Answered by Shaykh Amjad Rasheed
Is it permissible to eat monkey meat?
The famous animal that is called a “monkey” (nasnas) is a type of ape, and it is thus unlawful to eat it (Hashiyat al-Sharqawi, 2.462).
Amjad Rasheed
Amman, Jordan
(Translated by Hamza Karamali)