Is it permissible to eat turtles and crocodiles?
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The questioner : Is the meat of the crocodile and the turtle lawful or forbidden, because we have all of these in Sudan? Please inform us, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : All sea game is lawful, whether alive or dead. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:96] Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: "Sea game is what is taken alive, and its food is what is found dead". However, some scholars have excluded the crocodile, saying that it is a predatory animal. Since the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade every fanged beast among the land animals, this is also forbidden. But the apparent meaning of the noble verse that I recited is that the permissibility includes the crocodile.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : All sea game is lawful, whether alive or dead. Allah the Exalted said:
Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِThe questioner : May Allah bless you.