LessonsSu’r: Categories, Purity, and Juristic DifferencesQuiz

Predatory land beasts include animals such as lions, wolves and leopards, which tear and feed on prey. Their leftover water is impure in Hanafi law.

The legal description is tied to the animal’s predatory nature and the effect of its saliva. Wildness alone is not sufficient to assign every species to this group.

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Predatory Beasts

Su’r: Categories, Purity, and Juristic Differences

Predatory land beasts include animals such as lions, wolves and leopards, which tear and feed on prey. Their leftover water is impure in Hanafi law.

The legal description is tied to the animal’s predatory nature and the effect of its saliva. Wildness alone is not sufficient to assign every species to this group.