The Sacred Months and the Ruling on Hunting in Them
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Question:
The questioner asks: What are the sacred months, and what is the ruling on hunting in them?
Answer:
The sacred months are Rajab, Dhu al-Qa'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah, and Muharram: three consecutive and one separate. Allah forbade fighting in them. Allah forbade fighting in them. The scholars differed on whether the prohibition of fighting in Islam was abrogated and fighting became obligatory at all times, or permissible at all times, or whether it remains in effect and fighting is not permissible in them. It appears, and Allah knows best, that it was abrogated, because Allah commanded jihad absolutely. This was only at the beginning, in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when fighting was forbidden in them. As for hunting, there is no impediment to it. Hunting is only forbidden in two cases: in the state of ihram, if one is in ihram, and the second case is in the Haram, hunting in the Haram. Other than that, hunting is permissible.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner asks: What are the sacred months, and what is the ruling on hunting in them?
Answer:
The sacred months are Rajab, Dhu al-Qa'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah, and Muharram: three consecutive and one separate. Allah forbade fighting in them. Allah forbade fighting in them. The scholars differed on whether the prohibition of fighting in Islam was abrogated and fighting became obligatory at all times, or permissible at all times, or whether it remains in effect and fighting is not permissible in them. It appears, and Allah knows best, that it was abrogated, because Allah commanded jihad absolutely. This was only at the beginning, in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when fighting was forbidden in them. As for hunting, there is no impediment to it. Hunting is only forbidden in two cases: in the state of ihram, if one is in ihram, and the second case is in the Haram, hunting in the Haram. Other than that, hunting is permissible.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
أخطاء في الصيام — islamhouse.com (1:06:45)
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