عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْمَأْكُولِ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ وَ الْوَحْشِ فَقَالَ حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كُلَّ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ وَ كُلَّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ الْوَحْشِفَقُلْتُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ مِنَ السَّبُعِ فَقَالَ لِي يَا سَمَاعَةُ السَّبُعُ كُلُّهُ حَرَامٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ سَبُعاً لَا نَابَ لَهُ وَ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) هَذَا تَفْصِيلًا وَ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ رَسُولُهُ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) الْمُسُوخَ جَمِيعَهَا فَكُلِ الْآنَ مِنْ طَيْرِ الْبَرِّ مَا كَانَتْ لَهُ حَوْصَلَةٌ وَ مِنْ طَيْرِ الْمَاءِ مَا كَانَ لَهُ قَانِصَةٌ كَقَانِصَةِ الْحَمَامِ لَا مَعِدَةٌ كَمَعِدَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ وَ كُلُّ مَا صَفَّ وَ هُوَ ذُو مِخْلَبٍ فَهُوَ حَرَامٌ وَ الصَّفِيفُ كَمَا يَطِيرُ الْبَازِي وَ الصَّقْرُ وَ الْحِدَأَةُ وَ مَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ وَ كُلُّ مَا دَفَّ فَهُوَ حَلَالٌ وَ الْحَوْصَلَةُ وَ الْقَانِصَةُ يُمْتَحَنُ بِهَا مِنَ الطَّيْرِ مَا لَا يُعْرَفُ طَيَرَانُهُ وَ كُلُّ طَيْرٍ مَجْهُولٍ .
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from Sama‘ah ibn Mehran who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about edible birds and beasts (animals). He (the Imam) said, The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, prohibited using for food of every bird that has claws and beast that has canine teeth.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘O Sama‘ah, all beasts are inedible; even if it is a beast that does not have canine teeth. The Messenger of Allah has mentioned canine teeth for explanation. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, and His Messenger prohibited all metamorphosed animals. From the birds on land you can use for food that which has craw, and from the sea birds that which has gizzard like the gizzard of pigeons; not stomach like the stomach of human beings. Every bird which flies straight and has claws is not edible, and so also are the straight fliers like falcons and hawks and al- Hida’ah (a bird that hunts rats) and similar birds that flap their wings in flight and have craws or gizzard which defines every edible bird that cannot be distinguished from its flight and the unknown ones.’” 