A limb of the game severed before slaughter

Question

Question: A hunter fired a gun at a nilgai (a large Indian antelope); one thigh was severed from the game and the game ran on. Zayd ran, caught the game and slaughtered it in accordance with the Sharia. Now it is asked: what is the ruling on the thigh that had been cut off and had fallen beforehand — may it be eaten or not?

Answer

That thigh is carrion (mayta); eating it is not permissible.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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