Please tell me if it is permissible to eat crows and parrots?
Question
ji mufti sahib kya kawwa khana aut tota(perrot) khana halaal hai. paka ker khana.
Please tell me if it is permissible to eat crows and parrots?
Answer
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Answer: Crows are of three types viz
1. Those which eat only seeds.
2. Those which eat only meat.
3. Those which eat meat and seed.
The first and third type is permissible to consume and the second is not permissible.
It is permissible to consume parrots.
Hindiyyah 5/289 Rasheediyyah
Ahsanul Fatawa 7/439 H.M. Saeed
Fatawa Mahmoodiyyah 18/218-228 Jamia Farooqiyyah
Fatawa Mahmoodiyyah 18/233 Jamia Farooqiyyah
And Allah knows best
Wassalam
Ml. Ishaq E. Moosa,
Student Darul Iftaa
Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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