Ruling on Hunting Pigs in Islam
Source: Fatāwā Aminpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Aminpuri
Question
What is the ruling on hunting pigs?
Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ammā baʿd!
✿ The pig is najis al-ʿayn (intrinsically impure). It is not permissible to benefit from any part of it; therefore, its hunting is also impermissible.
❀ ʿAllāmah al-ʿAynī al-Ḥanafī (RA) (d. 855 AH) said:
إن الاصطياد به لا يجوز بالإجماع ، لنجاسة عينه.
“Hunting pigs is unanimously impermissible, because it is intrinsically impure.”
(Minḥat al-Sālik, p. 367)
✿ However, if pigs cause harm to crops or other property, then they may be killed to prevent harm.
ھذا ما عندي والله أعلم بالصواب
