What is the ruling on eating guinea pig?
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The "guinea pig" is not a real pig; rather, it is a rodent that resembles a hyrax. It is a herbivorous animal that eats plants. It does not have fangs with which to prey, nor is it considered repulsive. Therefore, there is nothing that necessitates its prohibition. Most scholars have permitted it because it is similar to the rabbit in its permissibility for consumption, and the default ruling for it is permissibility.
The prohibited pig is the well-known wild boar.
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