Q. Is it permissible to eat blue whale meat?
A. Blue whale and all sea animals besides fish are haraam in terms of the Hanafi Math-hab. Whales are mammals. They are not fish, hence are haraam.
Is it permissible to eat blue whale meat?
June 12, 2011 by ummmuhammadahmad
5 Responses
Jona and the whale?
Last answer seems to contradict.
what do you mean the last answer seems to contradict?
What contraction do you see in this FATAWA???
i AM SURE THAT YOU STUDIED BIOLOGY,?!
whales ARE MAMMALS, GIVE BIRTH TO LIVE OFFSPRING AND SUCKLE THEM.
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Their is a famous Hadith where Muhammed Salah La he Wa Asalm appoved of eating whales
ASSALAAMU ALSYKUM.
AS THE FATAWA BY THE ULEMA STATES WHALES ARE MAMMALS AND NOT FISH.
ABU HANIFA RAHMATULLAH ALAYH, KNEW THIS HADITH VERY WELL, AND MANY OTHERS. BETTER THAN WE IGNORANTS DO.
THIS HADITH HAS MANY VERSIONS AND THE THE TERM FISH IS USED AS WELL!
THE SHARIAH HAS BEEN EXPLAINED BY TH FOUR MATHABS.
ACCORDING TO HANAFI MATHAB WHALE IS HARAAM..
IF YOU FOLLOW ANOTHER MATHAB THAN THE RULING DIFFERS.
NOT SO DIFFICULT!
WA SALAAM