The sea catch: If something eats from it while it is in the net, is it permissible to eat it?
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The third question of Fatwa No. ( 10946 )
Q3: Fishermen sometimes find that the fish they catch, while in the net or being pulled in on the hook near the boat, are attacked by a large fish that eats more than half of the fish attached to the line. When the fisherman arrives at the place where fish are sold, he is found with twenty or fewer or more fish heads, which he sells, saying: "These are sea predators that ate the fish you see, and only the heads remained, and sometimes less than half." Some people say: No
it is permissible to eat the leftovers of sea predators , so is it permissible to eat them? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.
A3: There is no harm in eating the fish of which a part was eaten while it was on the hook before it came out of the sea, because the dead of the sea are permissible; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): ... and success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.
Q3: Fishermen sometimes find that the fish they catch, while in the net or being pulled in on the hook near the boat, are attacked by a large fish that eats more than half of the fish attached to the line. When the fisherman arrives at the place where fish are sold, he is found with twenty or fewer or more fish heads, which he sells, saying: "These are sea predators that ate the fish you see, and only the heads remained, and sometimes less than half." Some people say: No
it is permissible to eat the leftovers of sea predators , so is it permissible to eat them? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.
A3: There is no harm in eating the fish of which a part was eaten while it was on the hook before it came out of the sea, because the dead of the sea are permissible; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Two dead things and two kinds of blood were made lawful for us, so the two dead things are fish and locusts
أحلت لنا ميتتان ودمان، فالميتتان: السمك والجراد
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