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Bayhaqi 19382 — Collected chapters on lawful and unlawful animals

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ، ثنا يَحْيَى، ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، أنبأ هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: لَا تَقْتُلُوا الضَّفَادِعَ فَإِنَّ نَقِيقَهَا تَسْبِيحٌ، وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا الْخُفَّاشَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرِبَ بَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ: يَا رَبِّ سَلِّطْنِي عَلَى الْبَحْرِ حَتَّى أُغْرِقَهُمْ. فَهَذَانِ مَوْقُوفَانِ فِي الْخُفَّاشِ وَإِسْنَادُهُمَا صَحِيحٌ فَالَّذِي أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ فِي الْحِلِّ وَالْحَرَمِ يَحْرُمُ أَكْلُهُ، إِذْ لَوْ كَانَ حَلَالًا لَمَا أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ فِي الْحَرَمِ وَلَا فِي الْإِحْرَامِ، وَقَدْ نَهَى الله عَنْ قَتْلِ الصَّيْدِ فِي الْإِحْرَامِ، وَالَّذِي نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِهِ يَحْرُمُ أَكْلُهُ إِذْ لَوْ كَانَ حَلَالًا أَمَرَ بِذَبْحِهِ وَلَمَا نَهَى عَنْهُ وَلَمَا نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِهِ كَمَا لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْ قَتْلِ مَا يَحِلُّ ذَبْحُهُ وَأَكْلُهُ، وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Do not kill frogs, for their croaking is glorification (of Allah); and do not kill the bat, for when Bayt al-Maqdis was destroyed it said: 'O my Lord, give me power over the sea so that I may drown them.'" These two reports concerning the bat are mawquf (stopping at the Companions), and their chains are sahih (authentic). So whatever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered to be killed outside the sanctuary and inside it is unlawful to eat, because if it were lawful, he would not have ordered it to be killed in the sanctuary or in the state of ihram, when Allah Almighty has forbidden killing game in ihram. And whatever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing is also unlawful to eat, because if it were lawful, he would have ordered it to be slaughtered and would not have forbidden killing it, just as he did not forbid killing what is lawful to slaughter and eat. And Allah knows best.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الضحايا / 19382
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