The Ruling on Eating Locusts
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to eat locusts, given that some people do eat them?
Answer:
There is no doubt that locusts are lawful by scholarly consensus. No one has forbidden locusts, because they were eaten during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). In the authentic hadith,Bulugh al-Maram 12:4 Locusts are permissible; no one has said they are forbidden, because they are among the pure things and they feed on pure things. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to eat locusts, given that some people do eat them?
Answer:
There is no doubt that locusts are lawful by scholarly consensus. No one has forbidden locusts, because they were eaten during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). In the authentic hadith,
We went on seven expeditions with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and we ate locusts.
غزونا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سبع غزوات ناكل الجراد
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 63 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الأطعمة|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:41)
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