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Ṣadr-ush-Sharī’aĥ, Badr-uṭ-Ṭarīqaĥ, ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Muftī Muhammad Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الـقَـوِی has stated in the book of Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, volume 3, page no. 325, ‘There is a difference of opinions about prawns, whether it is a fish or not, that is why there is also disagreement about its Ḥilt and Ḥurmat (being Ḥalāl or Ḥarām); apparently it does not look like a fish, but it seems to be a kind of aquatic worm, therefore, keeping away from eating it is better.’
A’lā Ḥaḍrat, Imām-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said, ‘Neither I nor my family have ever had prawns nor will we have it.’ (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, vol. 20, pp. 339)
Once I was in the company of Muftī-e-A’ẓam Pakistan (Chief Interpreter of Islamic Laws who issues religious edicts) ‘Allāmaĥ Maulānā Muftī Waqāruddīn عَـلَيْـهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـمُبِیۡن and during a discussion, the respected Muftī Ṣāḥib said, ‘I do not like to eat prawns, once they were cooked at my home and I asked the family not to even put the ladle in my curry which was used to serve the gravy of prawns.’
If you are really bent upon having prawns, then after removing the shell, run a small sharp knife down the back of the prawn, and pull the meat apart enough to expose the black vein, and
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