Question
Is it permissible to eat the hedgehog (qunfuz)?
Answer by Fadilat al-Shaykh Abd al-Wakil Nasir (may Allah preserve him)
Eating the hedgehog is permissible, and there are the following agreements of the scholars on this:
The position of the Shafi’is and Malikis:
- According to them, eating the hedgehog is permissible and lawful.
The opinion of other eminent imams:
- Imam Ibn al-Mundhir, Imam Ibn Hazm, Imam al-Shawkani, and Imam Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on them all) also hold the same position, that eating the hedgehog is lawful.
Summary:
- There is no legal prohibition on eating the hedgehog, and the majority of scholars hold that it is lawful.
