Eating Sea Animals Such as Crocodiles and Snakes
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: As for sea animals, is it permissible to eat them in all cases, such as a crocodile, for example, or a snake that is found in the sea?
The Shaykh:
No. What lives on land and in the sea, like the crocodile, is not eaten. Only that which lives exclusively in the sea is eaten. As for the crocodile, the snake, and these creatures that live on land and in the sea, they are not eaten. The aspect of prohibition prevails over them.
The presenter:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: As for sea animals, is it permissible to eat them in all cases, such as a crocodile, for example, or a snake that is found in the sea?
The Shaykh:
No. What lives on land and in the sea, like the crocodile, is not eaten. Only that which lives exclusively in the sea is eaten. As for the crocodile, the snake, and these creatures that live on land and in the sea, they are not eaten. The aspect of prohibition prevails over them.
The presenter:
If Allah wills.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
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