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Is caviar halal and therefore permissible for a Muslim to eat?

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· 21 Jumada I 1439 AH1 min readFatwa 39646English

Question

Is caviar halal and therefore permissible for a Muslim to eat?

Answer

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

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Caviar refers to unfertilized salt-cured fish eggs. Caviar is halal.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Huzaifah Deedat

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ} [المائدة: 96]

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وَسُئِلَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى هَلْ يَحِلُّ أَكْلُ الْبَطَارِخِ؟

(فَأَجَابَ) نَفَعَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى بِبَرَكَتِهِ وَعُلُومِهِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِقَوْلِهِ نَعَمْ لِأَنَّهُ بَيْضُ السَّمَكِ كَمَا صَرَّحُوا بِهِ وَلَا يُنَافِيه قَوْلُ الْجَوَاهِرِ وَلَا يَحِلُّ أَكْلُ سَمَكِ مِلْحٍ وَلَمْ يُنْزَعْ مَا فِي جَوْفِهِ لِأَنَّهُ فِي أَكْلِ السَّمَكَةِ كُلِّهَا مَعَ مَا فِي جَوْفِهَا مِنْ النَّجَاسَةِ بِخِلَافِ الْبَطَارِخِ فَإِنَّهُ يُشَقُّ جَوْفُهَا ثُمَّ يُخْرَجُ مِنْهُ لَكِنَّ مَحَلَّ هَذَا إنْ لَمْ يُعْلَمْ مُمَاسَّتُهُ لِنَجَاسَةِ الْجَوْفِ فَإِنْ عَلِمْت وَجَبَ غَسْلُهُ قَبْلَ أَكْلِهِ فَإِطْلَاقُ بَعْضِهِمْ حُرْمَةَ الْبَطَارِخِ اسْتِدْلَالًا بِعِبَارَةِ الْجَوَاهِرِ هَذِهِ غَلَطٌ ثُمَّ عِبَارَتُهَا مَحْمُولَةٌ عَلَى سَمَكٍ كِبَارٍ لِمَا فِي الرَّوْضَةِ فِي الصِّغَارِ أَنَّهُ يَجُوزُ أَكْلُهَا قَبْلَ شَقِّ أَجْوَافِهَا لِعُسْرِ تَتَبُّعِ مَا فِيهَا

Answered by
Huzaifah Deedat
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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