The ruling on eating game shot with a rifle when the name of Allah is forgotten
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I shot a bird with a rifle but forgot to say the name of Allah, and the bird died, is it permissible for me to eat it on the grounds of forgetfulness?
Answer:
Yes, if you did not intentionally leave off the name of Allah, the default is that the Muslim must say the name of Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If I shot a bird with a rifle but forgot to say the name of Allah, and the bird died, is it permissible for me to eat it on the grounds of forgetfulness?
Answer:
Yes, if you did not intentionally leave off the name of Allah, the default is that the Muslim must say the name of Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الإيصاء بما يدخله النيابة من خلافة وعتاقة ومحاكمة في نسب وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:07:46)
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