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What Seafoods are Halal for Hanafis

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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

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