QUESTION:
What do the noble ulamā say about eating the meat of peacocks and rabbits? Is it permissible?
ANSWER:
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب
Yes, both the meat of peacocks and rabbits is halāl. It is mentioned in Fatāwā Alamgīrī:
“There is no harm in eating peacock.”
[Fatāwā Alamgīrī Volume 5 page 290]
In relation to rabbit meat, it is mentioned in the noble Sahīh al-Bukhārī:
On the authority of Sayyidunā Anas (May Allah be pleased with him), that he said:
“We chased after a rabbit at Marr al-Zhahrān and the people strove until they became exhausted and I chased it until I took hold of it. So I took it to Abū Talhah and he slaughtered it and sent its hips and thighs to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he ﷺ accepted it.”
[Sahīh al-Bukhārī Volume 2 page 825]
الله أعلم عز و جل و رسوله أعلم صلى الله تعالى عليه وآله و سلم
Answered by Mufti Abū Muhammad ‘Alī Asghar al-Attārī al-Madanī
3rd Rabī’ al-Thānī 1434 AH (14th February 2013)
Translated by Ustādh Ibrar Shafi
Source: Dār al-Iftā Ahl al-Sunnah (Da’wat e Islami)
Read the original Urdu answer here: [Q-ID0649] Is the meat of rabbits and peacocks permissible to eat?
