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Question: Fish is eaten without slaughtering – what is the philosophy behind this?
Answer: My master A’lā Ḥaḍrat, Imām-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat, Maulānā Shāĥ Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن has stated, ‘The ‘fish and locust do not have blood that is required to be discharged. In animals without blood, these two are Ḥalāl and therefore, they can be eaten without slaughtering. As per the Shāfi’ī school of thought, many other aquatic animals, all or some are Ḥalāl as they consider them permissible without slaughtering following that any aquatic animal does not have blood.’
(Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, vol. 20, pp. 335)
Answer: The ruling on purity or impurity of fish blood can only be discussed if fish have blood, in fact, fish do not have blood! The blackish red fluid that comes from fish is not blood.
Question: Which part of a fish is impure?
Answer: There is nothing impure in fish.
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