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What about oyster sauce and Chinese and Thai dishes using oyster sauce?

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· 3 Jumada I 1438 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Are oysters haraam? What about oyster sauce and Chinese and Thai dishes using oyster sauce? What exactly is oyster?

Answer

According to us, all water creatures that do not come under category of fish are not permissible to consume.

As above.

Look it up in a dictionary.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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