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850. Abū Hurairah narrated: "We went with the Messenger of Allāh during Hajj or Umrah and we
encountered a swarm of locusts. We began striking at them with our whips and our staffs, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "Eat it, for indeed it is game of the sea." (Da'if)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Gharīb we do not know of it except as a narration of Abū Al-Muhazzim, from Abū Hurairah. Abū Muhazzim's name is Yazīd bin Sufyān and he was criticized by Shu'bah. There are those among the people of knowledge who allowed the Muhrim to catch locusts and eat them. Some of them thought that Sadaqah (expiations) was due from him if he tried to catch it or eat it.
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Most of the religious scholars consider the locusts as the prey of land because it dies when it falls in the water, so the penalty is a must but, there is difference of opinion in determining the penalty. (see Al-Mughni v. 5. p 401.)
