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1791. Ibn Abī ‘Ammār said: “I asked Jābir: ‘Is badger a kind of game animal?’ He said: ‘Yes.’” He said: “I said: ‘Should I eat it?’ He said: ‘Yes.’” He said: ‘I said: ‘Did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say that?’ He said: ‘Yes.’” (Ṣaḥīḥ)[1]
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
Some of the people of knowledge followed this. They did not see any harm in eating badger. This is the view of Aḥmad and Ishāq. A Ḥadīth has been related from the Prophet ﷺ indicating disapproval of eating badger but its chain is not strong. Some of the people of knowledge disliked eating badger. This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubārak. Yahya bin Al-Qaṭṭān said: “Jarīr bin Hāzim reported this Ḥadīth from ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Ubaid bin ‘Umar, from Ibn Abī ‘Ammār, from Jābir, from ‘Umar, as his saying. And the narration of Ibn Jurāij (a narrator in the chain of this Ḥadīth) is more correct. [And Ibn Abī ‘Ammār is ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin ‘Abdullāh bin Abī ‘Ammār Al-Makkī].
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[1] This narration preceded, see no. 851.
Commentary
The A'immah: Ash-Shāfi'i, Aḥmad, Ishāq and 'Aṭā' consider the eating of badger lawful. Sad bin abi Waqqās and Ibn Abbās are also reported to have considered it lawful. Imām Ath-Thawri, the People of Opinion, Mālik and Sa'eed bin Musayyab consider the eating of it disliked (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi, v.3, p.75).
