Locust permissible?

[Haarith]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Most respected Imam may Allah increase your knowlegde.

Imam saheb is locust permissible? Here is a hadith considering locusts:

Narrated by Salman al-Farsi:

The Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallamwas asked about (eating) locusts. He replied: They are the most numerous of Allah's hosts. I neither eat them nor declare them unlawful. [SUNAN ABU-DAWUD; (Kitab Al-At'imah) [/b]

Imam saheb you had replied to a former question about the permissibility grasshoppers that insects are not halal to consume. Are locusts the only insects that are halal?

Wassalamu 'alaykum

[Imam]

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All Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His Most Beloved, and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa 'aalihi wa Sallam


Jazak'allah for your question. From the hadith you have quoted, it seems that locusts are halal and that in some parts of the world they are not eaten unless there was nothing else available. This happens to be the only insect that is deemed to be halal.


In another narration of the Beloved Messenger of Allah Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, it is stated that two dead animals are halal, one is the locust and the one is the fish. [By dead animals it means that they are not skaughtered, i.e, made halal.



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M. Waseem Ashrafi