The Ruling on Hunting with a Slingshot
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Question:
Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on hunting with a *libat*?
Answer:
This is a type of heavy projectile, the *libat* they call a small pebble, the pebble of the rear. It is not permissible to eat what is killed by it, because it is a heavy projectile, for a pebble does not kill by its edge, but rather by its weight.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Question:
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: If you are with us.
Answer:
If it is slaughtered with a bullet, a rifle or shotgun bullet, or something like a harpoon that is sharper, which tears the skin and penetrates the body, there is no harm in that; it is stronger than the first arrows. Yes. As for a stone, no, a stone does not penetrate the skin or enter the flesh. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on hunting with a *libat*?
Answer:
This is a type of heavy projectile, the *libat* they call a small pebble, the pebble of the rear. It is not permissible to eat what is killed by it, because it is a heavy projectile, for a pebble does not kill by its edge, but rather by its weight.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Question:
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: If you are with us.
Answer:
If it is slaughtered with a bullet, a rifle or shotgun bullet, or something like a harpoon that is sharper, which tears the skin and penetrates the body, there is no harm in that; it is stronger than the first arrows. Yes. As for a stone, no, a stone does not penetrate the skin or enter the flesh. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح عمدة الأحكام، باب الصّيد - باب الأضاحيّ — islamhouse.com (59:32)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.