Prohibition on Hunting and the Rules About It in the State of al-’Ihram, in the Sacred or Non-Sacred Area

لَا تَسْتَحِلَّنَّ شَيْئاً مِنَ الصَّيْدِ وَ أَنْتَ حَرَامٌ وَ لَا وَ أَنْتَ حَلَالٌ فِي الْحَرَمِ وَ لَا تَدُلَّنَّ عَلَيْهِ مُحِلًّا وَ لَا مُحْرِماً فَيَصْطَادُوهُ وَ لَا تُشِرْ إِلَيْهِ فَيُسْتَحَلَّ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ فِدَاءً لِمَنْ تَعَمَّدَهُ.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Hunting in al-Haram (the sacred area) is not lawful, whether you are in the state of Ihram or not. You cannot show a prey to one who is not in the state of Ihram or is in the state of Ihram so they can hunt it. You cannot point out it so that it is hunted because of you. There is a r

الْمُحْرِمُ لَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى الصَّيْدِ فَإِنْ دَلَّ عَلَيْهِ فَقُتِلَ فَعَلَيْهِ الْفِدَاءُ.

‘A person in the state of Ihram must not show a prey to the hunter; if one does, there is ransom for it upon him.’”

لَا تَأْكُلْ مِنَ الصَّيْدِ وَ أَنْتَ حَرَامٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي أَصَابَهُ مُحِلٌّ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ فِدَاءٌ مَا أَتَيْتَهُ بِجَهَالَةٍ إِلَّا الصَّيْدَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ فِيهِ الْفِدَاءَ بِجَهْلٍ كَانَ أَوْ بِعَمْدٍ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not eat of the flesh of a prey while you are in the state of Ihram, even if the hunter is not in the state of Ihram. There is no ransom on you because of what you do out of ignorance except hunting, in which case there is ransom, regardless of being done out of ignorance or w

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ يَصِيدُ الصَّيْدَ بِجَهَالَةٍ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَةٌ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ أَصَابَهُ خَطَأً قَالَ وَ أَيُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ الْخَطَأُ عِنْدَكَ قُلْتُ يَرْمِي هَذِهِ النَّخْلَةَ فَيُصِيبُ نَخْلَةً أُخْرَى قَالَ نَعَمْ هَذَا الْخَطَأُ وَ عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةُ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ أَخَذَ طَائِراً مُتَعَمِّداً فَذَبَحَهُ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةُ قُلْتُ أَ لَسْتَ قُلْتَ إِنَّ الْخَطَأَ و

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who hunts because of his ignorance of the rules. He (the Imam) said, ‘There is ransom for it upon him.’ I then said, ‘It happened because of mistake.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘What is a mistake in your view?’ I replied, ‘It is when one shoots at one palm tree but it hits ano

إِذَا رَمَى الْمُحْرِمُ صَيْداً فَأَصَابَ اثْنَيْنِ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَتَيْنِ جَزَاؤُهُمَا.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If a hunter in the state of Ihram shoots a prey and kills two of them, he owes Kaffarah (expiation) for two as penalty.’”

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ إِذَا أَصَابَ الْمُحْرِمُ الصَّيْدَ فِي الْحَرَمِ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَدْفِنَهُ وَ لَا يَأْكُلْهُ أَحَدٌ وَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُ فِي الْحِلِّ فَإِنَّ الْحَلَالَ يَأْكُلُهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ هُوَ الْفِدَاءُ[1].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one who is in the state of Ihram kills a prey in al- Haram (the sacred area) it is proper for him to bury it so no one eats it. If he kills it in non-al-Haram (the sacred area), then those who are not in the state of Ihram can eat it and he owes a kaffarah (expiation).”’

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَجُلٌ أَصَابَ مِنْ صَيْدٍ أَصَابَهُ مُحْرِمٌ وَ هُوَ حَلَالٌ قَالَ فَلْيَأْكُلْ مِنْهُ الْحَلَالُ وَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ إِنَّمَا الْفِدَاءُ عَلَى الْمُحْرِمِ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who in the state of Ihram kills a prey and one who is not in the state of Ihram eats it. He (the Imam) said, ‘One who is not in the state of Ihram can eat it and there is not anything on him but ransom is upon one who is in the state of Ihram/”

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ لُحُومِ الْوَحْشِ تُهْدَى إِلَى الرَّجُلِ وَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ صَيْدَهَا وَ لَمْ يَأْمُرْ بِهِ أَ يَأْكُلُهُ قَالَ لَا قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ أَ يَأْكُلُ قَدِيدَ الْوَحْشِ مُحْرِمٌ قَالَ لَا.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the meat of wild animals given as gift, he does not know if it is hunted and he has not commanded it; if he can eat. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, he cannot eat it.’ I then asked about qadid (meat dried up in the sun) of wild animals for one in the state of Ihram. He (the Imam) sai

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الصَّيْدُ يَكُونُ عِنْدَ الرَّجُلِ مِنَ الْوَحْشِ فِي أَهْلِهِ أَوْ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ يُحْرِمُ وَ هُوَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ لَا يَضُرُّهُ.

‘It is not harmful for him.’”

أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مَا وَطِئْتَهُ أَوْ وَطِئَهُ بَعِيرُكَ وَ أَنْتَ مُحْرِمٌ فَعَلَيْكَ فِدَاؤُهُ وَ قَالَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ فِدَاءُ شَيْ‌ءٍ أَتَيْتَهُ وَ أَنْتَ جَاهِلٌ بِهِ وَ أَنْتَ مُحْرِمٌ فِي حَجِّكَ وَ لَا فِي عُمْرَتِكَ إِلَّا الصَّيْدَ فَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ فِيهِ الْفِدَاءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ كَانَ أَوْ بِعَمْدٍ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Whatever you or your camel step on while you are in the state of Ihram, you must pay ransom for it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Take notice that there is no ransom for what you do out of ignorance in the state of Ihram in your al-Hajj or al-‘Umrah except hunting, for which there is ransom,

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ‌ فِي الْمُحْرِمِ يُصِيبُ الصَّيْدَ فَيُدْمِيهِ ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُهُ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ جَزَاؤُهُ.

about one who in the state of Ihram, hunts a prey and makes it bleed, then releases it, he owes the penalty.’”