01/08/2018
HALAL FISH IN SHIA FIQH
"Eat any fish that has scales, and do not eat what does not have scales."
Imam Al-Baqir (a.s.)
[Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, Vol.6, p. 219]
Hence any FISH that does not have scales is Haram.
Here is a short list of HALAL Fish:
• Albacore
• Alewife
• Amberjack
• Anchovy
• Angelfish
• Ballyhoo
• Barracuda
• Atlantic Pomfret
• Bass
• Bigeye (Family Priacanthidae)
• Blackfish
• Blacksmith
• Blue Marlin
• Blueback
• Bluefish
• Bluegill
• Bocaccio
• Bombay duck
• Bonefish
• Bonito
• Bowfin
• Bream
• Brill
• Broadbill
• Buffalo fish
• Butter fish
• Butterfly fish
• Cabrilla
• Calico bass
• Capelin
• Carp
• Carpsucker
• Cero
• Channel bass
• Char
• Chilean Sea Bass
• Chilipepper
• Chup
• Cichlid
• Cigarfish
• Cisco
• Coalfish
• Cobia, cabio, orblack bonito
• Cod
• Common Snook
• Corbina, Corvina
• Cottonwick
• Crappie
• Creville
• Croacker
• Crucian carp
• Cubbyu
• Cunner
• Dab
• Damselfish
• Doctorfish
• Eulachon
• Flounder
• Flatfish
• Fluke
• Flyingfish
• Frostfish
• Gag grouperMycteroperca microlepis
• Giant kelpfish
• Gizzard shad
• Goatfish
• Gobies
• Goldeye
• Goldfish
• Grayling
• Graysby
• Greenling
• Grindle
• Grouper
• Grunion
• Grunt
• Guavina
• Haddock
• Hake
• Halfbeak
• Halfmoon
• Halibut
• Hamlet (fish)
• Hardhead
• Harvestfish
• Hawkfish
• Herring
• Hind
• Hogchoker
• Hogfish
• Hoki
• Horse mackerel
• Jack mackerel
• Jacks andPompanos
• Jacksmelt
• John Dory
• Kelpfish
• Kingfish
• Ladyfish
• Lafayette
• Lake Herring
• Largemouth bass
• Leatherback
• Lingcod
• Lizardfish
• Lookdown
• Mackerel
• Mahimahi
• Margate
• Menhaden
• Menpachii
• Merluccio
• Milkfish or awa
• Mojarras
• Mooneye
• Moonfish
• Mossbunker
• Mouthbrooder
• Mullet
• Muskellunge
• Mutton hamlet
• Muttonfish
• Needlefish
• Opaleye
• Palometa
• Parrotfish
• Patagonian Toothfish
• Perch
• Permit
• Pickerel
• Pigfish
• Pike
• Pikeperch
• Pilchard
• Pinfish
• Plaice
• Po***ck
• Pomfret
• Pompano
• Porgies and Sea bream
• Porkfish
• Poutassou
• Prickleback
• Queenfish
• Quillback
• Redfish
• Roach
• Rock bass
• Rockhind
• Rockfish
• Rose fish
• Rudderfish
• Sablefish
• Sailors
• Saithe
• Salmon
• Sardine
• Sargo
• Sauger
• Scad
• Scamp
• Schoolmaster
• Scorpionfish
• Scup
• Sea bass
• Sea chubs
• Seaperch
• Searobins
• Seatrout
• Shad
• Sheepshead
• Sierra
• Silverside
• Skipjack
• Smallmouth bass
• Smelts
• Bluestripe snapper
• Snappers
• Sole
• Spadefish
• Spanish mackerel
• Spearing
• Splittail
• Spot
• Sprat
• Squawfish
• Squirrelfish
• Steelhead
• Striped bass
• Sucker
• Sunfish
• Surfperch
• Surgeonfish
• Tarpon
• Tautog
• Temperate bass
• Tench
• Tenpounder
• Threadfin
• Tigerfish
• Tilapia
• Tilefish
• Tomcod
• Topsmelt
• Tripletail
• Trout
• Tuna
• Turbot
• Wahoo
• Walleye
• Walleye po***ck
• Warmouth
• Weakfishe
• White fish
• Whiting
• Wrass
• Yellowtail
• Yellowtail snapper
HALAL FISH IN SHIA FIQH
"Eat any fish that has scales, and do not eat what does not have scales."
Imam Al-Baqir (a.s.)
[Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, Vol.6, p. 219]
Hence any FISH that does not have visible scales is Haram.
