Selling forbidden animals

Question

Question: What is the ruling on earning a living by trading in forbidden (haram) animals such as monkeys, cats, mice and the like?

Answer

If the skin, bones and the like of these forbidden animals are of use, or medicine is made from them, then buying and selling them is permissible: [ar]وصح بيع الكلب والفهد والفيل والقرد والسباع بسائر أنواعها حتى الهرة، وكذا الطيور، سوى الخنزير، وهو المختار؛ للانتفاع بها وبجلدها[/ar] “The sale of the dog, the cheetah, the elephant, the monkey and beasts of prey of all kinds,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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