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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1791 (Book 25, Hadith 4) #27416
Eating Badger: Permissibility and Scholarly Opinions

SUMMARY: The hadith discusses the permissibility of eating badger and the different opinions of scholars on this matter.

Narrated Ibn Abi 'Ammar: "I asked Jabir: 'Is badger kind of game animal?' He said: 'Yes'." He said: "I said: 'Should I eat it?' He said: 'Yes'." He said: 'I said: 'Did the Messenger of Allah say that ?' He said: 'Yes'." Abu 'Eisa said: This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. Some of the people of knowledge followed this. They did not see any harm eating badger. This is the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. A Hadith has been related from the Prophet indicating disapproval of eating badger but its chain is not strong. Some of the people of knowledge disliked eating badger. This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubarak. Yahya bin Al-Qattan said: "Jarir bin Hazm reported this Hadith from 'Abdullah bin 'Ubaid bin 'Umair, from Ibn Abi 'Ammar, from Jabir, from 'Umar, as his saying. And the narration of Ibn Juraij (a narrator in the chain of this Hadith) is more correct. And Ibn Abi 'Ammar is 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Abdullah bin Abi 'Ammar Al-Makki.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِجَابِرٍ الضَّبُعُ صَيْدٌ هِيَ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ آكُلُهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَقَالَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَى هَذَا وَلَمْ يَرَوْا بِأَكْلِ الضَّبُعِ بَأْسًا وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ‏.‏ وَرُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ حَدِيثٌ فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ أَكْلِ الضَّبُعِ وَلَيْسَ إِسْنَادُهُ بِالْقَوِيِّ وَقَدْ كَرِهَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَكْلَ الضَّبُعِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ وَرَوَى جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ قَوْلَهُ ‏.‏ وَحَدِيثُ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ أَصَحُّ ‏.‏ وَابْنُ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ هُوَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ الْمَكِّيُّ

TOPICS
eating  *  badger  *  animal  *  permissible  *  dislike  *  scholars  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow scholarly consensus where possible ; Take into account all available evidence before making a decision about something related to religion ; Respect Prophetic traditions even if they are weakly narrated ; Respect differing scholarly opinions .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the permissibility of eating badger according to Islamic law. It is narrated by Ibn Abi ‘Ammar who asked Jabir if badgers were a kind of game animal and he said yes. He then asked if he should eat it and Jabir said yes. He then asked if the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said that it was permissible to eat it and Jabir again answered yes. The hadith is considered Hasan Sahih which means that it is a good narration but not as strong as an authentic one due to some weak narrators in its chain of transmission. Some scholars followed this opinion while others disagreed with it based on another weak narration from the Prophet ﷺ indicating disapproval for eating badgers. In conclusion, there are two opinions among scholars regarding whether or not one can eat badgers; however both sides agree that there is no clear evidence either way so caution should be taken when consuming them or any other game animals for that matter.

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