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The cheetah

الفهد

Malik named it with the lion, the leopard and the wolf among the beasts that attack people, whose killing is lawful in the sanctuary — the charging predator is no ransom on the pilgrim.

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 1030
Related to
The lion (qaswara)

People and things also explored

The leopard· The lion (qaswara)· Muwatta 1030· The cat· The fox· The hyena· The wolf· Expiation (kaffara)

Sources

  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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The leopard

Malik counted it among what attacks people and strikes fear — like the lion, the cheetah and the wolf — so it carries the ruling of the rabid dog: the pilgrim may kill it without sin.