Are all sea creatures absolutely lawful?
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Are all sea creatures absolutely lawful?
This is the correct view. Some scholars exclude from this what is forbidden on land, such as the horned animal, but there is no evidence for that. No, the apparent meaning of the Qur'an is: [Al-Ma'idah: 96], and its apparent meaning is permissibility. Likewise, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the sea: Sunan Abi Dawud 83Sahih (Al-Albani), and its apparent meaning is generality. However, if a person leaves what resembles the forbidden animals on land, such as the dog, and its like among the forbidden things, such as the wolf and the pig, if he leaves this out of caution to avoid the difference of opinion, that is good.
This is the correct view. Some scholars exclude from this what is forbidden on land, such as the horned animal, but there is no evidence for that. No, the apparent meaning of the Qur'an is:
Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَكُمْIts water is pure and what dies in it is lawful food.
هو الطَّهور ماؤه، الحلُّ ميتته
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