Is it permissible for a person in necessity to stock up on carrion?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Hunting and Slaughter
Primary text
There are two narrations regarding whether one in necessity may store carrion for future need. The preferred narration permits this, aligning with the view of Malik, because storing it causes no harm, nor does preparing it to avert necessity and meet need, provided one only eats from it when facing necessity. The basis is that there is no harm in keeping it for future necessity.
Supporting text
The second narration prohibits stocking up, as it constitutes an expansion of what was permitted only for immediate necessity. If one stocks it and encounters another person in necessity, it is impermissible to sell it to them because the allowance was only for the seller's own necessity, and selling it is not necessitated by need. Furthermore, the seller does not fully own it, and they must give it to the other person without compensation if the seller is not currently in immediate need, as the other person's necessity exists and the carrier fears harm in the near future.