is eating insects haram?

[Mu'Min]

Life and death...:rollseyes hmm... I mean we're all going to die sooner or later... so maybe I wouldn't eat it... than again maybe I would... I don't know what I would do actually. Guess I gotta be in that situation to really respond.

 

[Yasmine018]

One thing that i know is that in the circumstance like famine, then Pork will be halaal to eat.

 

[LUVAR]

id die first b4 i woud eat pork:heated:

 

[InToTheRain]

id die first b4 i woud eat pork:heated:

You say that now... but Allah hu Allom

By the way grasshoppers/Locusts I heard where Halal so feel free to enjoy the delicacy whenver you get the chanc Insha'Allah...It tastes like chicken...mmmmm...

 

[Zone Maker]

You say that now... but Allah hu Allom

By the way grasshoppers/Locusts I heard where Halal so feel free to enjoy the delicacy whenver you get the chanc Insha'Allah...It tastes like chicken...mmmmm...

My parents used to eat them, but they stopped. These days' locusts are polluted by insect sprays.

 

[Muezzin]

Oh and red smarties are haraam. The red colour is derived by crushing beetles.

Eww, bug blood.

Also, why the heck would anyone want to eat insects? laying:

 

[syilla]

^^^ i don't know...

but they say fried grasshoppers are delicious...

 

[*noor]

ok so insects are haram

but what about earthworms?

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

ewww, i wouldnt eat it even if it weren't haram...
they're like soo wiggly and slimy *barf*

btw, dont u mean aren't sis?

 

[*noor]

ewww, i wouldnt eat it even if it weren't haram...
they're like soo wiggly and slimy *barf*

btw, dont u mean aren't sis?

lol sis i don't think i'd ever make some sort of dish from worms either but i am curious!!

no sister, i mean are, not aren't
Allahu a3lam but according to the below post, insects are haraam.

:salamext:


Ruling on eating insects, vermin and rodents​

Question:

What is the ruling on eating insects, vermin and rodents?




Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.​

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Al-Nawawi said:​

According to the scholars, the vermin of the earth such as snakes, scorpions, dung beetles, cockroaches, rats etc., are haraam. This is the view of Abu Haneefah, Ahmad and Dawood.​

Al-Shaafa’i and his companions quote as evidence for that the aayah,​

“and prohibits them as unlawful Al-Khabaa’ith (i.e. all evil and unlawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons and foods),”​

[al-A’raaf 7:157 – interpretation of the meaning]​

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These are things which the Arabs find repulsive. And they quote as evidence the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “(There are) five animals, all of which are evil and should be killed in the Haram (sanctuary of Makkah): crows, kites [a kind of bird], scorpions, rats and vicious dogs.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim from the report of ‘Aa’ishah, Hafsah and Ibn ‘Umar). It was narrated from Umm Shurayk that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded the killing of lizards. (Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim). With regard to the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):​

“Say (O Muhammad): ‘I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maytah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork); for that surely, is impure or impious (unlawful) meat (of an animal) which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allaah (or has been slaughtered for idols, or on which Allaah’s Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering).” [al-An’aam 6:145] ​

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al-Shaafa’i and other scholars said: what this refers to is things which you used to eat and regard as good. Al-Shaafa’i said: this is the most likely meaning of the aayah, based on the Sunnah. And Allaah knows best.​

Al-Majmoo’, 9/17, 18

http://www.islam-qa.com/index.php?ref=21901&ln=eng&txt=insects
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[Kswiss]

Not sure, but i wouldn't eat any bug or insect lol

 

[Snowflake]

Eww, bug blood.

Also, why the heck would anyone want to eat insects? laying:

Cochineal is the name of both an expensive crimson or carmine dye and the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), from which the dye is derived. The cochineal insect is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, native to tropical and subtropical South America and Mexico.

Cochineal is primarily used as a food colouring and for cosmetics.

lol sis i don't think i'd ever make some sort of dish from worms either but i am curious!!.

eww I can't imagine worms being halal and even if they were, imagine rolling them on around ur fork like you would spaghetti! :heated:

 

[Snowflake]

^lol u wanna be

spghetti buggernaise

lol, well you wouldn't need a separate sauce, that would already be in the worms ;D

btw, I found this..

The Exemption of Sea Food and Locusts

The Islamic Shari'ah has exempted fish, whales, and other sea creatures from the category of "dead animals." When the Prophet (peace be on him) was asked about the sea, he replied, Its water is pure and its dead are halal. (Reported by Ahmad and other compilers of the Sunnah.)

Says Allah Ta'ala: The game of the sea is permitted to you and so is its food.... (5:99 (96)) and 'Umar explained, "Its game is what is caught from it and its food is what is thrown out from it," while Ibn 'Abbas said, "Its food is its dead (animals)."

In the two Sahihs of al-Bukhari and Muslim, it is reported on the authority of Jabir that the Prophet (peace be on him) once sent some of his Companions on an expedition. They found a dead whale by the sea and subsisted on it for more than twenty days. On their return to Madinah, they told the Prophet (peace be on him) about this and he said, Eat the food which Allah has brought forth for you, and feed us from it if you have any left. They then brought him some whale meat and he ate it. (Reported by al-Bukhari.)
By the same token, locusts are exempted from the category of "dead animals."

The Prophet (peace be on him) gave permission to eat dead locusts, as the question of slaughtering them does not arise. Said Ibn Abu Awfa, "We went with the Prophet (peace be on him) on seven expeditions, and we ate locusts with him." (Reported by all the authentic collections of ahadith excepting that of Ibn Majah.)

 

[peacechaser]

Jazakallah sister

The Prophet (peace be on him) gave permission to eat dead locusts, as the question of slaughtering them does not arise. Said Ibn Abu Awfa, "We went with the Prophet (peace be on him) on seven expeditions, and we ate locusts with him." (Reported by all the authentic collections of ahadith excepting that of Ibn Majah.)

I'm sure it's just for emergency.

 

[Snowflake]

Crunchy locust anyone?

According ot hadith and >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust

Locusts are also considered acceptable to Muslims under Dhabiĥa if they are caught live and then die, the individual catching the locust does not necessarily have to be Muslim [1]

looking at the pic, I can't imagine how they'd be eaten.. I mean would you pull off the wings and munch on the rest or what? Sure we eat animals but we don't eat the contents of their stomachs. So how could we just gobble up a whole locust with it's inside intact? +o(

I'm never gonna eat one and that's for sure.

 

[Abu Ibraheem]

what about grass hoppers?

 

[Woodrow]

In the US what most people call a grasshopper is a locust and what many Americans call a locust is a cicada.

As far as eating insects. Fortunatly we are not to be blamed for doing what is unavoidable. We all eat a number of insects without realising it. If you eat vegtables and fruit you are bound to swallow a few small bugs without ever knowing it. Flour and cereal grains are notorious for having a large number of meal worms in them. Some things can't be avoided.

 

[*noor]

In the US what most people call a grasshopper is a locust and what many Americans call a locust is a cicada.

As far as eating insects. Fortunatly we are not to be blamed for doing what is unavoidable. We all eat a number of insects without realising it. If you eat vegtables and fruit you are bound to swallow a few small bugs without ever knowing it. Flour and cereal grains are notorious for having a large number of meal worms in them. Some things can't be avoided.

yeah i also heard that each person on average swallows about 6 spiders per year.

 

[Abu Ibraheem]

Cockroaches ....yukkkkkk ... what about cockroahes - arent they poisoness?

 

[Woodrow]

Cockroaches ....yukkkkkk ... what about cockroahes - arent they poisoness?

Not poisonous but can carry numerous dieases. I rember back in the 1940s there was a connection found between them and the spread of Polio.

The giant Madagasgar Singing CockRoach is often eaten deliberatly. There are several hundred species of Cockroaches. Bit, of trivia Locusts, Cockroaches, and Mantids are all sub-species within the same insect family.