The saying of Allah the Exalted: "The penalty is the equivalent of what he killed, from livestock"

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said, regarding the words of Allah Almighty: "Then the recompense is the like of what he killed from livestock" up to "or its equivalent in fasting": When a person in ihram kills game, it is ruled that he must give its recompense from livestock. If he does not find that, he should see what the value of the game is, then he should assess its value in food, and fast one day in place of every half sa'. And in the words of Allah, the Exalted: "or an expiation: feeding poor people, or its equivalent in fasting" [Al-Ma'idah: 95], food is intended in relation to fasting: when he finds the food, he has found the recompense of the game.

Ibrahim said, in explanation of the words of Allah Almighty: "And whoever of you kills it intentionally, then the recompense is the like of what he killed from livestock, as judged by two just men among you, as an offering brought to the Ka'bah" [Al-Ma'idah: 95]: If he does not find (that), its value is assessed against him in food, and then he is told: Fast one day for every half sa'.

Ata, Mujahid and Ibrahim said: If a person in ihram kills game, he owes its value, with which he buys a sacrificial animal (dam). If he does not find the animal, he should assess its value in food and give each poor person half a sa' in charity; and if he does not find the poor either, he should fast two days for every sa'.

It was mentioned to Maymun bin Mihran that a person in ihram had killed game. He said: Allah, the Exalted, says: "The recompense is the like of what he killed from livestock, as judged by two just men among you, as an offering brought to the Ka'bah" [Al-Ma'idah: 95]. If the man finds the recompense of the game, he should sacrifice it; and if he does not find it, he should assess its value in money, then obtain food with it and give it in charity to the poor; and if he does not find the poor, he should fast one day in place of the food of each poor person.

Miqsam said: He should assess its value in dirhams, then assess the value of food in dirhams, then fast one day for every half sa'.