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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Laws Rules of Things Allowed to Eat and Drink Issue 2633: * All birds, like eagle, vultures and wild falcons having a claw and talon, are haraam to eat. And all such birds whose gliding is more than flapping the wings, and have talons, are also haraam to eat. Those whose flapping of the wings while flying, is more than gliding, are halal to eat. Thus, one can identify halal birds from haraam ones by observing how they fly.

And if the style of any bird's flight cannot be determined, that bird will be considered halal for eating, if it has a crop or a gizzard or a spur on the back of its feet. In the absence of all these, the bird will be haraam. As an obligatory precaution, one should refrain from eating the meat of all types of crows. Other birds like the hens, the pigeons, the sparrows including the ostrich and the peacock are halal to eat, but it is Makrooh to kill birds like swallows and hoopoes.

And the animals which fly, but are not classified as winged birds, like the bats, are haraam; similarly, the bees, the mosquitoes, and other flying insects are, as an obligatory precaution, haraam. Issue 2634: If a part which possesses life is removed from the body of a living animal, for example, if the fatty tail or some flesh is removed from the body of a living sheep, it is najis and haraam to eat. Issue 2635: * Certain parts of the halal animals are haraam to eat.

They are fourteen: (i) Blood (ii) Excrement (iii) & (iv) Male and female genitals (v) Womb (vi) Glands (vii) Testicles (viii) Pituitary gland, a ductless gland in the brain (ix) The marrow which is in the spinal cord (x) The two wide (yellow) nerves which are on both sides of the spinal cord, (as an obligatory precaution). (xi) Gall bladder (xii) Spleen (xiii) Urinary bladder (xiv) Eye balls These parts are haraam in all halal animals other than the birds.

As for the birds, their blood and excrement is definitely haraam, and apart from these two, the parts enumerated in the above list are haraam, as a measure of precaution. Issue 2636: * It is haraam to drink the urine of all haraam animals, and also of those whose meat is halal to eat, including, as an obligatory precaution, that of a camel. However, the urine of a camel, a cow or a sheep can be consumed, if recommended for any medical treatment.

Issue 2637: * It is haraam to eat earth and also sand, as an obligatory precaution.