What is the authenticity of the hadith: “Do not kill the locusts; for they are the army of the Great Allah”?
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The questioner : The hadith: ; has this passed by you?
The Shaykh : It has passed by me, but have you passed by it as being authentic?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In “Sahih al-Jami’”?
The questioner : But... it is written with dots, dots, dots, as if... or something.
The Shaykh : Yes, the continuation is not authentic.
The questioner : The important thing is... it is eaten... .
The Shaykh : Yes, when it is eaten, it takes the ruling of the other.
The questioner : It can be understood as ordinary cases, for example.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : This hadith that... he asked about... the hadith:, and the hadith: ; , there it says do not kill it, and here eat it... if we want to kill it, we want to eat it, it seems that the killing is that kind of killing, the wanton killing... for the sake of eating... is that what he intends?
The Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : Regarding the frogs,... .
The Shaykh: Correct.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Also, the two hadiths were mentioned.
Another questioner : In which hadith?
Another questioner : Frogs are eaten, O Shaykh... .
The Shaykh : Because the prohibition of killing a thing is coupled in the Shari'ah with the prohibition of eating it, unless a text comes that is defective regarding the killing but permits its eating; in that case, the prohibition of killing is directed to mean torment, in a hadith whose chain is weak that:; even though eating birds is lawful... he did not kill it for the sake of eating, but wantonly; and therefore some other hadiths prohibited the tormenting of an animal or a chicken; tormenting it means killing it by strangulation; meaning taking it... .
Another questioner : ... hunting pigeons.
The Shaykh : No, it is not... hunting pigeons, it is not killed to be eaten, but to be... .
Another questioner : To torment it.
...
The questioner : It means the snake, O our Shaykh... its meat is not eaten, the snake?
The Shaykh : Of course, it is not eaten.
Do not kill the locusts; for they are the army of the Great Allah
لا تقتُلوا الجَرادَ ؛ فإنَّه جُندُ اللهِ الأعظَمُThe Shaykh : It has passed by me, but have you passed by it as being authentic?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : In “Sahih al-Jami’”?
The questioner : But... it is written with dots, dots, dots, as if... or something.
The Shaykh : Yes, the continuation is not authentic.
The questioner : The important thing is... it is eaten... .
The Shaykh : Yes, when it is eaten, it takes the ruling of the other.
The questioner : It can be understood as ordinary cases, for example.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : This hadith that... he asked about... the hadith:
Do not kill locusts.
لا تقتلوا الجرادEating locusts
أكل الجرادIt has been made lawful to you two carrions and two bloods, the locust
أُحِلَّ لكم ميتتان ودمان ، الجرادThe Shaykh: Yes.
Another questioner : Regarding the frogs,
Do not kill the frogs
لا تقتلوا الضَّفادعThe Shaykh: Correct.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Also, the two hadiths were mentioned.
Another questioner : In which hadith?
Another questioner : Frogs are eaten, O Shaykh... .
The Shaykh : Because the prohibition of killing a thing is coupled in the Shari'ah with the prohibition of eating it, unless a text comes that is defective regarding the killing but permits its eating; in that case, the prohibition of killing is directed to mean torment, in a hadith whose chain is weak that:
No Muslim kills a bird wantonly except that the bird will come on the Day of Resurrection saying: O my Lord, ask him...
ما من مسلم يقتل عصفورًا عَبَثًا إلا جاء العصفور يوم القيامة يقول : ربي ، سَلْه ...Another questioner : ... hunting pigeons.
The Shaykh : No, it is not... hunting pigeons, it is not killed to be eaten, but to be... .
Another questioner : To torment it.
...
The questioner : It means the snake, O our Shaykh... its meat is not eaten, the snake?
The Shaykh : Of course, it is not eaten.
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