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Is it permissible to breed and sell freshwater and aquatic snails?

Published as Breeding and selling freshwater and aquatic snails

· 2 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1438 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is it permissible to breed and sell freshwater and aquatic snails? People keep these type of snails in their fish tanks. I do not think anyone (Muslims and non-Muslims) eat them in South Africa.

Answer

Yes.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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