What is the ruling on transferring sea fish to ponds or lakes?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Everything in the sea...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Fish, you mean?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, I mean, if we transfer fish and put them in our ponds, for example, the ruling is the same. That is why now they bring ponds and bring small fish that grow and reproduce in the ponds.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is hunting according to the stronger position.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, if the water changes by the change of one of its properties...
The Shaykh : The one in the state of ihram hunts; the Qur'an explicitly states:[Al-Ma'idah 5:96]
The questioner : In Makkah, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Even in Makkah, but if there is a lake in Makkah with fish in it, is it forbidden or not?
The student: It is not forbidden.
The Shaykh : The correct view is that it is not forbidden, and some scholars say: it is forbidden because this place is safe, safe for every living thing, but there is no penalty for it, because the one for which there is a penalty is hunting on land, and the correct view is that it is lawful, yes?
The questioner : Everything in the sea...
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Fish, you mean?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, I mean, if we transfer fish and put them in our ponds, for example, the ruling is the same. That is why now they bring ponds and bring small fish that grow and reproduce in the ponds.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, it is hunting according to the stronger position.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you, if the water changes by the change of one of its properties...
The Shaykh : The one in the state of ihram hunts; the Qur'an explicitly states:
Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers, but forbidden to you is game from the land as long as you are in the state of ihram
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًاThe questioner : In Makkah, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Even in Makkah, but if there is a lake in Makkah with fish in it, is it forbidden or not?
The student: It is not forbidden.
The Shaykh : The correct view is that it is not forbidden, and some scholars say: it is forbidden because this place is safe, safe for every living thing, but there is no penalty for it, because the one for which there is a penalty is hunting on land, and the correct view is that it is lawful, yes?