Majmu Fatawa - Salih Al-Fawzan - (1/150)

You reach it while it still possesses stable life; in that case, once you perform the ritual slaughter, its meat is lawful by unanimous agreement.
You reach it while only an unstable, fading life remains—life that is about to cease, like the convulsive movements of an already-slaughtered animal. Here the scholars differ.
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Question: What is the meaning of these verses from Sura al-Maʾida, namely His words, Exalted be He: “O you who believe, do not ask about matters which, if made plain to you, would distress you. Yet if you ask about them while the Qur’an is being revealed, they will be made plain to you. Allah has pardoned that, and Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing. A people before you asked about them, then they became disbelievers because of them. Allah has appointed neither a bahira, nor a saʾiba, nor a wasila, nor a hami; rather, those who disbelieve fabricate lies against Allah, and most of them do not reason” (al-Maʾida 101–103)? And what do the terms bahira, saʾiba, wasila, and hami mean?

Answer: Allah, Exalted is He, forbids questioning that serves no real need; the Prophet ﷺ likewise forbade excessive questioning, saying, “Leave me so long as I leave you, for what destroyed those before you was their many questions and their disagreements with their prophets.” In these noble verses Allah prohibits the believers from asking about matters that do not concern them and are of no benefit to their religion. If such matters were laid bare and they were then required to observe them, they would find them burdensome and distressing. Hence Allah forbids them to inundate the Messenger ﷺ with needless questions, for questioning about such matters can become a cause—

الحالة الثانية: أن يدرك وفيه حياة مستقرة، فهذا حلال بالإجماع إذا زكاه. الحالة الثالثة: إذا أدركه وفيه حياة غير مستقرة، حياة على سبيل الزوال كحركة المذبوح، فهذا محل الخلاف. *** سؤال: ما معنى هذه الآيات من سورة المائدة: وهي قوله تعالى: ﴿يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ وَإِنْ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْهَا حِينَ يُنَزَّلُ الْقُرْآنُ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْهَا وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا بِهَا كَافِرِينَ مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ﴾ [المائدة: ١٠١، ١٠٣] ؟ وما معنى بحيرة وسائبة ووصيلة وحام؟ الجواب: الله ﷾ ينهى عن السؤال الذي لا حاجة إليه، كذلك النبي ﷺ نهى عن كثرة السؤال، وقال: «ذروني ما تركتكم، فإنما أهلك من كان قبلكم كثرة مسائلهم واختلافهم على أنبيائهم» ، في هذه الآيات الكريمة ينهى الله المؤمنين أن يسألوا عن أشياء لا حاجة بهم إليها، ولا هي مما يعنيهم في أمر دينهم، ولو ظهرت لهم هذه الأشياء وكلفوا بها لشقت عليهم وساءتهم، وهذا نهي من الله عن كثرة سؤالهم للرسول ﷺ في أمور لا تعني، ولا يحتاجون إليها، ويكون في السؤال عنها سبب