The meat of a goat that eats unlawful fodder

Question

Question: A goat whose owner lets it loose in other people’s crops during the day and does not keep it away from other people’s crops, so that most of its food is other people’s crops — what is the ruling on eating the meat of such a goat? Is it halal or haram? And what is the status of this act of his?

Answer

This act is a sin, and the meat of the goat is halal.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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