(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed...
(The book) ‘Al Ilal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Abdullah Bin Al Salt, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Neither eat an eel, nor a seahorse, nor shrimps, nor spleen because it is a house of blood and a lump (morsel) of Satan -la ’’ .
[11] There are Ahadith which are general: There are few general Ahadith or ascribed to Masomeen -asws under dissimulation (Taqeeya) which allow for eating all types of fish as well as prawns: وَ مِنْهُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ هَارُونَ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع الْجَرَادُ ذَكِيٌّ كُلُّهُ وَ الْحِيتَانُ ذَكِيٌّ كُلُّهُ وَ أَمَّا مَا هَلَكَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَلَا تَأْكُلْهُ.
And from him, from his father, from Awn Bin Jareer, from Amro Bin Haroun Al Saqafy, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘The locusts are pure, all of them, and the fishes are pure, all of them, and as for what dies in the sea, do not eat it’’.
And from him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ja’far Bin Yahya Al Ahowl, from one of his companions who said, ‘I witnessed Abu Al-Hassan Musa -asws eating with a group. He -asws was brought some platters. He -asws extended his -asws towards a platter wherein were shrimps. He -asws ate from it. One of them said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! I wanted to ask you -asws about it, and I -asws have seen you -asws eating it’. He -asws said: ‘There is no problem with eating it’’.
[13] وَ مِنْهُ، عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّبِيثَا فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِأَكْلِهَا وَ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عِنْدَنَا مِنْهَا. And from him, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws was asked about the shrimps. He -asws said: ’There is no problem with eating it, and I -asws wish we had some of it.’’.