Eating the meat of the hoopoe
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Fatwa number ( 4191 )
Q: Is it permissible to eat the meat of the hoopoe ? Please provide a detailed explanation, as many of the common people and the teaching brothers do not accept this; some say it is permissible, and some say it is forbidden. We ask for an answer to this with the evidence.
A : The prohibition was reported regarding killing the hoopoe, and from the prohibition of killing it, the ruling of forbidding its consumption was derived; based on the principle that the default ruling of a prohibition is prohibition. It was narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said:Mishkat al-Masabih 4145 It was narrated by Ahmad and Abu
Dawud and Ibn Majah . Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said about this hadith: Its narrators are the narrators of the authentic collections. And al-Bayhaqi said: It is the strongest report in this chapter. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: Is it permissible to eat the meat of the hoopoe ? Please provide a detailed explanation, as many of the common people and the teaching brothers do not accept this; some say it is permissible, and some say it is forbidden. We ask for an answer to this with the evidence.
A : The prohibition was reported regarding killing the hoopoe, and from the prohibition of killing it, the ruling of forbidding its consumption was derived; based on the principle that the default ruling of a prohibition is prohibition. It was narrated from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said:
God’s messenger prohibited killing four creatures: ants, bees, hoopoes and sparrow-hawks
نهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن قتل أربع من الدواب: النملة والنحلة والهدهد والصردDawud and Ibn Majah . Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said about this hadith: Its narrators are the narrators of the authentic collections. And al-Bayhaqi said: It is the strongest report in this chapter. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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