The Case of One Who Faces an Emergency to Hunt or Use of Carcasses

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُحْرِمِ يُضْطَرُّ فَيَجِدُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَ الصَّيْدَ أَيَّهُمَا يَأْكُلُ قَالَ يَأْكُلُ مِنَ الصَّيْدِ مَا يُحِبُ‌[1] أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مِنْ مَالِهِ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ إِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ الْفِدَاءُ فَلْيَأْكُلْ وَ لْيَفْدِهِ.

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who faces an emergency and there are only carcasses and a prey. Which one can he eat? He (the Imam) said, ’He can eat from the prey as much as he likes to eat from his belongings? I then said, ‘Is it so?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He only owes to pay ransom; he can eat and p

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْمُضْطَرِّ إِلَى الْمَيْتَةِ وَ هُوَ يَجِدُ الصَّيْدَ قَالَ يَأْكُلُ الصَّيْدَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَلَّ لَهُ الْمَيْتَةَ إِذَا اضْطُرَّ إِلَيْهَا وَ لَمْ يُحِلَّ لَهُ الصَّيْدَ قَالَ تَأْكُلُ مِنْ مَالِكَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَوْ مِنْ مَيْتَةٍ قُلْتُ مِنْ مَالِي قَالَ هُوَ مَالُكَ لِأَنَّ عَلَيْكَ فِدَاهُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدِي مَالٌ قَالَ تَقْتَضِيهِ إِذَا رَجَ

‘I asked Abu 'Abdillah (AS) about the one desperate to the dead (animal carcass), and he can find the hunted prey.' He said: ‘He should eat the hunted prey.' I said, ‘Allah has permitted the animal carcass for him when he is desperate for it, and has not permitted the hunted prey for him?’ He said: ‘Is your eating from

فِي رَجُلٍ اضْطُرَّ إِلَى مَيْتَةٍ وَ صَيْدٍ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ قَالَ يَأْكُلُ الصَّيْدَ وَ يَفْدِي.

“About the case of a man in the state of Ihram who is forced to eat from hunting or carcasses, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that he can eat from hunting and pay the ransom.”