LessonsBab Jinayat al-Muhrim — Exempt Animals, Predators, and Eating Game (Part V)Quiz

وَلَيْسَ فِي قَتْلِ الْغُرَابِ، وَالْحِدَأَةِ، وَالذِّئْبِ، وَالْحَيَّةِ، وَالْعَقْرَبِ، وَالْفَأْرَةِ، وَالْكَلْبِ الْعَقُورِ جَزَاءٌ.
Translation: No hunting compensation is due for killing the listed crow, kite, wolf, snake, scorpion, mouse, or vicious biting dog.

Seven categories are listed. In particular, the dog has the qualification al-kalb al-ʿaqur, a dangerous biting animal; the statement is not a blanket rule about all dogs.

Jaza in this passage is the hunting-related compensation in ihram. The clause should not be expanded into permission for needless injury to animals or exemption from every other obligation.

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Specific animals excluded from game compensation

Bab Jinayat al-Muhrim — Exempt Animals, Predators, and Eating Game (Part V)

وَلَيْسَ فِي قَتْلِ الْغُرَابِ، وَالْحِدَأَةِ، وَالذِّئْبِ، وَالْحَيَّةِ، وَالْعَقْرَبِ، وَالْفَأْرَةِ، وَالْكَلْبِ الْعَقُورِ جَزَاءٌ.
Translation: No hunting compensation is due for killing the listed crow, kite, wolf, snake, scorpion, mouse, or vicious biting dog.

Seven categories are listed. In particular, the dog has the qualification al-kalb al-ʿaqur, a dangerous biting animal; the statement is not a blanket rule about all dogs.

Jaza in this passage is the hunting-related compensation in ihram. The clause should not be expanded into permission for needless injury to animals or exemption from every other obligation.