If a person designates a specific spot in the sea for fishing, does anyone else have the right to fish there?
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The first question of fatwa number ( 18163 )
Q 1: Since we live in an emirate located on the coast, some fishermen buy old cars and tires and throw them into a specific spot in the sea so that fish gather there, and then they catch them and prevent any other fisherman from fishing in that place. Is it permissible for any other person to fish in the place where the fisherman placed these cars and tires? Especially since many people say that the sea belongs to Allah, and it is not permissible for any fisherman to prevent other people from fishing in his place?
A 1 : If a person places nets in the sea or anything else to catch fish, it is not permissible for anyone else to use that spot without his permission, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Q 1: Since we live in an emirate located on the coast, some fishermen buy old cars and tires and throw them into a specific spot in the sea so that fish gather there, and then they catch them and prevent any other fisherman from fishing in that place. Is it permissible for any other person to fish in the place where the fisherman placed these cars and tires? Especially since many people say that the sea belongs to Allah, and it is not permissible for any fisherman to prevent other people from fishing in his place?
A 1 : If a person places nets in the sea or anything else to catch fish, it is not permissible for anyone else to use that spot without his permission, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever takes a place before a Muslim has taken it, he has the greater right to it.
من سبق إلى ما لم يسبق إليه مسلم فهو أحق به
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www.alifta.gov.sa
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