from it: it neither repels an enemy nor catches game, because game hunted with it is not lawful—unless you reach it alive and slaughter it properly.

Is lead shot like a pellet? No. Lead shot is of two types: pointed shot, which is exactly like an arrow; and non-pointed shot which does not kill by its weight, but rather by penetrating, and is therefore a wounding implement.

When lead shot first appeared, the scholars differed regarding it. Some deemed it forbidden and said that hunting with it was neither permissible nor lawful. But in the end, they reached a consensus that game hunted with it is lawful. The versifier said:

Whatever game is taken with lead shot,
Its lawfulness to eat has been established.
Our compassionate father issued this ruling,
And consensus was formed upon his fatwa.

His statement, “a stick”: for example, a bird comes toward a person who has a stick with him, and he strikes it, so that the bird falls dead. It is not lawful, because it was not killed by a wound.

His statement, “a net”: in our usage, we call it a sharak (snare). They dig a small hole in a wall and place a date in it; it is preferable that there also be some wheat grains. Then they place over the mouth of the hole a string or cord formed into a noose. When the sparrow comes and puts its head in to eat the date, the cord catches it and tightens around its neck. Sometimes a person reaches it before it dies, takes it, and slaughters it; and sometimes it dies before he reaches it. If it dies, it is not lawful, because it was strangled.

His statement, “A trap does not render lawful what it kills”: as far as I know, a trap is—