The leopard

النمر

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.

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Animals and mercy

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Muwatta 1030
Related to
The lion (qaswara)· The wolf

People and things also explored

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

Sources

  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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Muwatta 1030