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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement: And his saying: (Lawful to you are the livestock of the herd, except what is recited to you, not being in a state of consecration for hunting while you are in the state of consecration. Indeed, Allah judges what He wills)

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The Shaykh : He said, and his saying is all in the genitive case, connected to what came before
Lawful for you are the animals of grazing livestock except for that which is recited to you أُحِلَّتْ لَكُمْ بَهِيمَةُ الأنْعَامِ إِلاَّ مَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:1]
.
Lawful to you are أُحِلَّتْ لَكُمْ
The One who makes things lawful is Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and likewise the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) makes things lawful and forbidden, but by the permission of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Two kinds of dead meat and two kinds of blood have been permitted to us أحلت لنا ميتتان ودمان
Sunan Ibn Majah 3314Sahih (Darussalam)
Yes, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say
Indeed, Allah forbids you إن الله يحرم عليكم
thus, informing that it is forbidden, and sometimes he would forbid something with a prohibition that he kept to himself. For this reason, he said:
Lawful to you are أُحِلَّتْ لَكُمْ
meaning, Allah and His Messenger made it lawful.
the livestock of the herd بَهِيمَةُ الأَنْعَامِ
These are camels, cattle, and sheep. "Al-An'am" is the plural of "na'am," just as "asbab" is the plural of "sabab." "Na'am" refers to these three: camels, cattle, and sheep. And his saying
livestock بهيمة
it is called that because it is what? Mubahamah, meaning it does not speak; it is mute.
except for that which is recited إِلاّ مَا يُتْلَى
[Al-Ma'idah 5:1]
Meaning, except what is recited to you in this surah, which is mentioned in the saying of Allah the Exalted
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:3]
to the end. So is the exception here connected or disconnected?
Lawful for you are the animals of grazing livestock except for that which is recited to you أُحِلَّتْ لَكُمْ بَهِيمَةُ الأنْعَامِ إِلاَّ مَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:1]
Okay, is the dead animal from the livestock of the herd or not? No, my brothers, a sheep dies, a camel dies, a cow dies. The point is, it was made lawful except for this; the livestock was made lawful except for the dead one, correct? But I say that this exception contains both a connected and a disconnected part. Regarding the dead animal, it is connected; regarding the flesh of the pig, it is disconnected. Why? Because it is not from the livestock of the herd. And based on this, we say: The livestock of the herd, except what is recited to you in this surah, which is the dead animal, blood, the flesh of the pig, what is dedicated to other than Allah, the strangled, the beaten to death, the fallen, the gored, and what the wild animal has eaten, except what you slaughter lawfully, and what is slaughtered on the stone altars. These ten are forbidden.
And his saying:
hunting not being permitted while you are in the state of ihram غَيْرَ مُحِلِّي الصَّيْدِ وَأَنْتُمْ حُرُمٌ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:1]
This
not beingغَيْرَ
is a state (hal) of the kaf in
to you لَكُمْ
, meaning the state of you not making hunting lawful while you are in the state of consecration. And this exception is also disconnected because hunting is not from the livestock of the herd, for the livestock of the herd is not hunting.
And his saying:
not being in a state of consecration غَيْرَ مُحِلِّي
How is "muhilli" (making lawful)? It means making it permissible in the state of consecration, because the one who does the thing is like the one who makes it lawful. And
of game الصَّيْدِ
is the wild, untamed, edible land animal. This is the hunting that is forbidden in the state of consecration.
Indeed, Allah ordains what He intends. إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ مَا يُرِيدُ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:1]
His saying
Indeed, Allah ordains what He intends. إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ مَا يُرِيدُ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:1]
Is this will (iradah) cosmic or legislative? What is the evidence? Well, because the context is one of legislation, it is a legislative will. It is permissible that it be a legislative cosmic will, and we attribute the ruling to both the cosmic and the legislative. What He willed cosmically, He ruled with it, and what He willed legislatively, He ruled with it and legislated it for His servants. Okay, and He, the Exalted, said.
Source alathar.net

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