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سنن دارمي
Darimi
من كتاب الاضاحيFrom the Book of Sacrifices
باب في أَكْلِ الْمَيْتَةِ لِلْمُضْطَرِّ:Chapter: Eating Carrion in Necessity
Hadith 2035
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ حَسَّانَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنَّا بِأَرْضٍ تَكُونُ بِهَا الْمَخْمَصَةُ، فَمَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا مِنْ الْمَيْتَةِ ؟ قَالَ: "إِذَا لَمْ تَصْطَبِحُوا، وَلَمْ تَغْتَبِقُوا، وَلَمْ تَخْتَفِئُوا بَقْلًا فَشَأْنُكُمْ بِهَا" . قَالَ: النَّاسُ يَقُولُونَ بِالْحَاءِ، وَهَذَا قَالَ بِالْخَاءِ.
Abu Waqid said: We asked, "O Messenger of Allah! We travel to lands where there is famine (starvation), in such a situation, what part of a dead animal is lawful for us?" He replied: "When you do not find food for lunch or dinner, and you do not even get vegetables, then you may eat the dead animal." The narrator said: People have narrated from «حاء» from «تحتفوا», but in this narration it is narrated from «تختفوا» with the letter 'Kha'.
Brief Explanation
(Commentary on Hadith 2034)
When a person is distressed by hunger and fears for his life, he may eat the flesh of a dead animal (carrion) to the extent of necessity, provided that it has not decayed or rotted.
In the Noble Qur’an, Allah the Exalted says: « ﴿فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِإِثْمٍ﴾ [المائده : 3]» That is, when a person is overwhelmed by the severity of hunger (those things which have been declared unlawful «حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ ...... إلخ» ), he may eat them in a state of compulsion, but he should not eat excessively so as to harm himself, because Allah the Exalted has made pure and good things lawful and has forbidden impure things that are harmful to human health: « ﴿وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَ﴾ [الأعراف : 107]» (Translation: He makes lawful for you the good things and declares unlawful the bad things).
Also, the Exalted Lord says: «﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ﴾ [البقره : 172]» “O believers! Eat from the pure things We have provided for you.”
When a person is distressed by hunger and fears for his life, he may eat the flesh of a dead animal (carrion) to the extent of necessity, provided that it has not decayed or rotted.
In the Noble Qur’an, Allah the Exalted says: « ﴿فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِإِثْمٍ﴾ [المائده : 3]» That is, when a person is overwhelmed by the severity of hunger (those things which have been declared unlawful «حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ ...... إلخ» ), he may eat them in a state of compulsion, but he should not eat excessively so as to harm himself, because Allah the Exalted has made pure and good things lawful and has forbidden impure things that are harmful to human health: « ﴿وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَ﴾ [الأعراف : 107]» (Translation: He makes lawful for you the good things and declares unlawful the bad things).
Also, the Exalted Lord says: «﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ﴾ [البقره : 172]» “O believers! Eat from the pure things We have provided for you.”
