Which types of fish are not halal?

Answer 1

all type of fish and sea food are halal in Islam (you are allowed to eat them )

Quran says:

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ

مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ ۖ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَرِّ

مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا ۗ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

Meaning English translation:

{Made lawful to you is the fished of the sea and its food, an enjoyment for you and for travelers. But you are forbidden the hunted of the land whilst you are on pilgrimage. Have fear of Allah, before whom you shall all be assembled. (96)}

[Quran, chapter 5, Surat Alma'eda, verse 96]

Answer 2

AnswerAll sea food and all what is hunted from water is allowed for Muslims to eat. this is according to Quran, the first basis for ruling what is allowed and what is not allowed for Muslims to eat. Quran says in chapter 5, verse 96:

{To hunt and to eat the fish of the sea is made lawful for you, a provision for you and for seafarers; but to hunt on land is forbidden you so long as ye are on the pilgrimage. Be mindful of your duty to Allah, unto Whom ye will be gathered. (96)}

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ ۖ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا ۗ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ﴿٩٦﴾

Stricter Shiite ViewImam Baqir narrated (in al-Kolayni and al-Kaafi):

"Eat any fish that has scales, and do not eat what does not have scales."

From this, it tells us that any fish that do not have scales are not halal for us to eat. Some examples of these types of fishes are:

• Catfish Eels
• Eastern Cleaner-Clingfish
• Flake
• Grayfish
• Leather Jacket
• Marlin
• Shark
• Snake Mackerels
• Squab
• Sturgeons
• Swordfish

Answer 3

All kinds of fish are Hallal (Lawfal); the prophet Mohamed (peace be upon him) had said regarding the sea "it's the one that its water is purifying and its dead is lawfal" also the Noble Quran mentions in 5:96 that the fish in the sea is lawfal.

According to Imam Abu Hanifa, from among the marine animals that are fully aquatic, only the fish is allowed to eat. Here, fish refers to everything that falls within the definition of fish. As defined by marine scientists, fish is 'an aquatic, cold blooded, gill breathing vertebrate with a two-chambered heart'. Based upon this definition, whale, shrimp, lobster, sea crab, crayfish, squids, octopus, oyster, sea snail etc. are not 'fish', and will not be permissible according to Imam Abu Hanifa. Imam Abu Hanifa does not allow the consumption of everything from the sea. Only the fish is allowed (all types). The reason for this is that all animals of the sea die on its own. Due to this, they are known to be carrion (maitah), and from among the carrion which are allowed to consume, the fish and locust have been made permissible. About this, the Prophet (SAS) stated, 'Two types of dead (carrion-maitah) are lawful for us …. They are fish and locust'. (Ahmad, Ibn Majah). The hadith clearly establishes that from among the dead (carrion) of the sea only the fish is allowed, and this is the verdict of Imam Abu Hanifa (AR).

And Allah knows best.

Mufti Waseem Khan (Darul uloom Trinidad)