لَا يُذْبَحُ فِي الْحَرَمِ إِلَّا الْإِبِلُ وَ الْبَقَرُ وَ الْغَنَمُ وَ الدَّجَاجُ[1].
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لَيْسَ مِنَ الصَّيْدِ إِنَّمَا الطَّيْرُ مَا طَارَ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ صَفَ[2].
Hadith.2380 - Mu'awiya ibn Ammar asked him about Ethiopian chickens. Imam (as) replied: "It is not considered part of the game (ṣayd); game birds are those that fly between the sky and the earth and flap their wings."
وَ قَالَ جَمِيلُ بْنُ دَرَّاجٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الدَّجَاجِ السِّنْدِيِّ يُخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ لِأَنَّهَا لَا تَسْتَقِلُّ بِالطَّيَرَانِ. - وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ أَنَّهَا تَدُفُّ دَفِيفاً[3].
Hadith.2381 - Jamil ibn Darraj and Muhammad ibn Muslim reported that Abu Abdullah (as) was asked about Sindhi chickens being taken out of the Haram. Imam (as) said: "Yes, because they cannot fly independently." In another narration: "They only flutter lightly."
مَا لَمْ يَصُفَّ فَكُلْهُ وَ مَا كَانَ يَصُفُّ فَخَلِّ سَبِيلَهُ.
Hadith.2382 - Al-Hasan ibn al-Sayqal asked Imam (as) about the chickens and birds of Mecca. Imam (as) said: "What does not glide (in flight), you may eat it, and what glides, let it go."
هُوَ سَبُعٌ فَكُلُّ مَا أَدْخَلْتَ مِنَ السَّبُعِ الْحَرَمَ أَسِيراً فَلَكَ أَنْ تُخْرِجَهُ.
Hadith.2383 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about a man who brought his cheetah into the sacred sanctuary (Al-Haram). Is he allowed to take it out? Imam (as) replied: "It is a predator. Whatever predator you bring into the sanctuary as a captive, you are allowed to take it out."
لَا بَأْسَ بِقَتْلِ الْقَمْلَةِ فِي الْحَرَمِ وَ غَيْرِهِ.
Hadith.2384 - Muawiya ibn Ammar narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) that he said: "There is no harm in killing ants and bedbugs in the sacred sanctuary (Al-Haram)." Imam (as) also said: "There is no harm in killing lice both within the sanctuary and outside of it."
وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْهُ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُلُّ مَا لَمْ يَصُفَّ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَهُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الدَّجَاجِ.
Hadith.2385 - Abdullah ibn Sinan narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) that he said: "Any bird that does not glide in flight is regarded as being like domesticated chickens."