The Ruling on Shearing the Hair of a Beast and Benefiting from It
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The questioner:
If the hair falls out while the animal is alive, is it not permissible to use it, or is it?
The Shaykh:
No, the hadith says that what is cut from a beast, meaning from its limbs, as for things that are in the category of being detached but life does not make them lawful—things that life does not make lawful and the beast does not feel when they are cut, such as the hair, the tip of the horn, and the hoof—things that the beast does not feel and are not painful to it, these do not have the ruling of limbs. So it is permissible to shear the hair of beasts and benefit from it. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:80] It is permissible to shear sheep and take the wool from camels and benefit from it, because these do not affect the animal and it does not feel them when they are removed; they have no spirit and no life in them. Yes.
The questioner:
And there is nothing with us. So if there is a disease that harms, and I have tried this and did not immerse it, and it did not harm me.
The Shaykh:
A span? Except for what harmed you? Wait, its harm might be delayed. So it is not permissible for a person to say this, saying, "I did not immerse it and drank it, and it did not harm me." Do not say this.
If the hair falls out while the animal is alive, is it not permissible to use it, or is it?
The Shaykh:
No, the hadith says that what is cut from a beast, meaning from its limbs, as for things that are in the category of being detached but life does not make them lawful—things that life does not make lawful and the beast does not feel when they are cut, such as the hair, the tip of the horn, and the hoof—things that the beast does not feel and are not painful to it, these do not have the ruling of limbs. So it is permissible to shear the hair of beasts and benefit from it. Allah the Exalted said:
and from their wool, fur and hair is furnishing and enjoyment for a time.
وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِهَا أَثَاثًا وَمَتَاعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍThe questioner:
And there is nothing with us. So if there is a disease that harms, and I have tried this and did not immerse it, and it did not harm me.
The Shaykh:
A span? Except for what harmed you? Wait, its harm might be delayed. So it is not permissible for a person to say this, saying, "I did not immerse it and drank it, and it did not harm me." Do not say this.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب المياه - 4 — islamhouse.com (2:58)
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