What Seafoods are Halal for Hanafis

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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

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[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

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