Hadith 188

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 10: The Rites of Pilgrimage

Chapter 13

One who is in the Sacred State must Abstain from Hunting - Section 1

باب الحرم يجتنب الصيد

Mishkat al-Masabih 2698
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:
" خَمْسٌ لَا جُنَاحَ عَلَى من قتلَهُنّ فِي الْحل وَالْإِحْرَامِ: الْفَأْرَةُ وَالْغُرَابُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ "
Ibn ‘Umar reported the Prophet as saying, “There are five creatures which it is not a sin for anyone to kill in the sacred territory and when in the sacred state:

the rat, the crow, the kite, the scorpion and the biting dog." Bukhari and Muslim.