Question: Is it permissible for someone who owns a bird to cut its wings so that it won’t fly out and would that be considered changing the creation of Allaah سبحانه وتعالى? Also, would the bird droppings be considered impure (najis)?

Answer: As for cutting the wings of the bird as some people do when they buy pigeons or birds and cut their wings and feathers so that they don’t fly away and as a means of taming them, then there is nothing wrong with this Inshaa’ Allaah. This is permissible and it is not changing the creation of Allaah سبحانه وتعالى just as it is permissible for you to cut the hair of the sheep, camel and other animals in order to benefit from them. So there is nothing (wrong) with this, Inshaa’ Allaah this is permissible.

As for the bird droppings and what comes from it, then there is an ‘asl (principle) in Islaam which states: Whatever exits from an animal whose meat is permissible to eat, is pure i.e. it is not najis (impure) whether urine or faeces Inshaa’ Allaah.


Answered by: Shaykh 'Abdullaah Ibn Abdur-Rahmaan Al-Jarboo

Title of Lecture: Prohibition of Differences and Ikhtilaafaat

Date answered: Saturday, August 22nd, 2004

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