyah (ransom payment), because this is hunting of land animals. Hunting of land animals. But if they are not edible, the kind they call qabz or such, there is nothing on her. Yes.
Ah, ah. He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My mother performed 'Umrah last week, and in the outer courtyard of the Haram she found a group of grasshoppers, so she collected some and brought them to Riyadh. What is obligatory for her? And what should we do?
Answer:
Grasshoppers that are edible, meaning... hmm? If they are edible grasshoppers, she owes a fidyah (ransom payment), because this is hunting of land animals. Hunting of land animals. But if they are not edible, the kind they call qabz or such, there is nothing on her. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [28] — alfawzan.live (1:13:19)
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