Hunting in al-Haram (the sacred area) and The Expiation for the Same

إِذَا كُنْتَ حَلَالًا فَقَتَلْتَ الصَّيْدَ فِي الْحِلِّ مَا بَيْنَ الْبَرِيدِ إِلَى الْحَرَمِ فَعَلَيْكَ جَزَاؤُهُ‌[3] فَإِنْ فَقَأْتَ عَيْنَهُ أَوْ كَسَرْتَ قَرْنَهُ أَوْ جَرَحْتَهُ تَصَدَّقْتَ بِصَدَقَةٍ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If you are not in the state of Ihram and hunt in non-al- Haram (the sacred area) within a distance of one Barid (a certain unit of measurement) to al-Haram (the sacred area) you must pay the penalty. If you damage its eyes or break its horn, or injure it, you must pay charity.”’

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أُهْدِيَ لَهُ حَمَامٌ أَهْلِيٌّ وَ هُوَ فِي الْحَرَمِ فَقَالَ إِنْ هُوَ أَصَابَ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً[4] فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ بِثَمَنِهِ نَحْواً مِمَّا كَانَ يَسْوَى فِي الْقِيمَةِ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who receives a domesticated pigeon as a gift in al-Haram (the sacred area). He (the Imam) said, ‘If he hurts it he must give an amount of charity which is equal to its value.’”

قُلْتُ لِغُلَامٍ لَنَا هَيِّئْ لَنَا غَدَاءً فَأَخَذَ أَطْيَاراً مِنَ الْحَرَمِ فَذَبَحَهَا وَ طَبَخَهَا فَأَخْبَرْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ ادْفِنْهَا وَ افْدِ كُلَّ طَائِرٍ مِنْهَا.

“I once told my slave to prepare lunch. He took a bird in al-Haram (the sacred area), slaughtered and cooked it. I informed abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) said, ‘Bury it and pay ransom for every bird.”

إِذَا أَدْخَلَهُ إِلَى الْحَرَمِ حَرُمَ عَلَيْهِ أَكْلُهُ وَ إِمْسَاكُهُ فَلَا تَشْتَرِيَنَّ فِي الْحَرَمِ إِلَّا مَذْبُوحاً ذُبِحَ فِي الْحِلِّ ثُمَّ جِي‌ءَ بِهِ إِلَى الْحَرَمِ مَذْبُوحاً فَلَا بَأْسَ لِلْحَلَالِ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a prey which is hunted in non-al-Haram (the sacred area) and is brought in al-Haram (the sacred area) when it is still alive. He (the Imam) said, ‘Since he has brought to al-Haram (the sacred area), it is prohibited for him to use it for food or to keep it. Nothing in al-Haram

أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع انْتِفْهَا وَ أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا[1] وَ اعْلِفْهَا حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَوَى رِيشُهَا فَخَلِّ سَبِيلَهَا.

“Al-Hakam once asked abu Ja’far ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about a man who receives a pigeon as a gift in al- Haram (the sacred area) with its wings shortened. He (the Imam) said, ‘He takes it, looks after it and feeds it until its wings grow, then sets it free.’”

كُنَّا جَمَاعَةً فَاشْتَرَيْنَا طَيْراً فَقَصَصْنَاهُ وَ دَخَلْنَا بِهِ مَكَّةَ فَعَابَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْنَا أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ فَأَرْسَلَ كَرِبٌ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ اسْتَوْدِعُوهُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ- مُسْلِماً أَوِ امْرَأَةً مُسْلِمَةً فَإِذَا اسْتَوَى خَلَّوْا سَبِيلَهُ.

“We were a group and bought a bird, cut its wings short and brought it in Makkah. People criticized us for this and Karib sent someone to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), to ask him (the Imam) about it. He (the Imam) said, ‘Leave it in the trust of a Muslim man or woman of Makkah, who will release it when it will become normal .

مَنْ أَصَابَ طَيْراً فِي الْحَرَمِ وَ هُوَ مُحِلٌّ فَعَلَيْهِ الْقِيمَةُ وَ الْقِيمَةُ دِرْهَمٌ يَشْتَرِي بِهِ عَلَفاً لِحَمَامِ الْحَرَمِ.

“Abu al-Hassan al-Rida’ (a.s.), has said, ‘If one hurts a bird in al-Haram (the sacred area) when one is not in the state of ’Ihram, he owes its price. This price is one dirham with which he buys feed for the pigeons of al-Haram (the sacred area).”’

فِي رَجُلٍ ذَبَحَ حَمَامَةً مِنْ حَمَامِ الْحَرَمِ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ الْفِدَاءُ قُلْتُ فَيَأْكُلُهُ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَيَطْرَحُهُ قَالَ إِذاً يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ فِدَاءٌ آخَرُ قُلْتُ فَمَا يَصْنَعُ بِهِ قَالَ يَدْفِنُهُ‌[1].

“About a man who has slaughtered a pigeon of the pigeons of al-Haram (the sacred area) abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He owes a ransom.’ I then asked, ‘Can he use it for food?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, he cannot do so.’ I then asked, ‘Can he throw it away?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If he did so he will owe another ranso

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ خَرَجَ بِطَيْرٍ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ قَالَ يَرُدُّهُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ[3].

‘He must return it to Makkah.’”

فِي الْحَمَامَةِ دِرْهَمٌ وَ فِي الْفَرْخِ نِصْفُ دِرْهَمٍ وَ فِي الْبَيْضَةِ رُبُعُ دِرْهَمٍ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The ransom for a pigeon is one dirham, for a pigeon chick half of a dirham and for an egg it is one-forth of a dirham.’”

سَأَلْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَصَابَ طَيْراً فِي الْحِلِّ فَاشْتَرَاهُ فَأَدْخَلَهُ الْحَرَمَ فَمَاتَ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ حِينَ أَدْخَلَهُ الْحَرَمَ خَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ فَمَاتَ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ أَمْسَكَهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ عِنْدَهُ فِي الْحَرَمِ فَعَلَيْهِ الْفِدَاءُ.

“I once asked one of the two Imam, (abu Ja’far or abu ‘Abd Allah) (a.s.), about a man who finds a bird in non-al-Haram (the sacred area) and buys it, then enters al-Haram (the sacred area), with it and it dies. He (the Imam) said, ‘Were he to release it in al-Haram (the sacred area), then it died he did not owe anythin

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ رَمَى صَيْداً فِي الْحِلِّ فَمَضَى بِرَمْيَتِهِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْحَرَمَ فَمَاتَ أَ عَلَيْهِ جَزَاؤُهُ قَالَ لَا لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ جَزَاؤُهُ لِأَنَّهُ رَمَى حَيْثُ رَمَى وَ هُوَ لَهُ حَلَالٌ‌[4] إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ذَلِكَ مَثَلُ رَجُلٍ نَصَبَ شَرَكاً[5] فِي الْحِلِّ إِلَى جَانِبِ الْحَرَمِ فَوَقَعَ فِيهِ صَيْدٌ فَاضْطَرَبَ الصَّيْدُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْحَرَمَ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ جَزَاؤُهُ ل

“I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who shoots a prey in non-al-Haram (the sacred area) and it then moves into al-Haram (the sacred area) and dies there: if he is required to pay ransom. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, he does not owe ransom because he shoots it as he does and it is lawful for him. The example of

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْمٍ قَفَّلُوا عَلَى طَائِرٍ مِنْ حَمَامِ الْحَرَمِ الْبَابَ فَمَاتَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِقِيمَةِ كُلِّ طَيْرٍ [نِصْفُ‌] دِرْهَمٍ يُعْلَفُ بِهِ حَمَامُ الْحَرَمِ.

“I once asked abu Ibrahim (a.s.), about the case of a people who lock a door on pigeons of al-Haram (the sacred area) and they die. He (the Imam) said, ‘They are required to pay the price of every bird which is one [half] dirham with which pigeons of al-Haram (the sacred area) are fed.’”

عَلَيْهِ الْجَزَاءُ لِأَنَّ الْآفَةَ جَاءَتْهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْحَرَمِ- قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ رَمَى صَيْداً خَارِجاً مِنَ الْحَرَمِ فِي الْحِلِّ فَتَحَامَلَ الصَّيْدُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْحَرَمَ فَقَالَ لَحْمُهُ حَرَامٌ مِثْلُ الْمَيْتَةِ.

“About a man who, is not in the state of Ihram, shoots from inside of al-Haram (the sacred area) a prey outside of al-Haram (the sacred area) and kills it, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘There is ransom on him because calamity came upon the bird from al-Haram (the sacred area). I asked him (the Imam), about a man wh

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ فِي حَمَامِ مَكَّةَ الطَّيْرُ الْأَهْلِيُّ غَيْرُ حَمَامِ الْحَرَمِ‌[1] مَنْ ذَبَحَ طَيْراً مِنْهُ وَ هُوَ غَيْرُ مُحْرِمٍ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ثَمَنِهِ‌[2] فَإِنْ كَانَ مُحْرِماً فَشَاةٌ عَنْ كُلِّ طَيْرٍ.

“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘Of the pigeon of Makkah the domesticated are different from pigeon of al-Haram (the sacred area). If one slaughters one of them and he is not in the state of Ihram his paying charity is better than its price. If he is in the state of Ihram then there is one sheep for every bir

أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع أَنَّ أَخاً لِي اشْتَرَى حَمَاماً مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَذَهَبْنَا بِهَا إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَاعْتَمَرْنَا وَ أَقَمْنَا إِلَى الْحَجِّ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجْنَا الْحَمَامَ مَعَنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَعَلَيْنَا فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْ‌ءٌ قَالَ لِلرَّسُولِ إِنِّي أَظُنُّهُنَّ كُنَّ فُرْهَةً[3] قَالَ لَهُ يَذْبَحُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ طَيْرٍ شَاةً.

“I once sent a message to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), that my brother had purchased pigeons from al-Madinah and we went to Makkah for ‘Umrah. We stayed for Hajj, then we took the pigeon with us from Makkah to al-Kufah; if we owe anything. He (the Imam) said to the messenger, ‘I think they were beautiful.’ He (the Imam) said

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَجُلٌ نَتَفَ حَمَامَةً مِنْ حَمَامِ الْحَرَمِ‌[1] قَالَ يَتَصَدَّقُ بِصَدَقَةٍ عَلَى مِسْكِينٍ وَ يُعْطِي بِالْيَدِ الَّتِي نَتَفَ بِهَا فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَوْجَعَهُ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who pulled out the feathers of a pigeon of the pigeon of al-Haram (the sacred area). He (the Imam) said, ‘He is required to pay charity to a destitute with the hand with which he pulled out the feathers because it caused pain.’”

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أُهْدِيَ لَنَا طَائِرٌ مَذْبُوحٌ بِمَكَّةَ فَأَكَلَهُ أَهْلُنَا فَقَالَ لَا يَرَى بِهِ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ بَأْساً قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ تَقُولُ أَنْتَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثَمَنُهُ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a slaughtered bird given to us as gift in Makkah, if I can use it for food with my family. He (the Imam) said, ‘People of Makkah do not think it is harmful.’ I then asked, ‘What do you say about it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘They owe its prices.’”

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع نَشْتَرِي الصُّقُورَ فَنُدْخِلُهَا الْحَرَمَ فَلَنَا ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ كُلُّ مَا أُدْخِلَ الْحَرَمَ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ مِمَّا يَصُفُّ جَنَاحَهُ فَقَدْ دَخَلَ مَأْمَنَهُ فَخَلِّ سَبِيلَهُ‌[2].

‘If one takes any of the birds that when flying, flap their wing, he has taken them to their sanctuary, and should leave them there.’”

كَانَ فِي جَانِبِ بَيْتِي مِكْتَلٌ‌[3] فِيهِ بَيْضَتَانِ مِنْ حَمَامِ الْحَرَمِ فَذَهَبَ الْغُلَامُ يَكُبُّ الْمِكْتَلَ وَ هُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ فِيهِ بَيْضَتَيْنِ فَكَسَرَهُمَا فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَقِيتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِكَفَّيْنِ مِنْ دَقِيقٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ لَقِيتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بَعْدُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ ثَمَنُ طَيْرَيْنِ تَعْلِفُ بِهِ حَمَامَ الْحَرَمِ

“In one side of my house there were two eggs of pigeon of al-Haram (the sacred area). The boy went to move the cluster not knowing that the eggs were there and he broke them. I went out and met ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hassan and mentioned it to him. He said, ‘You must give charity of two handful of flour.’ I then met abu ‘Ab

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ فَرْخَيْنِ مُسَرْوَلَيْنِ ذَبَحْتُهُمَا وَ أَنَا بِمَكَّةَ فَقَالَ لِي لِمَ ذَبَحْتَهُمَا فَقُلْتُ جَاءَتْنِي بِهِمَا جَارِيَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَسَأَلَتْنِي أَنْ أَذْبَحَهُمَا فَظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي بِالْكُوفَةِ وَ لَمْ أَذْكُرِ الْحَرَمَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ قِيمَتُهُمَا قُلْتُ كَمْ قِيمَتُهُمَا قَالَ دِرْهَمٌ وَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمَا.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of my slaughtering two fledgling birds in Makkah. He (the Imam) said, ‘Did you slaughter them?’ I replied, ‘Yes, because a slave-girl of the people of Makkah brought them to me and asked me to slaughter them and I thought I was in al-Kufah and did not remember al-Hara

كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بِمَكَّةَ وَ دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ بِهَا فَقَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ لِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ مَا تَقُولُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي قَمَارِيَّ اصْطَدْنَاهَا وَ قَصَّيْنَاهَا[1] فَقُلْتُ تُنْتَفُ وَ تُعْلَفُ فَإِذَا اسْتَوَتْ خُلِّيَ سَبِيلُهَا.

“Once we were in the presence of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), in Makkah and Dawud ibn Ali also was in it. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said to me, ‘Dawud ibn Ali asked me, “What do you say, O abu ‘Abd Allah, about the turtledove we caught and shortened their feathers?”’ I replied, ‘Because of your pulling out its feathers, you mus

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ بَيْضَةِ نَعَامَةٍ أَكَلْتُ فِي الْحَرَمِ قَالَ تَصَدَّقْ بِثَمَنِهَا[2].

‘You must give its price in charity.’”

خَرَجْنَا إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَاصْطَادَتِ النِّسَاءُ قُمْرِيَّةً مِنْ قَمَارِيِّ أَمَجَ‌[3] حَيْثُ بَلَغْنَا الْبَرِيدَ فَنَتَفَتِ النِّسَاءُ جَنَاحَيْهِ ثُمَّ دَخَلُوا بِهَا مَكَّةَ فَدَخَلَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ تَنْظُرُونَ امْرَأَةً لَا بَأْسَ بِهَا فَتُعْطُونَهَا الطَّيْرَ تَعْلِفُهُ وَ تُمْسِكُهُ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَوَى جَنَاحَاهُ خَلَّتْهُ.

“Once we went to Makkah and women caught a turtledove of Amlaj (a place between al-Madinah and Makkah) turtledoves. The women pulled out the feathers of its wing, then took it to Makkah. Abu Basir went to visit abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and informed him (the Imam) about it. He (the Imam) said, ‘Look for a trustworthy woma

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَقَالَ مَا صَفَّ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ.

‘It is whatever when flying over your head does not flap its wings.’”

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ أَسَداً فِي الْحَرَمِ قَالَ‌ عَلَيْهِ كَبْشٌ يَذْبَحُهُ‌[1].

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who kills a lion in al-Haram (the sacred area). He (the Imam) said, ’He owes one ram.’”

إِنْ كَانَ حِينَ أَدْخَلَهُ الْحَرَمَ خَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ فَمَاتَ فَلَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ أَمْسَكَهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ عِنْدَهُ فِي الْحَرَمِ فَعَلَيْهِ الْفِدَاءُ.

“I once asked one of the two Imam, (abu Ja’far or abu ’Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, about a man who finds a deer in non-al-Haram (the sacred area), then buys it and takes it to al-Haram (the sacred area) and it dies in al-Haram (the sacred area). He (the Imam) said, ‘If he releases it after entering al- Haram (the sa

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْفَهْدِ يُشْتَرَى بِمِنًى وَ يُخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ فَقَالَ كُلُّ مَا أُدْخِلَ الْحَرَمَ مِنَ السَّبُعِ مَأْسُوراً فَعَلَيْكَ إِخْرَاجُهُ.

“Hamzah ibn al-Yasa’ said to me that I once asked abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), about the tiger that is purchased in Mina and then is taken out of al-Haram (the sacred area). He (the Imam) said, ’Everything of beasts that are brought in al-Haram (the sacred area) in captivity you must take out of al-Haram (the sacred area).”’

عَلَيْهِ جَزَاؤُهُ إِذَا كَانَ أَصْلُهَا فِي الْحَرَمِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has narrated that his father (a.s.), was asked about the tree with its roots in al-Haram (the sacred area) and its branches in non-al-Haram (the sacred area) with a bird on it that was shot by a man that made it to fall down. He (the Imam) said, ‘He is required to pay the penalty if its root is

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَصَابَ صَيْداً فِي الْحِلِّ فَرَبَطَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الْحَرَمِ فَمَشَى الصَّيْدُ بِرِبَاطِهِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْحَرَمَ وَ الرِّبَاطُ فِي عُنُقِهِ فَأَجَرَّهُ الرَّجُلُ بِحَبْلِهِ حَتَّى أَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ وَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الْحِلِّ فَقَالَ ثَمَنُهُ وَ لَحْمُهُ حَرَامٌ مِثْلُ الْمَيْتَةِ[3].

I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who finds a prey in non-al-Haram (the sacred area) and ties it down next to al-Haram (the sacred area); but it walks and enters al-Haram (the sacred area) with the rope around its neck. The man pulls the rope and takes it out of al-Haram (the sacred area) and he is in non