Usul16

The Case of One Who Hunts Several Times in the State of al-’Ihram

alkafi-7431Vol. 4, p. 394

عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةُ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ أَصَابَ آخَرَ قَالَ إِذَا أَصَابَ آخَرَ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ كَفَّارَةٌ وَ هُوَ مِمَّنْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ مَنْ عادَ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ‌[4].

“This is about a man who in the state of Ihram hunts a bird. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He owes expiation.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he kills another one?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he kills another one there is no expiation but he is of those about whom Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, “Those

alkafi-7432Vol. 4, p. 394

إِذَا أَصَابَ الْمُحْرِمُ الصَّيْدَ خَطَأً فَعَلَيْهِ أَبَداً فِي كُلِّ مَا أَصَابَ الْكَفَّارَةُ وَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُ مُتَعَمِّداً فَإِنَّ عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةَ فَإِنْ عَادَ فَأَصَابَ ثَانِياً مُتَعَمِّداً فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ الْكَفَّارَةُ وَ هُوَ مِمَّنْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ مَنْ عادَ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ‌.

“If one hunts by mistake, he always owes expiation for whatever he becomes involved with. However, if one kills intentionally, he owes expiation only once; and this is to which reference is made by the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘Those who repeat transgression, Allah retaliates against them.’ (5:96)”