Fourth: If he is compelled to eat and therefore slaughters game, is it lawful for him?

The answer: Yes, it is lawful, for nothing remains forbidden in a case of necessity, as Allah the Exalted says:

“He has already detailed for you what He has forbidden to you, except when you are compelled by necessity.” [al-An‘am 6:119]

Thus, if a person in ihram fears that he will perish from hunger, and his only alternatives are to die or to kill this gazelle or rabbit, he may hunt it; and once he has hunted it, it is lawful. But is it forbidden such that he may eat only as much as necessity requires, or is it lawful such that he may take provisions from it?

The answer: It is lawful, and he may take provisions from it, because once its killing became lawful, ihram had no effect upon it. Its killing was permitted out of necessity, and it therefore became lawful, for the human being is more noble before Allah than game.

Fifth: Game in whose killing a person in ihram and another person both took part—that is, game killed by two men, one of whom was in ihram and the other not: is it forbidden only to the person in ihram, to the exclusion of the one not in ihram, or is it forbidden to them both?

The answer: It is forbidden to them both, because the unlawful cannot be avoided except by avoiding what is lawful, since the unlawful portion cannot be distinguished.

Sixth: If a person in ihram directs or assists someone who is not in ihram in hunting game?

The scholars said: It is forbidden to the person in ihram who directed or assisted, but not to anyone else.

An example of directing: A group is walking, and one of them, who is in ihram, turns around, sees some game, and says to the person not in ihram, “Look at the game.” The latter then goes and hunts it. It is forbidden only to the person in ihram who directed him, because he pointed it out; as for the others, it is not forbidden to them.