The ruling on eating sea animals that are forbidden on land
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The questioner:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The hippopotamus. It is lawful for the people of Islam.
The Shaykh:
Nothing is known about it, but their action regarding it indicates that they considered it lawful. Their action with it in Khaybar suggests that they considered it lawful, so when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed them of its prohibition, they stopped eating it. Yes. The beasts of prey. We have heard that a dog is impure; the saliva of beasts of prey and their droppings are impure, but are people tested with donkeys, mules, and cats? Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that it is not impure, that it is among those that go around you, so donkeys and mules are even greater, and even greater.
The questioner:
What resembles the dog that the sea carried, is it forbidden?
The Shaykh:
This is a scholarly disagreement regarding the hunting of sea creatures. Some scholars said that what is forbidden on land is forbidden in the sea, such as a dog, a hawk, and the like. The scholars of knowledge said that everything in the sea is lawful; because Allah said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:96] from the sea, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So the apparent meaning of the text is that everything in the sea is lawful for us.
The questioner:
And the correct view, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
The apparent view is that what is in the sea is lawful for us, but if a person is scrupulous about the liver of the sea or the treasure of the sea, that is good from the perspective of scrupulousness, from the perspective of leaving what causes him to exit the disagreement.
The questioner:
Is it permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
The most correct view is that what is in the sea is lawful for us. Yes. It is pure, its water and its ice and what shares with it, and if[Al-Ma'idah 5:96] from the sea. Yes.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The hippopotamus. It is lawful for the people of Islam.
The Shaykh:
Nothing is known about it, but their action regarding it indicates that they considered it lawful. Their action with it in Khaybar suggests that they considered it lawful, so when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed them of its prohibition, they stopped eating it. Yes. The beasts of prey. We have heard that a dog is impure; the saliva of beasts of prey and their droppings are impure, but are people tested with donkeys, mules, and cats? Just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that it is not impure, that it is among those that go around you, so donkeys and mules are even greater, and even greater.
The questioner:
What resembles the dog that the sea carried, is it forbidden?
The Shaykh:
This is a scholarly disagreement regarding the hunting of sea creatures. Some scholars said that what is forbidden on land is forbidden in the sea, such as a dog, a hawk, and the like. The scholars of knowledge said that everything in the sea is lawful; because Allah said:
to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you
لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْIts water is pure and its dead flesh is lawful
فالطهور ماؤه حين ميتته النساءThe questioner:
And the correct view, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
The apparent view is that what is in the sea is lawful for us, but if a person is scrupulous about the liver of the sea or the treasure of the sea, that is good from the perspective of scrupulousness, from the perspective of leaving what causes him to exit the disagreement.
The questioner:
Is it permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
The most correct view is that what is in the sea is lawful for us. Yes. It is pure, its water and its ice and what shares with it, and if
to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you
لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ
Source
صحيح البخاري (الشرح الثاني) — binbaz.org.sa (11:45)
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