Are Unlaid Eggs Permissible To Eat?


Hanafi Fiqh

Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas
Question: Some recipes ask for unlaid eggs(that have been taken from a slaughtered hen). Would such eggs be halal in general or only from a zabiha chicken?
Answer: assalamu `alaykum
An unlaid egg from a chicken that has not been properly slaughtered is permissible to eat according to the relied-upon position of the Hanafi school. [Sarakhi, al-Mabsut; Ibn `Abidin, Hashiya]
Salman
Checked & Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani.

قال السرخسي في المبسوط: لو ماتت دجاجة ، فوجد في بطنها بيضة ، فلا بأس بأكل البيضة عندنا اهـ