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  • Is there any tradition (hadith) regarding octopus?
    7454 2014/08/04 Laws and Jurisprudence
    We haven t found any tradition in which using octopus as food be considered impermissible. However, we can infer this forbidden from other traditions ( ahadith ) in which the main rules have been stat
  • What is the ruling on Stellate Sturgeon?
    10289 2012/04/14 Laws and Jurisprudence
    Those who are followers of Imam Khumayni ( rah ) , can consume those fish they aren t sure have scales or not. As to those who follow scholars who believe it to be haram, they can still buy and sell t

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  • What was the law about drinking wine before Islam?
    7701 بیشتر بدانیم 2012/08/08
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