What the sea throws up and what the water leaves stranded when it recedes

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us with Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) in a military detachment. On that journey our provisions ran out. Meanwhile we saw a (very large) fish that the sea had thrown out. We wanted to eat it, and at first Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah forbade us; then he said: We are envoys of the Messenger of Allah and we are in the path of Allah. Eat this fish. So we ate it. Then when we returned, we mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: "If any part of that fish is still with you, give me some too."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A fish that the sea throws out, eat it.

Abu al-Sha'tha' said: A fish that the sea throws out, eat it.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A fish that the sea throws out, eat it.

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A fish that the sea throws out is lawful.

Sayyiduna Zayd and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them) said: There is no harm in a fish that the sea throws out.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and al-Hasan said: If the sea throws a fish out and then it dies, there is no harm in eating it.

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him), explaining the verse of the Qur'an: "A provision for you and for the travellers" [Al-Ma'idah: 96], said: It refers to the creatures that the sea throws out, even if they are dead.