HUNTING

Hunting too is forbidden to a muhrim (one in a state of ihrAm).  Somebody once presented Muhammad with the flesh of a wild ass, but he declined it, saying: �If we were not in a state of IhrAm, we would have accepted it from you� (2704).  But if the animal is killed by a non-muhrim, its flesh is acceptable to a muhrim.  The leg of a wild ass killed by a non-muhrim Companion was presented to Muhammad.  �The Messenger of Allah took it and ate it� (2714).

Though hunting of a sort is forbidden to a muhrim, this does not make him a Jain or a Vaishnava.  �Four are the vicious beasts� he should still kill: �kite, crow, rat and voracious dog.� But �what about a snake?� somebody asks.  Muhammad replies: �Let it be killed with disgrace� (2717).
author : ram swarup