Some restaurants grill fish while it is still alive. What is the ruling on this act? And what is the ruling on eating it?
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The questioner : Well, in some restaurants, Shaykh, they are skilled at grilling fish.
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner : So they cut it quickly and put it in the oven, and then take it out cut up, and it is still alive and moving.
The Shaykh : How is that?
The questioner : And this happens in some restaurants that are skilled in the speed of serving. The fish is taken alive from
The Shaykh : the sea
The questioner : from the tank
The Shaykh : from the tank
The questioner : and then cut quickly, put in the oven, and then taken out while it is moving. Is it eaten?
The Shaykh : It is as if you are asking about a fantasy.
The questioner : No, this exists.
The Shaykh : Wait a moment.
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : It is possible that some beasts among humans put the fish in the oven while it is alive. This is possible, and it is forbidden and not permissible. But for the fish or its pieces to come out while moving, meaning that there is life in them, that is a fantasy.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. As for the form of the question, you choose from the tank. He takes it, cuts it with great speed, and prepares a container with oil and puts it in the oil. At the same time it comes out of the oil. He does not leave it for a long time; rather, he puts it in the oil because the fish cooks quickly. So he takes it out at the same time and puts it on the plate, and it comes out and you still feel that the fish is moving.
The Shaykh : Is the fish cut up, or is it as it is, with its head?
The questioner : The fins and the internal organs are taken from it.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Quickly.
The Shaykh : This is not a movement of life; this is a slight movement. The important thing is that it is not permissible to throw the fish into the oil while it is alive. In that case, eating it is forbidden. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : If it is permissible for me to answer you according to your question, then the answer concerns the one who orders, except in the case where the one who orders commands the one who is ordered to verify that there is no one in that place where the deadly, killing gas comes out. If he orders him and he does not carry out his order, then he is the one responsible, not the one who ordered. Is that clear?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner : Well, quasi-intentional killing. Does he fast for the number of killed people, two months for each of them?
The Shaykh : I do not have an answer right now.
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner : So they cut it quickly and put it in the oven, and then take it out cut up, and it is still alive and moving.
The Shaykh : How is that?
The questioner : And this happens in some restaurants that are skilled in the speed of serving. The fish is taken alive from
The Shaykh : the sea
The questioner : from the tank
The Shaykh : from the tank
The questioner : and then cut quickly, put in the oven, and then taken out while it is moving. Is it eaten?
The Shaykh : It is as if you are asking about a fantasy.
The questioner : No, this exists.
The Shaykh : Wait a moment.
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : It is possible that some beasts among humans put the fish in the oven while it is alive. This is possible, and it is forbidden and not permissible. But for the fish or its pieces to come out while moving, meaning that there is life in them, that is a fantasy.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. As for the form of the question, you choose from the tank. He takes it, cuts it with great speed, and prepares a container with oil and puts it in the oil. At the same time it comes out of the oil. He does not leave it for a long time; rather, he puts it in the oil because the fish cooks quickly. So he takes it out at the same time and puts it on the plate, and it comes out and you still feel that the fish is moving.
The Shaykh : Is the fish cut up, or is it as it is, with its head?
The questioner : The fins and the internal organs are taken from it.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : Quickly.
The Shaykh : This is not a movement of life; this is a slight movement. The important thing is that it is not permissible to throw the fish into the oil while it is alive. In that case, eating it is forbidden. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : If it is permissible for me to answer you according to your question, then the answer concerns the one who orders, except in the case where the one who orders commands the one who is ordered to verify that there is no one in that place where the deadly, killing gas comes out. If he orders him and he does not carry out his order, then he is the one responsible, not the one who ordered. Is that clear?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Okay
The questioner : Well, quasi-intentional killing. Does he fast for the number of killed people, two months for each of them?
The Shaykh : I do not have an answer right now.
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