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Is It Permissible To Consume Fish That Lives In Polluted Water?

· 5 Jumada II 1434 AH1 min readFatwa 25198English

Question

Is it permissible to consume fish that lives in dirty polluted water?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Fish are halal to consume regardless of the condition of the water in which they live.[i]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

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Checked and Approved by,
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References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] (وَلَا) يَحِلُّ (حَيَوَانٌ مَائِيٌّ إلَّا السَّمَكُ) الَّذِي مَاتَ بِآفَةٍ وَلَوْ مُتَوَلِّدًا فِي مَاءٍ نَجِسٍ

(رد المحتار على الدر المختار، ج6، ص306، دار الفكر)

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