Fish dying in water has a recognised exception. Hanafi jurists also treat the death of frogs and crabs in water as not spoiling it, whereas a different position concerning some non-fish aquatic animals is reported from Shafi‘i.
The divergence concerns the scope of impurity arising from an animal’s death and the exceptions among aquatic species. Consensus should not be claimed for all aquatic creatures merely from the fish case.
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Impurity in Stagnant and Running Water, Large Ponds, and Aquatic Creatures
Fish dying in water has a recognised exception. Hanafi jurists also treat the death of frogs and crabs in water as not spoiling it, whereas a different position concerning some non-fish aquatic animals is reported from Shafi‘i.
The divergence concerns the scope of impurity arising from an animal’s death and the exceptions among aquatic species. Consensus should not be claimed for all aquatic creatures merely from the fish case.