List of halal and kosher fish

This is a list of fish considered halal according to the Shia Muslims in the Jafari jurisprudence as well as being kosher according to Jews as per the kashrut dietary laws in the halakha of rabbinic Judaism.

These fish possess the appropriate characteristic of having scales.[1][2][3]

Shia Islam's regulation of fish in the Jaafari school of jurisprudence comes from several sahih hadiths, one of them is, as narrated by the fifth imam Muhammad al-Baqir:

Eat any fish that has scales, and do not eat what does not have scales.
— Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, Vol.6, p. 219

In Sunni Islam, there are two general schools of thought. Most Sunni Muslim schools of jurisprudence (Shafi'i, Hanbali, and Maliki) hold as a general rule that all "seafood" (animals of the sea) are permissible to eat with a few minor exceptions. Thus, for example, the traditional Laksa soup of Muslim majority Malaysia (which includes meats such as shrimp and squid with a soup base made from shrimp paste) is permisssble. The combined total population of Muslims in all these Sunni Muslim schools of jurisprudence, however, are a minority among the worldwide population of Sunni Muslims.

In the Hanafi school of Sunni Muslim jurisprudence, to which the majority population of Sunni Muslims belong to, all "fish" (as opposed to all "seafood") is permissible except for eels and hagfish (which are both also technically fish) as well all other animals of the sea which are not fish are also forbidden.[4] Thus, Laksa for these Sunni Muslims would be prohibited.

References

  1. ↑ Common Halal and Non-Halal Sea Foods. Al-Islam.org. Retrieved on 25th April 2015
  2. ↑ Food & Drink - Permitted & Prohibited - Islamic-laws.com. Retrieved on 25th April 2015
  3. ↑ In Judaism, in addition to requiring the presence of scales, kosher fish must also have have fins. However, while not every fish that has fins will have scales, every true fish that has scales by default also has fins. ([www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1182104/jewish/All-About-Kosher-Fish.htm Source])
  4. ↑
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.