The Ruling on Eating Crocodile
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I read in a fatwa of the Committee of Senior Scholars, headed by Your Eminence Shaykh Ibn Baz, that it is permissible to eat crocodile.
The Shaykh:
Dar.
The questioner:
Yes, I read in a fatwa of the Committee of Senior Scholars, headed by Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), that it is permissible to eat crocodile, and that there is disagreement on the issue. So, is the ruling on the permissibility of eating it such that if one says it is eaten, it is permissible to eat it?
The Shaykh:
The disagreement is about the one that lives on land and in the sea: does the aspect of the sea prevail, making it permissible, or does the aspect of the land prevail, making it forbidden? The school of thought is that the aspect of the land prevails for what is called an amphibian; the aspect of the land prevails for it, because when prohibition and permissibility conflict, the side of prohibition prevails. I have not seen the fatwa, but they may have adopted the second opinion, that the side of permissibility prevails. Allah knows best.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I read in a fatwa of the Committee of Senior Scholars, headed by Your Eminence Shaykh Ibn Baz, that it is permissible to eat crocodile.
The Shaykh:
Dar.
The questioner:
Yes, I read in a fatwa of the Committee of Senior Scholars, headed by Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him), that it is permissible to eat crocodile, and that there is disagreement on the issue. So, is the ruling on the permissibility of eating it such that if one says it is eaten, it is permissible to eat it?
The Shaykh:
The disagreement is about the one that lives on land and in the sea: does the aspect of the sea prevail, making it permissible, or does the aspect of the land prevail, making it forbidden? The school of thought is that the aspect of the land prevails for what is called an amphibian; the aspect of the land prevails for it, because when prohibition and permissibility conflict, the side of prohibition prevails. I have not seen the fatwa, but they may have adopted the second opinion, that the side of permissibility prevails. Allah knows best.
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [7] — alfawzan.live (55:58)
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