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Seafood

Seafood

Assalaamu alaykum
Ml what’s the ruling on crab crayfish calamari. Ect as I have been eating these items of food all my life I’ve heard mufti AK saying its jaiz and a molana came yesterday and says its completely haraam, please advise I do eat a lot of seafood regularly. JazakAllah

 

Answer

Assalaamu alaykum
According to the Hanafi Math-hab which we follow, Fish is permissible. All other sea foods are Haraam. The latter includes crab, crayfish and calamari.
And Allah Ta'ala knows best Was salaam Emraan Vawda