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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Hunting in reserved land that has not been cultivated

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man encloses a piece of land and puts a net on it, but does not cultivate it or build in it, and there is game on this land such as rabbits and others, is it permissible to enter it and hunt in it, knowing that he prevents that?

Answer:
No, he has no right to this. He has no right to reserve any part of the land. The game is shared among people; the game is shared among people. Even if it entered his property, you would not hunt it, and if you hunted it, you would keep it. Otherwise, if someone came and hunted it, it would be the one who hunted it. Rabbits and gazelles are likewise; these are shared. That is, you do not have the right to control them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/100 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (28:02)

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