He said: 'Eat the fish which has scale, and do not eat that which has no scale.

He said: 'Eat the fish which has scale, and do not eat that which has no scale.'" This hadith from the 5th Imam (A.S) is narrated by al-Kulayni in al-kafi (al-Furu', Vol.2, p. 144) and by ash-Shaykh at-Tusi in Tahadhibu 'l-ahkam, vol.2, p. 339; and is copied here from Wasa 'ilu 'sh-Shi 'ah vol. 16, p. 329. Hammad ibn 'Uthman says: "I said to Abu' Abdillah (A.S): 'May I be your ransom! Which of the fish is (allowed) to be eaten? He said: 'That which has scale.

This hadith from the 6th Imam (A.S) is given in all the books mentioned above, plus as-Saduq's Man la yahduruhu 'l-faqih, vol. 1, p. 10 'Abdullah ibn Sinan narrates from Abu 'Abdillah (A.S) that he said: "'Ali (A.S) used to ride the mule of the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) in Kufa, then pass through the fish- market and tell them 'do not eat, nor sell the fish that has no scale.'" (The same references as in No.

I plus al-Mahasiny.477) For your information, during the Veitnam War, the Pentagon had sent a clear order to its troops not to eat the fish without scale, as it was very injurious to health. I had copied that order in our magazine, the Light, (Dar-es-Salaam), You will be interested to read the following order given by Allah to the Prophet Musa (A.S) "These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scale in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

And all mat have no fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be abomination unto you. They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination. Whatever hath no fin nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you." (Leviticus, ch. 11, vs.

9-12) "These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: and whatsoever hath no fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you." (Deuteronomy, ch. 14, vs. 9-10) So you see it was haram even in the Law of Nabii Musa (A.S), and consequently in the religion of Nabii 'Isa (A.S) although St. Paul corrupted the Christianity and abrogated the Law.