Hunting-Related Queries

A1) The deal between the farmer and the hunter can only be concluded if the animal is first sold to the hunter, but this not the case as the animals are freely roaming about. Selling an animal that one is unable to hand over to the buyer is not permitted in terms of Shariah. The seller may therefore promise to sell the animal to the buyer if it is hunted down, and when animal is hunted, then the promise may be fulfilled. The price of the animal should be fixed before hunting it so that all future disputes are avoided.

Now, when the animal is hunted, the transaction will be concluded. It is obvious that the animal must be slaughtered very quickly otherwise it will die. If the hunter didn’t slaughter the animal on time, that will be considered as a deficiency on his path. However, he will be liable to pay for the animal as he was responsible for hunting it down. [Re:- Fataawa Darul Uloom Zakariyya Pg.181 Vol.6]

A2) The hunting of an animal is not ‘Bay-e-Munaabadha.’ ‘Bay-e-Munaabadha’ is when two parties are negotiating the price of an item. When one party wants to make the sale binding on the other, then he throws the item on him. The sale will be binding on him whether he is happy or not. This is not the case when hunting an animal, as the hunter voluntarily and happily decides to hunt an animal. The price of the animal is fixed before hunting; hence he has voluntarily consented to the transaction unlike ‘Bay-e-Munaabadha.’

A3) This has already been answered above.