Food, Drink & Dietary Laws

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“Two kinds of dead meat have been permitted to us: fish and locusts.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about locusts. He said: ‘(They are) the most numerous troop of Allah. I neither eat them nor forbid them.’”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“The wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to give each other gifts of locusts on trays.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“O Allah, destroy their large ones and kill their small ones, spoil their eggs and root them out. Take their mouths away from our livelihood and provision, for You are the One Who hears the prayers.” A man said: “O...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“We went out with the Prophet (ﷺ) for Hajj or ‘Umrah, and we encountered a swarm of locusts or a type of locust. We started hitting them with out whips and sandals. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Eat them for they...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade killing shrikes*, frogs, ants and hoopoes.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade killing four kinds of animals: Ants, bees, hoopoes and shrikes.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“One of the Prophets was bitten by an ant, so he ordered that the ant colony be burned. Then Allah revealed to him: ‘Because one ant bit you, you destroy one of the nations that glorify Allah?’” Another chain reports...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade throwing small pebbles and said: ‘They do not kill any game nor hurt the enemy, but they can break a tooth or put out an eye.’” He did it again, and he (‘Abdullah) said: “I tell...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade throwing small pebbles and said: ‘They do not kill any game or hurt the enemy, but they can break a tooth or put out an eye.’”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

It was narrated from Umm Sharik that the Prophet (ﷺ) told her to kill house lizards.

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“Whoever kills a house lizard with one blow will have such and such a reward. Whoever kills it with two blows will have such and such a reward,” less than the first. “And whoever kills it with three blows will...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“Vermin.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“O Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this?” She said: “We kill these house lizards with it, for the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) told us that when Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, there was no beast...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

It was narrated from Abu Tha’labah Al-Khushani that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade eating any predatory animal that has fangs.

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“Eating any predatory animal that has fangs is unlawful.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“On the Day of Khaibar, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade eating any predatory animal that has fangs and any bird that has talons.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have come to ask you about the vermin of the earth. What do you say about foxes?’ He said: ‘Who eats foxes?’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what do you say about...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“I asked Jabir bin ‘Abdullah about hyenas: ‘Are they game (that can be hunted)?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ I said: ‘Can I eat them?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ I said: ‘Is this something that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?’...

Sunan Ibn Majah

Chapters on Hunting

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), what do you say about hyenas?’ He said: ‘Who eats hyenas?’”