Issue 1310: If a legal-flesh wild animal is hunted with a weapon, it will be legal and pure if the following five conditions are fulfilled:

1- The weapon used for hunting must be able to cut through like a knife or a sword, or it must be sharp like a spear or an arrow, so that due to its sharpness, it may tear the body of the animal. If an animal is hunted with a trap, or hit by a piece of wood or a stone, and it dies before being slaughtered, it will not become pure and its meat will be illegal to eat.

2-The hunter must not be an unbeliever or one, who is the enemy of the Holy Prophet's Progeny (PBUT).

3- The hunter must aim the weapon for hunting the particular animal. Therefore, if a person takes an aim at some target and kills an animal accidentally, that animal will not be pure and it will be illegal to eat the meat.

4- While using the weapon, the hunter must recite the name of Allah before the target hits. If the hunter does not recite the name of Allah intentionally, that animal will not be legal to eat. There is, however, no harm if he fails to do so due to forgetting.

5- The animal will be legal to eat if the hunter reaches it when it is already dead, or if it is alive, the hunter must not have any time left to slaughter it; and if despite having enough time to slaughter it, they don't do so till it dies, it will be illegal to eat its meat.

Issue 1311: If a hunting dog hunts a wild animal whose meat is legally permissible to eat, the following six conditions should be fulfilled so that it will be pure and legal:

1- The hunting dog should be trained in such a way that when it is commanded to catch the prey, it goes after it and when told to stop, it stops; but if after having seen the prey and come close to it, it does not stop despite being told to stop, there will be no harm; and as an obligatory precaution, it should not have the habit to eat the prey before the arrival of its master; however, if once the hunting dog eats the prey accidentally before its master arrives, there will be no harm.

2- The hunting dog should be directed by its master, and if it hunts of its own accord and preys upon an animal, it will be illegal to eat the meat of that animal. In fact, if the hunting dog follows a prey on its own accord, and later its master calls out to encourage it to reach the prey faster, even if it may quicken its pace because of its master's cry, eating the meat of that prey should be avoided as an obligatory precaution.

3- The person, who directs the hunting dog -whether a man or a woman-must not be classified as an obstinate unbeliever or an enemy of the Holy Prophet's Progeny (PBUT), that is, they must not be of Nawasib. A child can also direct a hunting dog if he/she is a discerning child, that is, if they can distinguish between good and evil.

4- While sending the dog out to hunt, the hunter should recite the name of Allah, and if they do not recite the name of Allah intentionally, the meat of the hunted animal will not be legal to eat, but if they do not recite the name of Allah due to forgetting, there will be no harm. If they do not recite the name of Allah intentionally but before the dog reaches the prey they do so, as an obligatory precaution, they should avoid eating the meat of that animal.

5- The prey should die as a result of the wound inflicted by the dog's teeth. Therefore, if the dog suffocates the prey to death, or the prey dies because of running or fear, it will not be legal to eat the meat of that prey.

6- The hunter who sends the dog to catch the prey should reach the spot when the animal is dead, or if it is alive, there should not be enough time to slaughter it. But if they reach the prey while there is enough time to slaughter it, for instance, when the prey still moves its eyes, legs, or tail, yet they do not do so allowing it to die by itself, the prey will not be legal.

Issue 1312: If a locust is caught alive by hand or by any other contrivance, it will be legal to eat after it dies, and it is not necessary that the person catching it should be a Muslim, or should have uttered the name of Allah while catching it. But if a non-Muslim is holding a dead locust in their hand and it is not known whether or not they have caught it alive, it will be illegal to eat, even if they claim that they have caught it alive.

Issue 1313: Eating a young locust which has not developed wings and cannot fly is illegal.