Shortened Question:
What sea foods are Halal for Hanafis?
Question:
What sea foods are Halal for the Hanafis to eat?
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
According to Imam Abu Hanifah (Rahmatullahi Ta’Ala), only live fish from the creatures of the sea can be consumed. Anything else besides live fish from the sea is not permissible. [i]
It is not permissible to eat a fish if it is dead and floating in the sea.[ii]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Saeed Ahmed Golaub
Islamic Solutions
Jamaica
[i] البناية –فى شرح الهدية المكتبة الحقانية –قال: “ولا يؤكل من حيوان الماء إلا السمك“ vol.14, p.329
[ii] أ – بِحَدِيثِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَال: قَال رَسُول اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَا أَلْقَى الْبَحْرُ أَوْ جَزَرَ عَنْهُ فَكُلُوهُ، وَمَا مَاتَ فِيهِ فَطَفَا فَلاَ تَأْكُلُوهُالموسوءة الفقهية الكويتية – و زارة الأوقاف والشنون الإسلامية vol. 5. P. 128