Is Caviar Halal?
Edited By Staff Writer, Halal Incorp
Caviar is a high end luxury delicacy created from the salted, processed eggs (roe) of sturgeon fish, traditionally harvested from the region of the Caspian & Black Seas.
It is desired for its rich, buttery flavor as well as delicate texture. Often served chilled, caviar is often enjoyed on blinis or toast with accompaniments like crème fraîche.
We visited Islam Web to find out if Caviar was permissible according to religious and scholarly advice, it stated:
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.
If you mean by caviar the eggs of fish, then there is no religious objection in buying or eating them. In principle food is permissible for us to eat unless there is a text that forbids it as Allaah says (which means): {…Who created for you all that is on earth….}[2:29].
Allaah further says (which means): {O mankind eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth.}[2:168]. Therefore, it is permissible to buy and eat the caviar as long as one is not extravagant. Imaam Ibn Hajar Al-Haythami
stated in Al-Fataawi Al-Fiqhiyah Al-Kubraa, that it is permissible to eat caviar which is the eggs of fish.
Allaah knows best.”
Therefore we believe caviar to be Halal. However please note some schools of thought may not agree with this opinion.
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