Birds

Birds, also known as Aves or avian dinosaurs, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the world's most numerically-successful class of tetrapods, with approximately ten thousand living species, more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known as perching birds.

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Birds

Are there any religious guidelines or recommendations regarding the feeding of birds, particularly pigeons?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answer updated 3 months ago

Feeding of birds or any animal is recommended in Islam and it is a source of great reward. Pigeons are mentioned in many narrations from the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS) that it is useful to have pigeons at home and its wings swish drives away Shaitan.

Wassalam.

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Birds . Air Travel . Ka'ba

Do birds avoid flying over the Kaaba? And can airplanes fly over the Kaaba, even if permitted?

We have never seen any bird flying over the Ka’ba nor seen any airplane flying over the Ka'ba. Allah Knows the secrets behind it. No doubt, Ka'ba is the first holy place on this earth as Allah (SWT) mentioned in Quran: Verily, the first House established for mankind was that at Bakkah ( Makkah), full of blessings and guidance for all worlds.(Sura 3, verse 96).

'Ka'ba has secrets and signs which are not known to public.

Wassalam.

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Jewellery . Birds . Drawing

Is it allowed to make 3D jewellery designs with peacocks or other birds made out of gems or metals?

It should not be a complete shape of the animal.

'Wassalam.

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Air Travel . Ka'ba . Birds

Why is it that no birds or planes fly over the Ka'ba?

The Ka’ba is situated on the center of the earth. This is a miracle which has been confirmed and admitted by non Muslim scientists. No birds and planes can fly over the Ka’ba because of that miracle.

Wassalam.