Question 726 - The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 7

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Question 726

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis, and grant them peace. Peace be upon you, O guardian of Allah, O my Imam Ahmed Alhasan. My guardian, what is the ruling concerning eating the following sea creatures? 1. Lobster: a large marine crustacean. It is a ten-legged marine animal with five pairs of legs. It is also known in Arabic as karkand, in the Egyptian dialect as istakuza, and is also called ‘mother of shrimp.’ 2. Crab: also called al-saltaʿun, in the Egyptian dialect kaburya, and in the Gulf dialect qabqab. It is a ten-legged crustacean, and crabs are generally distinguished by a hard external shell. Sender: Najmat al-Jadi

Source: The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 7; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 726; Page Not available; AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V7-Q726. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗