Ḥarām Gains: Rulings on Scaled Fish That Die in Nets and Trading Inedible Sea Creatures
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Ḥarām Gains: Rulings on Scaled Fish That Die in Nets and Trading Inedible Sea Creatures
English:
Question #1086:
a) What is the rule on scaled fish which dies inside fishing nets?
b) Is it allowed to buy/sell inedible water animals? Can we sell them to people who consider eating them as ḥalāl? Is it permissible to trade in them for purposes other than human consumption such as bird and animal feed or manufacturing?
Answer #1086:
a) Scaled fish which dies inside fishing nets of a fisherman is ḥalāl.
b) There is no problem in selling or offering ḥarām foods to the people who do not consider them as ḥarām according to their denomination. Otherwise, it is not permissible. However, if they serve some rational, ḥalāl, and beneficial purposes other than their consumption, like in medicine, manufacturing, and feeding birds/animals, there is no problem in doing business in them for the said purposes.
-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Ḥarām Gains