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Islamic Ruling on Hunting with a Modern Gun

Ruling on Hunting with a Gun


Written by: Imran Ayub Lahori


Scholarly Difference of Opinion​


Scholars have differed regarding the permissibility of hunting with a gun:


  • Majority view: Hunting done with a gun or a stone is haram, except for a few scholars who allowed it.
  • Notable early scholars who disliked gun hunting: ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما, Sālim, al-Qāsim, Mujāhid, Ibrāhīm, ʿAṭāʾ, and al-Ḥasan رحمهم الله.
    [Fath al-Bārī 11/30]


Preferred Opinion (Rājiḥ)​


Hunting with a modern gun is halal, because:


  1. The bullet does not strike like a stick or club; rather, it penetrates the body like an arrow, spear, nail, or other sharp instrument.
  2. The narrations prohibiting gun hunting refer to old-style clay bullets, which killed like a blunt blow (similar to mauqūdhah) without cutting.

[Subul al-Salām 4/1850; al-Rawḍah al-Nadiyyah 2/399]
 
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