Is it permissible to hunt and eat crows, which fall under the category of omnivores—meaning they consume both plants and meat—based on Fatwa No. 28892?
The crow whose hunting and consumption are impermissible is typically the one that feeds on carrion (such as the magpie and similar types). As for the crow that primarily eats seeds (the rook), its consumption is permissible. Scholars differed regarding the crow that mixes eating carrion with eating seeds. It was reported from Abu Yusuf that he disliked it, because it contains both elements that would make it permissible and elements that would make it impermissible.
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