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Is Eating Seafood Permissible in Islam?

10 February, 2022
Q Dear scholar, would you please explain to me whether if we as Muslims can eat seafood?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.


In this fatwa:

All kinds of seafood are permissible except for that which are specifically prohibited by a text or harmful for health.


Answering your question, Dar Al-Ifta Al-Misriyyah, states:

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All kinds of seafood are permissible except for that which are specifically prohibited by a text or harmful for health. This is based on the general implication of the words of God, {It is lawful for you to hunt from the sea and to eat seafood.} (Al-Ma’idah 5:96)

Also, Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said about the sea, “Its water is pure and its dead animals are lawful to eat.” (An-Nasa’i)

We also read in the Quran:

{[Prophet], say, ‘In all that has been revealed to me, I find nothing forbidden for the people to eat, except for carrion or blood spilled out or the flesh of swine—for indeed, it is impure—or it be that slaughtered in] disobedience, dedicated to other than God.} (Al-An`am 6:145)

Therefore, the principle in eating seafood is permissibility unless it is proved otherwise.

Almighty Allah knows best.

Source: Dar Al-Ifta Al-Misriyyah