Is it permissible to eat ostrich meat, i live in riyadh and there are numerous stores on which ostrich meat is available.
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Is it permissible to eat ostrich meat, i live in riyadh and there are numerous stores on which ostrich meat is available.
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In Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Ostrich is described as a plant eating bird. It will be permissible to it Ostrich meat. (Aalamgiri vol.5 pg.289)
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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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