Chapters on Hunting

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

“Thewives of the Prophet (ﷺ) used to give each other gifts oflocustson trays.”

“OAllah,destroy their large ones and kill their small ones, spoil theireggsand root them out. Take their mouths away from our livelihood andprovision, for You are the One Who hears the prayers.” A man said:“OMessenger of Allah, are you praying against one of the troops ofAllah, that they may be rooted out?” He said: “Locusts weresneezedout by the fish in the sea.”

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

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

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

Another chain reports a similar hadith.

“The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade throwing small pebbles and said:‘They do not kill any game nor hurt the enemy, but they can break atooth or put out an eye.’” He did it again, and he (‘Abdullah)said:“I tell you that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade that and then yougo and doit again? I will never speak to you again.”

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

It wasnarrated from Umm Sharik that the Prophet (ﷺ) told her tokillhouse lizards.

“Whoever kills a house lizard with one blow will have such andsucha reward. Whoever kills it with two blows will have such and suchareward,” less than the first. “And whoever kills it with threeblowswill have such and such reward,” less than that mentioned thesecondtime.

“Vermin.”

“O Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this?” Shesaid: “We kill these house lizards with it, for the Prophet ofAllah(ﷺ) told us that when Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, therewas nobeast on earth that did not try to put it out, apart from thehouselizard that blew on it. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)commanded thatthey should be killed.”

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

“Eating anypredatory animal that has fangs is unlawful.”

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

“I said: ‘O MessengerofAllah, I have come to ask you about the vermin of the earth. Whatdoyou say about foxes?’ He said: ‘Who eats foxes?’ I said: ‘OMessenger of Allah, what do you say about wolves?’ He said: ‘Doesanyone in whom there is anything good eat wolves?’”

“Iasked Jabir bin ‘Abdullah about hyenas: ‘Are they game (that canbehunted)?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ I said: ‘Can I eat them?’ Hesaid: ‘Yes.’ Isaid: ‘Is this something that you heard from theMessenger of Allah(ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘Yes.’”

“I said: ‘O MessengerofAllah (ﷺ), what do you say about hyenas?’ He said: ‘Who eatshyenas?’”

“We were withtheProphet (ﷺ) and the people caught a mastigure. They grilled itandate from it. Then I caught a mastigure so I grilled it and broughtitto the Prophet (ﷺ). He took a palm stalk and started counting hisfinger with it, and said: ‘A nation from among the Children ofIsraelwas turned into beasts of the earth, and I do not know if thisisthey.’ I said: ‘The people have grilled them and eaten them.’He didnot eat it and he did not forbid it.”