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Offences and their Expiations 239
Answer: If someone has eaten these locusts, no expiation is due. To
eat that animal is Ḥarām which is hunted in Ḥaram and is rendered
Ḥalāl by being slaughtered lawfully (as per Sharī’aĥ) like a deer etc.
The cause of such a hunted animal being Ḥarām is that the animal
hunted in Ḥaram is considered carrion (Murdār) which is Ḥarām to
be eaten. The reason why it is Ḥalāl to eat locust is that there is no
condition for slaughtering it as per Shar’ī method. It will remain
Ḥalāl no matter it is slaughtered in any way. Even if trampled under
foot or strangled, it will remain Ḥalāl. However, it is not allowed to
hunt locusts deliberately within the limits of Ḥaram.
Question 6: What is the expiation for slaughtering the wild terrestrial
animal of Ḥaram (i.e. the one found on land)
Answer: The expiation for it is to pay its price as Ṣadaqaĥ 1 .
Question 7: How is it to slaughter and eat chicken in Ḥaram
Answer: This is Ḥalāl. There is no harm in slaughtering and eating
the meat of domesticated animals such as the chicken, the goat, the
cow, the buffalo and the camel, etc. What is prohibited is to hunt
terrestrial wild animals.
Question 8: There are usually swarms of locusts outside Masjid-ul-
Ḥarām. If any locust is trampled under foot or crushed under the
tyre of the vehicle, killing it or wounding it, what will be the ruling
Answer: Expiation must be paid. It is stated on page 1184 of the first
volume of the book ‘Baĥār-e-Sharī’at’: A locust is also a terrestrial
(land) animal. If someone kills it, he must give a date as expiation
1
For detailed rulings on expiation, please study from pages 1179 to 1191 of Maktaba-tul-
Madīnaĥ’s published book ‘Baĥār-e-Sharī’at (volume 1)’. You will be amazed to have
learnt rulings.