The Ruling on Eating Hedgehogs

Question :

Is it permissible to eat hedgehogs or is it forbidden?

Answer:

The hedgehog, known as An-Nees, is a small four-legged creature with spines which grow in a tangled mass over it.

It is permissible to eat it, because it does not possess fangs, nor does it eat carrion, it lives only on grasses, like the rabbit and other such creatures. The basic principle in such matters as this is permissibility and license until some proof removing that permissibility is confirmed. As for the Hadith which was narrated by Abu Dawud from the Prophet ﷺ in which he said that the hedgehog is one of the obnoxious things, it is a weak.

Hadith according to the scholars.

And Allah is the Granter of success. And may peace and blessings be upon His Messenger, Muhammad and upon his family and Companions.

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