The Book Of Food And Drinks

They are of several kinds:

1. Sea Animals.

CR # (1678) The sea animals are not edible except fish which has scales on their skins if one has doubts about the existence of scales, he considers it inedible. A dead fish floating on water is not lawful for food, as well as fish feeding on unclean (NAJIS) substance until such habit according to common understanding is gone.

CR # (1679) The material inside edible fish is also edible.

CR # (1680) Eggs are treated by the way the egg-laying animal is treated in regards its edibility or otherwise. In the case of uncertainty, it is said that the kind with a rough surface is edible and the slippery-surfaced one is not, but it needs some consideration, according to a more clear reason what is not certainly known is not edible.

~ Animals.

CR # (1681) Of the domestic animals camels, cows, sheep and goats are edible, of the wild there are sheep, cows, donkeys, deer, bucks, wild ass, but limiting the edible animals to these five kinds is objectionable.

CR # (1682) Eating horse, mules and donkeys is detestable.

CR # (1683) Of the edible animals the ones that feed on unclean substances like human feces etc. is not lawful for food, without first being kept in quarantine for a prescribed period of time until the habit of feeding such things is gone and according to a precautionary reason, such camel should be fed clean food for 40 days, cows 20, sheep 10, a duck 5 and chicken 3 days.

CR # (1684) If a goat has fed on pig's milk until it has got strong flesh, it is unlawful for food and also the goats born from it. If it has not got strong flesh from such food, it is kept in quarantine for seven days and is fed goat milk, or fed grass. This rule does not apply to the milk of dog or a non-Muslim human. Also applying this rule to feeding indirectly or fed by the help of human being is objectionable, according to a more clear reason, it is not applicable in this case.

CR # (1685) All the animals having tusk, sharp fang, like lion and fox, jackal; lizard and jerboa and insects like lice, bugs and fleas are not edible.

CR # (1686) If a man does sex with an edible animal used for food it becomes unlawful for food, its milk and its young generation after generation, regardless, the human being is immature or a grown up, according to a precautionary reason a sane or insane, a slave or free, one who knows the fact or is ignorant, willing or forced. Also about the animal it does not matter it is male or female, - but the young inside already conceived is not affected, also if the animal is dead or is not of the animals having four legs - such animal must be destroyed or burnt if it dies. If he is not the owner he owes its value to the owner, if it is not used for food but is a carry animal it is moved to another place and its price is paid to owner by the person affecting it and sell it in another place. About returning its price to owner or affecting person or give in charity there are several views about it, if such animals get mixed with many others, by casting lottery one is taken out as the affected animal.