List of Permitted Halal Prohibited Haram Animals Birds

Statement showing the permitted and prohibited animals.

1. The animals which are shown as prohibited in the Holy Quran and by tradition, such as swine or pig, pet donkey are undoubtedly prohibited.

2. The animals in which there is no blood at all such as flies, mosquitoes, spiders, cockroach, scorpion, glow warm, white ants, etc are all prohibited (Haram), but locusts are permitted without slaughter (zibha).

3. The animal which contains blood but it does not flow such as snakes, lizard, house lizard, forest lizard etc are prohibited.

4. The animals which are called insects which live under the earth such as rat, muskrat, bandicoot, mongoose, etc. are all prohibited.

5. The animals which are born in water and live therein such as frog, crab, alligator, tortoise etc. All are prohibited but the fish, even dead is permitted. however fish which is turned turtle on the water automatically without effecting any injury which is called ‘tafee is prohibited. ‘bam fish’ and ‘black fish’ are also permitted. Prawns are disputed, those who call it fish it is permitted for them and those who do not declare it as fish for them it is disapproved to the point of being forbidden.

6. The animals containing flowing blood which eat grass, leaves etc. But they do not inflict wounds with their teeth and do not prey such as camel, goat, sheep, cow, ox, buffalo etc., (pet or stray) deer, stag etc. All are permitted, but the horse is abhorrent.

7. The birds which peck only (To peck the corn is a sign of lawfulness and to tear the flesh with claws is the sign of prohibition.) but do not cause wound with their claws and do not prey such as sparrow, pigeon, dove, partridge, cock, quail, duck, charkavva, lark, crane, mina, parrot etc. are all permitted.

8. The beasts which inflict wounds with their teeth and prey such as tiger, wolf, jackle, fox, leopard, panther, cat, dog, monkey, langoor, bear, heyna are all prohibited.

9. The birds which use their claws for hunting. and inflict injury such as hawks, falcon, sparrow hawk, female hawk, vulture, shikra, latora etc, are all prohibited.

10. The birds which feed upon dead such as vultures and phoenix (Huma) are all prohibited.

11. The animals, among whose parents, one is permissible and the other is prohibited in such cases the mother will be counted (The mule is prohibited when his mother is a she-ass and if the mother is a cow it is lawful and if the mother is mare it is abhorrent.). If the mother is prohibited the kid is also prohibited.

12. The milk of the permitted animal is permitted and of those prohibited is prohibited. similarly the eggs of the permitted birds are permitted and the prohibited are prohibited.

For easy understanding a chart of Permitted And Prohibited Animals is given below:

S. No	Name of the animal	Order
1	Martin, Swallow	Halal
2	Owl Note: To some Islamic Juristists it is lawful.	Haram
3	Camel	Halal
4	Stag	Halal
5	Falcon	Haram
6	Sparrow Hawk (Basha)	Haram
7	Balm Fish	Halal
8	Lion	Haram
9	Quail	Halal
10	Badger (Bijju)	Haram
11	Scorpion	Haram
12	Duck	Halal
13	Goat	Halal
14	Forest Goat	Halal
15	Crane	Halal
16	Nightingale	Halal
17	Cat	Haram
18	Monkey	Haram
19	Panther	Haram
20	Hornet, Wasp	Haram
21	Heyna	Haram
22	Sheep	Halal
23	Buffalo	Halal
24	Falcon (Female Hawk)	Haram
25	Weaver Bird	Halal
26	Red Welvet	Haram
27	Ox	Halal
28	Tirmati	Haram
29	Tadas	Haram
30	Patridge (All types)	Halal
31	Leopard	Haram
32	Locusts	Halal
33	Prawn Note: To some Islamic Jurists it is lawful & to some it is disapproved to the point of forbidden.	Disputed
34	Cricket (Insect)	Haram
35	Sparrow	Halal
36	Ravine Deer (Chikara)	Halal
37	Ruddy Goose	Halal
38	Bat	Haram
39	Crested Lark (Chendole)	Halal
40	Rat (Whether house hold or forest)	Haram
41	Lizard	Haram
42	Musk Rat	Haram
43	Panther	Haram
44	Spotted deer	Halal
45	Vulture	Haram
46	Mule Note: It is lawful if the mother is lawful	Haram
47	Rabbit	Halal
48	Ram	Halal
49	Bear	Haram
50	Buck (Sanbar)	Halal
51	Snake	Haram
52	Blue necked bird (Subzak, neel kanth)	Halal
53	A Bushy Tailed Cow of Tibat (Sara Gai)	Halal
54	Sheldrake (Surkhab)	Halal
55	Ermine (Sanjab)	Haram
56	Swine Haram	Haram
57	Lynx-Flex Caracal (Sia Gosh)	Haram
58	Falcon	Haram
59	Ostrich	Halal
60	Honey Bee	Haram
61	Sparrod Hawk	Haram
62	Tiger	Haram
63	Parrot	Halal
64	She Parrot Note: Apart from parrot it is smaller	Halal
65	Dove	Halal
66	Goose	Halal
67	Ringdove (Khumri)	Halal
68	Black Bird with white spot on the belly (Ka’bar)	Halal
69	Pigeon	Halal
70	Dog	Haram
71	Tortoise	Haram
72	The Heron fork tailed butcher bird	Halal
73	Crow (Zage Kusht) Note: That which pecks the corn. It is mentioned in ‘Rukn-e-Rakeen’ that this crow is not available in this country. In the outskirts of Kabul it is abundant.	Halal
74	Crow (Zage Akhakh) Note: That which pecks the corn and eats the dead. In ‘Rukn-e-Rakeen’ it is mentioned that it is not known whether this crow is available in this country or not and if available with what name it is known.	Halal
75	Crow (Abqha) Note: That which eats the dead only.	Haram
76	Crow (Azaaf) Note: That which preys with its jaws.	Haram
77	Cuckoo	Halal
78	Male Buffalo	Halal
79	Centipede (kankhajura)	Haram
80	Earthworm	Haram
81	Crab	Haram
82	Cow	Halal
83	Gatur	Halal
84	Vulture	Haram
85	Pet Donkey	Haram
86	Chameleon	Haram
87	Zebra	Halal
88	Horse (Note: Difference of opinion)	Abhorrent
89	Iguana (Ghod phod, Goh)	Haram
90	Squarrel	Haram
91	Bandicoot	Haram
92	Jackal	Haram
93	Rhinoceros	Disputed
94	Lal	Halal
95	Latora	Haram
96	Lakhlakh	Halal
97	Langoor	Haram
98	Coturix/Lark	Halal
99	Fox	Haram
100	Fish	Halal
101	Cock Note: All Types	Halal
102	Water Fowl	Halal
103	Spider	Haram
104	Crocodile	Haram
105	Wagtail	Halal
106	Peacock	Halal
107	Mahuka	Halal
108	Starling	Halal
109	Frog	Haram
110	Ram	Halal
111	White Antilope	Halal
112	Mungoos	Haram
113	Elephant	Haram
114	Hoopoe (hudhud)	Halal
115	Deer	Halal
116	Green Pigeon	Halal
117	Phoenix	Haram
118	Porcupine	Haram

119	Swine or Pig	Haram
120	Pet Donkey	Haram

List of Permitted (Halal) And Prohibited (Haram) Animals & Birds

List of Permitted (Halal) And Prohibited (Haram) Animals & Birds.

Content taken from Nisab ahle Khidmat e sharia.

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