You learn something new everyday. I did not know some people consider Hyaenas to be Halal. I had no idea the role Hyaenas have played in the culture of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the Middle East.
The Hyaena in question is the Striped Hyaena, a solitary and more ominvorous Hyaena than its African cousin, the Spotted Hyaena.
Hyaenas eat everything and anything even rubber, leather and aluminium have been found in their pellets/faeces. Even though Hyaenas eat fruit and vegetable matter, they still eat a lot of meat and I would consider them Haram for sure.
Striped Hyena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 6th dynasty mastabas of Mereruka and Kagemni at Saqqara depict two keepers struggling to hold a striped hyena down on its back whilst stuffing pieces of meat and poultry into its muzzle. The most ferocious specimens had to have their hind legs tied together first. Though it is generally thought by archeologists that this was done to fatten hyenas for food, some writers believe the intention was to train hyenas for taking part in hunts.[11] The Ancient Greeks and Romans used the blood, excrement, rectum, genitalia, eyes, tongue, hair, skin, and fat, as well as the ash of different parts of the striped hyenas body, as effective means to ward off evil and to ensure love and fertility. The Greeks and Romans believed that the genitalia of a hyena “would hold a couple peaceably together” and that a hyena anus worn as an amulet on the upper arm would make its male possessor irresistible to women.[7] In the Muslim nations of Sistan, Kohat, Bannu, and Cholistan, striped hyena meat is considered halal and can therefore be consumed. This represents an exception to the rule that predatory animals are not to be eaten, due to their being haraam. This stems from the fact that the striped hyena is an omnivore, rather than a purely carnivorous animal.[7] Among the Bedouin of Arabia, the striped hyena is permitted for human consumption, though hyena meat is generally considered more as a medicine than as food