Why did we rule on killing the animal rather than the one who did it, when the hadith is the same?
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The questioner : Any call in al-Bathinah, so we took the second hadith, which states that it is to be killed,
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a pertinent question, O 'Abd Allah. He asks: Why did you take part of the hadith and not the rest? Yes, they said: We took that because there is a discussion regarding the hadith, and taking the life of a Muslim or a man is more severe than taking the life of an animal, because the animal is property, and it is permissible to impose a discretionary punishment for the destruction of property. As for the human being, he is a soul, and the blood of a Muslim is not lawful except by one of three things.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is a pertinent question, O 'Abd Allah. He asks: Why did you take part of the hadith and not the rest? Yes, they said: We took that because there is a discussion regarding the hadith, and taking the life of a Muslim or a man is more severe than taking the life of an animal, because the animal is property, and it is permissible to impose a discretionary punishment for the destruction of property. As for the human being, he is a soul, and the blood of a Muslim is not lawful except by one of three things.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 438 - لماذا قلنا بقتل البهيمة دون الفاعل فيها والحديث واحد؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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