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List of halal fish

List of halal fish is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of halal fish rather than just read about it. In short: Various types of fish are considered halal under sharia, Islamic law. Sunni views In Sunni Islam, there are two general schools of thought.

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Reference excerpt

Various types of fish are considered halal under sharia, Islamic law.

Sunni views In Sunni Islam, there are two general schools of thought. Most Sunni Muslim schools of jurisprudence (Shafi'i, Hanbali, and Maliki) hold as a general rule that all "sea game" (animals of the sea) are permissible to eat with a few minor exceptions. Thus, for example, the local dish Laksa (which includes meats such as shrimp and squid with a soup base made from shrimp paste), is deemed permissible in the Shafi'i Sunni Muslim majority nations of Indonesia and Malaysia where it is commonly consumed.

Hanafi views In the Hanafi school, one of the four Sunni schools, only "fish" (as opposed to all "sea game") are permissible, including eel, croaker and hagfish. Any other sea (or water) creatures that are not fish, therefore, are also makruh tahrimi (forbidden but not as the same level as haram) whether they breathe oxygen from water through gills (such as prawns, lobsters and crabs, which are crustaceans), molluscs such as clams, octopus, mussels and squid, especially if they breathe oxygen from air through lungs (such as sea turtles and sea snakes, which are reptiles, dolphins and whales, which are mammals, or semi-aquatic animals like penguins, which are birds, saltwater crocodiles, which are reptiles, seals, which are mammals, and frogs, which are amphibians). In the Hanafi school of thought, there is a difference of opinion if shrimp and prawns are fish. Those who say they are halal say that the Arabs used to consider them fish, thus permissible. By contrast, others argue that prawns and shrimps are not actually fish, nor do they look like fish, so shrimps and prawns are not permissible. Additionally, the Hanafi scholars prohibit fish that died of natural causes and start to float on the surface of the water (also known as Samak-al-Tafi).

Shia views Under the Ja'fari jurisprudence followed by most Shia Muslims (including most Twelvers and Ismailis, the largest extant Shia sects), only certain fish are considered permissible for consumption. Any fish without scales are haram (forbidden) but fish that do have scales are permissible. Shia scholars tend to teach that no other aquatic creatures are halal, with the exception of certain edible aquatic crustaceans (e.g. shrimp but not crab), which are also Halal like scaled fish. Ja'fari traditions require true fish scales. Specifically, Jafari Shia Islam excludes octopus. The rules are relaxed in some Islamic schools of thought, both Shia and Sunni. Some have looser definitions that include the exoskeleton of crustaceans as "scales", others yet include the softer exoskeletons of prawns as "scales" but exclude the harder exoskeletons of lobsters. They also differ in the definition of fish, some adopting a loose definition to include all water life ("sea game").

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Example 1 — a first encounter with List of halal fish

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of halal fish ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of halal fish

In research: List of halal fish appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of halal fish in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of halal fish is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Fish as food, Halal food, Lists of fishes, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Various types of fish are considered halal under sharia, Islamic law. Sunni views In Sunni Islam, there are two general schools of thought.

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