Is it permissible to eat sea weed?
Question
Are muslims allowed to eat seaweed?
Answer
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
It is permissible to eat sea weed.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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