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3816. It was narrated from Jābir bin Samurah that a man stayed in Al-Harrah, and he had his wife and children with him. A man said: "A she-camel of mine is lost; if you find it, then keep it (for me)." He found it, but he could not find its owner. It fell sick and his wife said, "Slaughter it," but he refused, then it died. She said: "Skin it so that we can dry its fat and flesh and eat it." He said: "Not until I ask the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ." He came to him, and asked him, and he said: "Do you have anything else that is sufficient for you?" He said: "No." He said: "Then eat it." Then its owner came and he told him the story. He said: "Why didn't you slaughter it?" He said: "Because I felt shy of you." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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When one is helpless and destitute and finds nothing to eat, he will be excused for eating what is otherwise unlawful.
