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Dietary Prohibitions
  • Overview
  • Dietary Prohbition Verses
  • 6:145 Explained
  • 5:3 Explained
  • Meaning of Uhilla
  • Zikr vs. Uhilla
  • Halal Meat
  • The Fourth Dietary Prohibition
    • 16:115
    • Can An Apple Be Carrion?
    • Zikr vs. Uhilla (Rashad)
    • Mahilla
    • What about 5:3?
    • 5:103
    • Whole Animal?
    • Subtitle Analysis
    • Footnotes
    • Appendix 16
    • Audios/Videos
    • Conclusion
  • What about shellfish and crustaceans?
  • What about intoxicants?
  • What about food on the altars of idols?
  • Dietary Prohibitions Quran vs. Hadith
  • Prohibiting lawful foods leads to disaster
  • Additional Resources
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What about shellfish and crustaceans?

The Quran informs us that all the game in the sea and its food are lawful for believers to eat.

[5:96] All fish of the sea are made lawful for you to eat. During pilgrimage, this may provide for you during your journey. You shall not hunt throughout the pilgrimage. You shall reverence GOD, before whom you will be summoned.

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

Here is the word-by-word breakdown of the sentence:

1

uḥilla

أُحِلَّ

[It] was made lawful

2

lakum

لَكُمْ

for you [all]

3

ṣaydu

صَيْدُ

game (animals)

4

l-baḥri

ٱلْبَحْرِ

(of) the sea

5

waṭaʿāmuhu

وَطَعَامُهُۥ

and its food

6

matāʿan

مَتَـٰعًا

(as) provision

7

lakum

لَّكُمْ

for you [all]

From this, we see that not only all game of the sea lawful, but also any food they eat.

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