Rafiq-ul-Haramayn - Islamic School System - Dawat-e-Islami

Rafiq-ul-Haramayn 238
To cause discomfort to pigeons and locusts in Ḥaram
Question 1: How is it to frighten the pigeons and locusts of Ḥaram
into flying without any reason
Answer: A’lā Ḥaḍrat
has stated: It is forbidden to frighten
the pigeons of Ḥaram into flying.
Question 2: How is it to cause discomfort to the pigeons and locusts
in Ḥaram
Answer: It is Ḥarām to do so. Ṣadr-ush-Sharī’aĥ
has stated,
‘To hurt an animal of Ḥaram or to cause pain to it in any way is
Ḥarām for all. This ruling will apply regardless of whether the
person committing these mistakes is in the state of Iḥrām or not.’
(Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 1186)
Question 3: Can Muḥrims slaughter pigeons and eat them
Answer: It is stated on page 1180 of the 1 st volume of Baĥār-e-Sharī’at:
If a Muḥrim has slaughtered a wild animal, it will not be Ḥalāl and
will remain carrion 1 . If he has also eaten its meat after paying
expiation, he will be required to pay the expiation again for eating
it. If he had paid no expiation before eating, only one expiation will
be sufficient in this case.
Question 4: Is it allowed to catch and eat the locust of Ḥaram
Answer: It is Ḥarām to do so. (Basically, a locust is Ḥalāl and can be
eaten even if dead like fish. It is not necessary to slaughter it.)
Question 5: Outside Masjid-ul-Ḥarām, countless locusts are
trampled under foot and are lying dead or injured. What is the
ruling if someone has eaten them
1
Murdār, not considered lawfully slaughtered