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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Guidance that the hyena is permissible to eat despite being a predator

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Question : It was estimated at a quarter, so a sheep was placed in the quarter, yes.

Answer : Because by nature it is a predator, and so that people are not deceived when they find it. I mean, you say, how did the hyena become lawful? Well, who makes things lawful and who makes them forbidden? Who?
Allah is the Messenger. Let us suppose it falls under his statement (peace and blessings be upon him) that
forbade every wild animal that has fangsنهى عن كل ذي ناب من السبع،
Musnad Ahmad 1254Da'if (Darussalam)
Let us suppose it falls under this, is an exception not permissible?
But that is the end of it, meaning if we descend to the limit of descent, then this would be an exception. Some people made a distinction, saying that the hyena cannot attack anyone unless a person provokes it or it is very hungry. But perhaps the hyena of the Arabian Peninsula differs from the hyena of Africa. Perhaps, yes, does the hyena in your area eat humans? Glory be to Allah, yes? It is possible, it is possible it is always hungry.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [1797] توجيه أن الضبع جائز أكله مع كونه مفترسًا - شرح الكافية الشافية - الشيخ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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