The Ruling on Eating Shark

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta

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The first question of Fatwa No. ( 15834 )
Q1: Is shark forbidden or lawful ?
A1: All fish is lawful, including shark and others; due to the generality of the saying of Allah the Exalted:

Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:96]

and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the sea:

Its water is pure and what dies in it is lawful food.

هو الطهور ماؤه الحل ميتته

Sunan Abi Dawud 83Sahih (Al-Albani)

. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

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