The Ruling on Eating the Sea Dog and Its Carrion
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to eat the sea dog and the penguin? And if it is permissible, is it permissible to eat its carrion, or must it be ritually slaughtered?
Answer:
If it lives only in the sea, it is lawful. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:96] So whatever lives only in the sea is lawful, even if it is in the form of a dog, or in the form of a snake, or in the form of a scorpion; it is all lawful, because this is among the types of fish. Fish has various types.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to eat the sea dog and the penguin? And if it is permissible, is it permissible to eat its carrion, or must it be ritually slaughtered?
Answer:
If it lives only in the sea, it is lawful. Allah the Exalted said:
Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ
Source
أكل كلب البحر والبطريق — alfawzan.live
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