FatwaNationalFood & Halal
Hukum Memakan Daging/Isi Belangkas dan Telurnya
Is it permissible to eat horseshoe crab meat and its eggs?
Short answer
The 93rd National Fatwa Committee Muzakarah ruled that eating the flesh and eggs of the horseshoe crab is permissible.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM)
- Date
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Kompilasi Pandangan Hukum Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa MKI (JAKIM, terbitan 2016)
- Topic
- Food & Halal
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The 93rd National Fatwa Committee Muzakarah ruled that eating the flesh and eggs of the horseshoe crab is permissible. The ruling rests on the absence of any definitive text prohibiting it. An aquatic animal expert described it as a sea creature that cannot survive on land because it breathes through gills. This accords with the majority view of scholars that animals living solely in the sea are lawful to eat.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Muzakarah bersetuju memutuskan bahawa hukum memakan daging/isi dan telur belangkas adalah diharuskan.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM). “Hukum Memakan Daging/Isi Belangkas dan Telurnya”, 21 February 2011. https://www.islam.gov.my/images/ePenerbitan/KOMPILASI_MUZAKARAH_MKI_2016.pdf#hukum-memakan-daging-isi-belangkas-dan-telurnya. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/is-horseshoe-crab-meat-and-eggs-halal/