Catching a Big Fish Using Live Eels as a Bait, Is This Permissible in Islam?

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Fatwa ID: 07146

 

Answered by: Mufti Mohammed Haroon Hussain

 

Question:

 

Catching a big fish using live eels as a bait, is this permissible in Islam? 

 

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

 

Answer:

 

It is disliked to use live bait to catch fish1 because this is causing undue harm and suffering to a living creature. One should try to use bait that is already dead. If one kills the bait first and then applies it, that will be a better option.2

 

 

Only Allah knows best

Written by Mufti Mohammed Haroon Hussain

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

 

1 فَصْلٌ: وكُرِهَ الصَّيْدُ بِالخَراطِيمِ، وكُلِّ شَيْءٍ فِيهِ الرُّوحُ، لِما فِيهِ مِن تَعْذِيبِ الحَيَوانِ، فَإنْ اصْطادَ، فالصَّيْدُ مُباحٌ

المغني لابن قدامة – جلد 9 – ص 387 – كتاب الصيد والذبائح – فَصْلٌ كَرِهَ الصَّيْدَ بِالخَراطِيمِ – مكتبة القاهرة

اعلاء السنن – جلد 17 – ص 20 – كراتشي

 

 

2 كتاب النوازل للشيخ منصورفوري – جلد 14 – ص 397 – أحكام الصيد والذبائح – المركز العلمي للنشر والتحقيق لال باغ مراد آباد

 

 

 

 

 

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