Seafood

Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish.

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Is it allowed for me to dine at an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant that serves non-Halal seafood like eel and even pork, given the possible cross-contamination risks between Halal and non-Halal dishes during their preparation?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 1 year ago

If there us a reasonable possibility of cross contamination between Halal and non Halal food, you should avoid eating from such restaurant as it is compulsory on you to save yourself from non Halal food.

Wassalam.

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Seafood

Living in a non-Muslim country, how can I easily distinguish between seafood that is allowed from what is not?

Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answered 3 years ago

If you are not sure about a specific fish, and you cannot investigate it with your eyes, you can look it up online or consult a list like this: https://ihic.org.au/common-halal-and-non-halal-sea-foods/

Pro tip: If you are buying seafood which is prepared with ingredients, be sure to check that it does not have alcohol! Because cooking with wine and other forms of alcohol is common. Sushi also often has mirin wine. So you can look out for that as well.

Seafood

Living in a non-Muslim country, how can I easily distinguish between seafood that is allowed from what is not?

Allowed seafood is fish which had scales on it, and prawns (Shrimps) only. Nothing else from seafood is allowed in Islam according to authentic evidence from the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS).

Wassalam.

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Salmon . Seafood

Is it permissible to eat the skin of salmon?

Yes, it is permissible to eat the skin of fish which has scales on it, and was taken alive from water, if it does not harm your health.

Wassalam.

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Seafood

Is everything from the ocean considered Halal in Islam? If so, how can that be when there are so many creatures in the ocean that are deadly and poisonous when you eat them?

Eating poisonous food is not halal. The idea is that eating seafood is a blessing we are allowed to partake in (with the appropriate guidelines) without it being extremely complex and that it is one we may make use of and thank Allah for.

Seafood

Is everything from the ocean considered Halal in Islam? If so, how can that be when there are so many creatures in the ocean that are deadly and poisonous when you eat them?

Seyed Ali Shobayri, Seyed Ali Shobayri is of mixed Iranian and Scottish descent who found the path of the Ahlul Bayt (a) by his own research. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University through the... Answered 5 years ago

Bismillah,

Asalamu Alaykom,

Not everything that comes from the ocean is halal unlike what some other sects might claim.

In our jurisprudence for example, one cannot eat fish that doesn’t have scales. Jurists also differ as to the amount of scales which must be present on the fish. For example, some fuqaha say that it is only allowed to eat a fish if MOST of the body has scales, and others say that even a tiny amount of scales is sufficient. It should be noted that prawns are also halal.

The above ruling are based on the ahadith such as the following:

Imam Al-Baqir (peace be upon him) said:

“Eat any fish that has scales, and do not eat what does not have scales."

[Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, Vol.6, p. 219]

May Allah grant you success

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Halal . Seafood

What is the ruling regarding cross contamination between Halal food, such as a steak, and any Haram seafood? Is it allowed to have the Halal food cooked from utensils that were used for the Haram seafood?

Haraam sea food is not allowed to be eaten but it is not Najis, that is why, Halal food cooked in utensils that were used for Haraam seafood is allowed.

This is only for the non Halal seafood because it is not Najis, otherwise, every non Halal food like meat, chicken etc is Najis and utensils used in cooking it become Najis and must be made Taahir before we can use it in cooking.

It is good to mention that non Halal seafood includes every seafood except scaled fishes and prawns.

Wassalam.