Slaughtering Permissible Animals Without Need

Question:
Between the two armies, in our grandmother's time, we used to hunt some animals, and the owner of the jirb (a type of rodent) said to us: It is not permissible for you to slaughter them as long as we are in need of them for every ablution. By Allah, it seems that I and her will be like that, not because I find her situation, but for everything she curses.

Answer:
There is no objection as long as they eat them, even if they are not in need, because Allah has made them permissible. So if they eat them, it is permissible to slaughter them even if there is no need. From the permissible things, one slaughters the jerboa and eats it, one slaughters the hedgehog and eats it, one slaughters the hyena and eats it. There is no objection to that even if there is no need.
What is forbidden is that one slaughters them and leaves them, throwing them away. This is what is forbidden: slaughtering animals without eating them, merely for the sake of hobby. Some people are obsessed with hunting; they slaughter things and do not eat them, but throw them away. This is not permissible; this is forbidden. But if one slaughters them and eats them, and they are from what is permissible to eat, there is no harm in that, even if it is not for a need. Yes.