The ruling on selling live fish in market tanks
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In some large markets, they have small tanks containing live fish. The seller comes and catches the fish, then weighs it on the scale, then sets the price for the buyer. Is there anything wrong with that? What is the ruling? In some large markets, they have small tanks containing live fish, and the seller comes.
The Shaykh:
Live fish. Yes.
The questioner:
The seller comes and catches the fish, then weighs it on the scale, then sets the price for the buyer. Is there anything wrong with that?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with it. If he takes it out of the water and sells it after taking it out, there is no harm in that, because he has gained control over it and it is in his possession. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In some large markets, they have small tanks containing live fish. The seller comes and catches the fish, then weighs it on the scale, then sets the price for the buyer. Is there anything wrong with that? What is the ruling? In some large markets, they have small tanks containing live fish, and the seller comes.
The Shaykh:
Live fish. Yes.
The questioner:
The seller comes and catches the fish, then weighs it on the scale, then sets the price for the buyer. Is there anything wrong with that?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with it. If he takes it out of the water and sells it after taking it out, there is no harm in that, because he has gained control over it and it is in his possession. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي عن ثمن عسب الفحل — islamhouse.com (49:17)
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