The ruling on eating from hanging fruit in case of need
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The questioner:
If a person is in dire necessity and passes by a road where there are date palms and he eats from them while he is hungry, meaning.
The Shaykh:
As it was mentioned in the hadith, if he eats, he owes nothing, provided he does not take it as a load; if he merely eats, he owes nothing.
The questioner:
Rain.
The Shaykh:
He owes nothing, even if he is in dire necessity, he owes nothing, yes.
The presenter:
Yes,
If a person is in dire necessity and passes by a road where there are date palms and he eats from them while he is hungry, meaning.
The Shaykh:
As it was mentioned in the hadith, if he eats, he owes nothing, provided he does not take it as a load; if he merely eats, he owes nothing.
The questioner:
Rain.
The Shaykh:
He owes nothing, even if he is in dire necessity, he owes nothing, yes.
The presenter:
Yes,
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من باب حد السرقة — islamhouse.com (5:05)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.