is eating insects haram?

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As far as i've heard eating insects is haram, but as for those found in fruits (e.g dates) they are ok coz it's sunnah.

btw in the ingredients of foods shellac is an insect derivative
also some apples are coated in some sort of insect thing to make them crispy +o(
 
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Muslimah_Sis said:
Crunchy locust anyone? :p



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


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.
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You should come to Yemen sis ;D

And yup thats exactly how most of the people there eat them :). Just catch the grasshopper/locust/cicada and strip of the legs (apparently they're prickly) and then just pop the whole thing in your mouth.

Sometimes the kids gather bags of them and pinch off the head and legs and then fry them up.

You got them munching on grasshoppers 4 inches long!! It's downright scary to watch I tell you :-\
 
I believe that the main points made are:

Eating insects is generaly Haram.

There are some exceptions:
Locusts under some conditions.
Insects eaten accidently
In times of famine
 
Rose_Ice said:
Lately it has been found that pigs have worms in them that can live in any part of ur body including you eyes and brain. +o(

But we don't eat them because it is a command from Allah.

http://members.cox.net/arshad/hear.html
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True we do not need to know anymore then the fact that Allah(swt) has said it is haram. But, there is another very interesting thing about pigs. A pig does not have a defined neck and therefore can not be slaughtered in a Halal manner.
 
sarah_deen said:
im not being funny or anything but why would anyone want to eat insects? thats so gross!
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They are eaten in many parts of the world. Throughout termites and ants have long been a favorite of many people. There are varieties of ants called "Honey Pots" the worker ants look like gum drops they are full of honey. In many primative areas they are eaten like candy.

Here is a short read about the ones in the USA, they are found world wide tho.

http://askabiologist.asu.edu/research/ants/ants.html

termites are very fatty and from what I understand they have a meat flavor to them.
 
sarah_deen said:
that is subhanALLAH without meaning to cause any offence - gross!
anyways if its halal? its all masha ALLAH good insha ALLAH.

sorry for my ignorance just find that a little ...difficult to digest;)
hehe
salaaam
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I should have reiterated that eating insects is haram even if many non-Muslims world wide do eat them.
 
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Eating insects is haram, as it has been stated in earlier posts, I think the message is clear now so...

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