Are Locusts Halal?

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Fatwa ID: 03594

Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Kamran Abid

 

Question

Are insects like locusts and grasshoppers considered halal?

 

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

Grasshoppers are called locusts when they are in the swarming phase.[1] It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Two kinds of dead meat have been permitted to us: fish and locusts.”[2] Therefore, locusts and grasshoppers are permissible to consume.

Locust pizza
Locust pizza

 

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Written by Maulana Mohammed Kamran Abid

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust

[2] عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ  " أُحِلَّتْ لَنَا مَيْتَتَانِ الْحُوتُ وَالْجَرَادُ " (Sunan Ibn Majah, vol. 4, Book 28, Hadith 3218, Darussalam),

قَالَ – رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ -: (وَحَلَّ بِلَا ذَكَاةٍ كَالْجَرَادِ) يَعْنِي يَحِلُّ السَّمَكُ بِلَا ذَكَاةٍ كَالْجَرَادِ لِمَا رَوَيْنَا (Al-Bahr Ar-Raiq, vol. 8, pg. 196, Darul Kitab al-Islami)

 

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