Discussion regarding the categories of committing prohibited acts.

The Shaykh : We have also previously mentioned that one who commits a prohibited act falls into one of three cases. The first case is if he does it intentionally without excuse or need, in which case two things follow: the sin, and whatever expiation or other consequence that prohibited act entails. The second case is if he does it while excused by ignorance, forgetfulness, or coercion, in which case he owes nothing. We clarified the evidence for this from the general and specific texts of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. The third case is if he does it intentionally out of need, in which case the sin is dropped from him, but the expiation and whatever else follows from that prohibited act become obligatory. There is no difference in this between the penalty for hunting and other matters. As for the madhhab (school of jurisprudence), they distinguish between what constitutes destruction or the meaning of destruction, and what does not. The correct view is that there is no difference.