The Holy Quran 5:95 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ ۚ وَمَن قَتَلَهُۥ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَآءٌ مِّثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ ٱلنَّعَمِ يَحْكُمُ بِهِۦ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ هَدْيًۢا بَـٰلِغَ ٱلْكَعْبَةِ أَوْ كَفَّـٰرَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَـٰكِينَ أَوْ عَدْلُ ذَٰلِكَ صِيَامًا لِّيَذُوقَ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِۦ ۗ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَ ۚ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَيَنتَقِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو ٱنتِقَامٍ

Translation

O you who have Imaan! Do not hunt (kill) game while you are in the state of Ihraam. The penalty for the person (in Ihraam) who purposely kills any game is (that he sacrifice) a domestic animal similar to the animal (which he) killed, (the type of animal) to be decided by two just persons (who have the relevant knowledge) and brought as an offering to the Kabah (to be sacrificed within the Haram and its meat distributed among the poor), or (if the person does not want to slaughter such an animal, he should arrange that) poor people be fed (according to the value of the killed animal) as Kaffaara or the equivalent of it (of the number of poor persons) in fasts (a fast should be observed for each poor person that could be fed) so that he may taste the consequences of his action. Allaah has forgiven what has passed (what a person did before becoming a Muslim), but whoever repeats (the sin), then Allaah shall take him to task. Allaah is Mighty, the One Who takes (sinners) to task.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Some rulings concerning this have already passed at the beginning of Surah Al-Ma'idah. The penalty for hunting in ihram: “killing deliberately” means [killing] while remembering that one is in ihram and being aware that hunting is not permitted in the state of ihram. Here only the ruling on the “muta'ammid” (the one who kills deliberately)

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