ما حكم أكل الحلزون (البوبوش ـ غلال)؟ الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين

Main ideas / lessons

• General rule for food: The default ruling for animals and other foods is permissibility (halal).
• Exception rule: Something becomes haram only when there is clear evidence proving prohibition.
• Handling doubt: If you’re unsure whether something is halal or haram, it remains halal until proof shows it is forbidden.
• Scriptural foundation for permissibility: The speaker cites Quranic meanings that Allah created and subjected what is on Earth and in the heavens for human benefit, and hadith emphasizing that Allah remains silent about many matters out of mercy—meaning no prohibition exists unless evidence is established.

Methodology / rulings framework

• Step 1: Start from the default
  • For food and drink, the basic principle is permissibility.
• Step 2: Look for prohibiting evidence
  • A thing is not considered forbidden unless there is explicit proof (Quran, hadith, or recognized rulings).
• Step 3: Treat uncertainty as halal
  • If someone is in doubt, the item is treated as permitted until it is proven prohibited.
• Step 4: Identify categories that are explicitly forbidden
  • The speaker lists categories mentioned via hadith/sharia rulings, while noting that scholarly disagreement can exist in some details.

Explicitly forbidden categories mentioned

1. Domestic donkeys

   • Based on a hadith (Anas ibn Malik) stating Allah and His Messenger forbade eating the meat of domestic donkeys because it is impure.

2. Beasts of prey with fangs used for hunting

   • Examples: wolf, lion, elephant, and similar.

3. Birds of prey with talons used for hunting

   • Examples: eagle, falcon, vulture, hawk, kite, and similar.

4. Animals sharia orders to be killed

   • The reasoning given: what the Lawgiver orders killed is harmful by nature, and eating it can transfer that inherent harm.

5. Animals sharia forbids killing (due to sanctity)

   • Examples of forbidden to kill: crow, kite.
   • Examples of forbidden to kill: ant, bee, hoopoe, shrike.

6. Offspring born from a permissible and a non-permissible animal

   • Example: mule
   • Reasoning: because there is a conflict between permissibility and prohibition, prohibition prevails; avoiding the forbidden may require abstaining from the ambiguous offspring.

7. Animals that eat carrion

   • Examples: vulture, Egyptian vulture, and similar.

Closing emphasis

Although there may be differences among scholars regarding some specific items/categories, the overall approach is:

• Return matters to their basic principles: permissibility by default.
• Prohibition only with evidence.

Speakers / sources featured

• Speaker: Sheikh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymin (implied by the video title)
• Source: Quran (cited in meaning)
  • “He created for you everything on earth”
  • “He subjected to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth”
• Sources: Hadith
  • Hadith from Anas ibn Malik (re domestic donkeys; Khaybar)
  • Hadith: “Whatever Allah has kept silent about, it is forgiven”
  • Hadith about Allah’s limits/obligations and not transgressing or asking about omitted matters out of mercy
• Prophet referenced: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
• Companion referenced: Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)