Chapter on the Compensation for Game: An Ostrich is a camel, a wild ass and its cow, a gazelle, a thitl, and a wild goat are a cow, a hyena is a ram, a gazelle is a female goat, and a porcupine and a monitor lizard are a kid
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The Shaykh : Then the author said: "Chapter on the Compensation for Game" meaning the chapter on the equivalent in compensation for game, because he (may Allah have mercy on him) does not intend by this to explain what is obligatory in game, but rather to explain the equivalent, so that one knows that game is of two types: a type that has no equivalent and a type that has an equivalent. The type that has no equivalent is also of two types: a type for which the Companions issued a ruling, in which case one refers to their ruling, and a type for which the Companions did not issue a ruling, in which case two just men from among the experts rule, and they rule with what is equivalent.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "An ostrich is a camel" meaning if a person kills an ostrich while in the state of ihram, or kills an ostrich in the sacred precinct even if he is not in the state of ihram, then a camel is due from him. "And a wild ass and its cow, a gazelle, a thitl, and a wild goat are a cow" A wild ass is a known game animal, and it is called a donkey because of its resemblance to a donkey. Which of the livestock does it resemble? Cows. Therefore, Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:95] Yes, it resembles a cow. A gazelle is also a cow. A gazelle is a type of gazelle. A thitl is also a type of gazelle. "And a wild goat is a cow" I have in my possession a book that says in the Qamus: "Al-Wa'il, with the waw open and the 'ayn open or closed, is al-Wa'il, and with the 'ayn silent is al-Wa'l, which is the male goat of the mountain" So the unknown was explained by the unknown. If you went out to the mountains looking for their male goats, if you found the male goat of the mountain, that is the wild goat.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In the mountains... yes, well, in any case, they are all a type of this, and they all have a cow as compensation. Why? Because they resemble it. Well, he said: "And a hyena is a ram" The hyena is known, but is it lawful or not? We say: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a sheep the compensation for it, and if it were not lawful, it would have no value. Therefore, the hyena is lawful, and if a person in the state of ihram kills it, a ram is due from it. "And a gazelle is a female goat" The gazelle is small, smaller than the wild goat, the thitl, and the gazelle. A female goat is due from it because it is more similar to it. "And a porcupine and a monitor lizard are a kid" The porcupine, he says, is a small animal like a cat, smaller than a cat, with no tail. I think it is well known among us; it was absent at first, but now it is common. A kid is due from it, and a kid is the male of the offspring of the goat, six months old. Likewise, the monitor lizard is known or not? A kid is due from it.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "An ostrich is a camel" meaning if a person kills an ostrich while in the state of ihram, or kills an ostrich in the sacred precinct even if he is not in the state of ihram, then a camel is due from him. "And a wild ass and its cow, a gazelle, a thitl, and a wild goat are a cow" A wild ass is a known game animal, and it is called a donkey because of its resemblance to a donkey. Which of the livestock does it resemble? Cows. Therefore, Allah the Exalted said:
an equivalent from sacrificial animals to what he killed
فجاء مثل ما قتل من النعمThe questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : In the mountains... yes, well, in any case, they are all a type of this, and they all have a cow as compensation. Why? Because they resemble it. Well, he said: "And a hyena is a ram" The hyena is known, but is it lawful or not? We say: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a sheep the compensation for it, and if it were not lawful, it would have no value. Therefore, the hyena is lawful, and if a person in the state of ihram kills it, a ram is due from it. "And a gazelle is a female goat" The gazelle is small, smaller than the wild goat, the thitl, and the gazelle. A female goat is due from it because it is more similar to it. "And a porcupine and a monitor lizard are a kid" The porcupine, he says, is a small animal like a cat, smaller than a cat, with no tail. I think it is well known among us; it was absent at first, but now it is common. A kid is due from it, and a kid is the male of the offspring of the goat, six months old. Likewise, the monitor lizard is known or not? A kid is due from it.