Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 5 Al-Ma'idah, Ayat 95-95
يٰۤـاَيُّهَا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا تَقۡتُلُوا الصَّيۡدَ وَاَنۡـتُمۡ حُرُمٌ ؕ وَمَنۡ قَتَلَهٗ مِنۡكُمۡ مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَآءٌ مِّثۡلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ يَحۡكُمُ بِهٖ ذَوَا عَدۡلٍ مِّنۡكُمۡ هَدۡيًاۢ بٰلِغَ الۡـكَعۡبَةِ اَوۡ كَفَّارَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسٰكِيۡنَ اَوۡ عَدۡلُ ذٰ لِكَ صِيَامًا لِّيَذُوۡقَ وَبَالَ اَمۡرِهٖ ؕ عَفَا اللّٰهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَ ؕ وَمَنۡ عَادَ فَيَنۡتَقِمُ اللّٰهُ مِنۡهُ ؕ وَاللّٰهُ عَزِيۡزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ
﴿5:95﴾
(5:95) Believers! Do not kill game while you are in the state of pilgrim
sanctity.110 Whoever of you kills it wilfully there shall be a recompense,
the like of what he has killed in cattle - as shall be judged by two men of
equity among you - to be brought to the Ka'bah as an offering, or as an expiation
the feeding of the needy, or its equivalent in fasting111 in order
that he may taste the grievousness of his deed. Allah has pardoned whatever
has passed; but Allah will exact a penalty from him who repeats it. Allah is
All-Mighty. He is fully capable of exacting penalties.
Notes
110. When a person is in the state of pilgrim sanctity (ihram) it is prohibited
for him both to hunt and to assist in hunting animals. Indeed, even if an animal
has been hunted for him by someone else he may not eat it. However, if someone
hunts an animal for himself and makes a gift of it to such a person, there is
no harm in his eating it. There is an exception to this injunction and that
is with regard to harmful animals. Snakes, scorpions, mad dogs and other such
animals which cause injury to man may be killed even by one in the state of
ihram. (See Bukhari, 'Talaq', 24; 'Sayd', 2; Abu Da'ud, 'Manasik', 40, 41; Tirmidhi,
'Hajj', 27; 'Sayd', 26 - Ed.)
111. It would also be 'two men of equity'
(Surah al-Ma'idah 5: 95) to judge
as to the number of persons one should feed or the number of days one should
fast by way of expiation for killing a certain animal.