# Is it halal to eat crocodile?

*Is crocodile meat halal? Only pig is categorically haram in the school of Madinah*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/32/
- Date: 2020-07-14 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (1:52:30–1:54:56)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=6750s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/

**Topics:** Food and drink; The Maliki school

**Question as asked:** Is crocodile meat halal?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Yes, crocodile is halal in the school of Madinah, where only pig is categorically forbidden besides carrion and what is sacrificed to idols.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says crocodile meat is halal in the school of Madinah, in which only pig is categorically haram.

**Evidence, his words at 1:52:30:** “crocodile meat is halal in the school of Medina all kind of marine life in a sense all anything that's from the sea” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=6750s)

## Longer summary

A chat question asks about crocodile meat. Mufti Abu Layth says it is halal in the school of Madinah, where all sea creatures, amphibians, birds and even predatory animals are permitted, and the only thing categorically haram is pig, besides what is sacrificed to a pagan god or found already dead. He says the school of Madinah is very accommodating for exotic tastes and that he once had a crocodile burger, which was crunchy, a bit like chicken. He then cannot make sense of a chat question about incest in 'CK2'.

## Sources and names cited

- Maliki school (the school of Madinah)
- halal

## Transcript (machine tier, 1:52:30–1:54:56)

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[1:52:30] right crocodile meat a rocket I'll meet crocodile meat is halal in the school of Medina all kind of marine life in a sense all anything that's from the sea even amphibians if a person was to eat them or halal in the school of Medina very few things are Haram so all birds or sea animals all you know

[1:53:07] amphibians predatory animals everything it's all none of them are Haram the only thing that is Haram is pig and that's the only thing that is categorically Haram just pig meat nothing else per se is Haram then what is Haram is something that's been sacrificed for other than sacrificed to a pagan god or if an animal is already found dead and that's Haram but otherwise nothing is Hara okay beyond peak in the school of Medina if you were if a person was hunting for

[1:53:44] food it is only pig that saw the school of Medina is actually very accommodating for exotic tastes right so yeah so I have actually had a crocodile burger it was if I recall it was quite crunchy actually it was it was all right actually it was better than I thought it would taste but it was just crunchy owes a bit like chicken but just crunch here

[1:54:20] right love you Mufti a very fair shukran shukran Akhil hon love you too yeah reptiles yep if I bro if I do incest in ck2 am i doing Haram what does that mean what ck to Calvin Klein I don't get the question if I'm doing harming Calvin Klein

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment a6H5lYE4MN8/s/32. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/32/

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