سُوْرَةُ المَآئِدَةِ
Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 4
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ مَاذَآ أُحِلَّ لَهُمْ ۖ قُلْ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۙ وَمَا عَلَّمْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّبِينَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّآ أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ۖ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿4﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) what is lawful for them (as food). Say: "Lawful unto you are At-Tayyibât [all kind of Halâl (lawful-good) foods which Allâh has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits)]. And those beasts and birds of prey which you have trained as hounds, training and teaching them (to catch) in the manner as directed to you by Allâh; so eat of what they catch for you, but pronounce the Name of Allâh over it, and fear Allâh. Verily, Allâh is Swift in reckoning."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَسْـَٔلُونَكَ
yasalūnaka
They ask you
مَاذَآ
mādhā
what
أُحِلَّ
uḥilla
(is) made lawful
لَهُمْ ۖ
lahum
for them
قُلْ
qul
Say
أُحِلَّ
uḥilla
Are made lawful
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۙ
l-ṭayibātu
the good things
وَمَا
wamā
and what
عَلَّمْتُم
ʿallamtum
you have taught
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْجَوَارِحِ
l-jawāriḥi
(your) hunting animals
مُكَلِّبِينَ
mukallibīna
ones who train animals to hunt
تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ
tuʿallimūnahunna
you teach them
مِمَّا
mimmā
of what
عَلَّمَكُمُ
ʿallamakumu
has taught you
ٱللَّهُ ۖ
l-lahu
Allah
فَكُلُوا۟
fakulū
So eat
مِمَّآ
mimmā
of what
أَمْسَكْنَ
amsakna
they catch
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
for you
وَٱذْكُرُوا۟
wa-udh'kurū
but mention
ٱسْمَ
is'ma
(the) name
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِ ۖ
ʿalayhi
on it
وَٱتَّقُوا۟
wa-ittaqū
and fear
ٱللَّهَ ۚ
l-laha
Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَرِيعُ
sarīʿu
is swift
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(in taking) account
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
4. 1. By this, all those things are meant which are halal. Every halal is pure, and every haram is impure.
4. 2. Jawarih is the plural of jarih, which means hunter. It refers to hunting dogs, falcons, cheetahs, hawks, and other hunting birds and beasts. Mukallibeen means that before being sent for hunting, they have been trained for hunting. Training means that when it is sent for hunting, it runs; when it is stopped, it stops; and when it is called back, it returns.
4. 3. The prey hunted by such trained animals is halal with two conditions. First, that at the time of sending it for hunting, Bismillah is recited. Second, that the hunting animal catches the prey and keeps it for its owner and waits for him, and does not eat it itself. Even if it has killed the prey, still the hunted animal is halal, provided that no other animal besides the trained and sent animal has participated in the hunt (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab al-Dhaba’ih wa al-Sayd; Muslim, Kitab al-Sayd).
4. 2. Jawarih is the plural of jarih, which means hunter. It refers to hunting dogs, falcons, cheetahs, hawks, and other hunting birds and beasts. Mukallibeen means that before being sent for hunting, they have been trained for hunting. Training means that when it is sent for hunting, it runs; when it is stopped, it stops; and when it is called back, it returns.
4. 3. The prey hunted by such trained animals is halal with two conditions. First, that at the time of sending it for hunting, Bismillah is recited. Second, that the hunting animal catches the prey and keeps it for its owner and waits for him, and does not eat it itself. Even if it has killed the prey, still the hunted animal is halal, provided that no other animal besides the trained and sent animal has participated in the hunt (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab al-Dhaba’ih wa al-Sayd; Muslim, Kitab al-Sayd).
