Is the crocodile and the hippopotamus among those whose consumption and use of their skin are forbidden?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is the crocodile and the hippopotamus among those whose consumption and use of their skin are forbidden?
Answer:
That which lives on land and in the sea is not lawful except by ritual slaughter, if it is among what is permissible. As for that which does not live except in the sea, even if it comes out onto land it dies; this is lawful, its carrion is lawful, and this is a clear criterion that does not need [further explanation]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is the crocodile and the hippopotamus among those whose consumption and use of their skin are forbidden?
Answer:
That which lives on land and in the sea is not lawful except by ritual slaughter, if it is among what is permissible. As for that which does not live except in the sea, even if it comes out onto land it dies; this is lawful, its carrion is lawful, and this is a clear criterion that does not need [further explanation]. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [110 -3022] هل التمساح وفرس النهر مما يحرم أكله والانتفاع بجلده؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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