Animals that Can Be Slaughtered in al-Haram and Items that Can Be Taken Out of al-Haram

مَا كَانَ يَصُفُ‌[2] مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَلَيْسَ لَكَ أَنْ تُخْرِجَهُ وَ مَا كَانَ لَا يَصُفُّ فَلَكَ أَنْ تُخْرِجَهُ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ دَجَاجِ الْحَبَشِ قَالَ لَيْسَ مِنَ الصَّيْدِ إِنَّمَا الصَّيْدُ مَا طَارَ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Of the birds that which flaps its wings in flight is prohibited to be taken out; but you can take out that which does not flap its wings in flight.’ I then asked him (the Imam) about the Ethiopian chicken. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not hunting a prey. Hunting a prey is that which fli

سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ عَنِ الدَّجَاجِ الْحَبَشِيِّ يُخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا لَا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِالطَّيَرَانِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked, when I was present, about the Ethiopian chicken if it can be taken out of al-Haram (the sacred area). He (the Imam) said, ‘Its flight is not independent.’”