The jirri fish

It is narrated from Amrah bint al-Tabikh; she said: My mother sent me, and I bought an eel and put it in a basket, and its head stuck out of one side and its tail out of the other. Meanwhile the Commander of the Believers, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), passed by me and saw it, and he said: This is a very wholesome thing; it satisfies a family.

Kuhayl narrates from his father; he said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) would pass by us while eel lay on our dining spread and we were eating it, and he saw no harm in it.

It is narrated from Ikrimah; he said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about the eel, and he said: There is no harm in it. It is only that the Jews have declared it forbidden, and we eat it.

It is narrated from Ibrahim; he said: There is no harm in the eel. This is the thing about which people believe that it was mentioned in the scroll of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Abd al-A'la; he said: I asked Sa'id bin Jubayr about the eel, and he said: It is of the fish kind. If you like it, then eat it.

It is narrated from Mundhir al-Thawri; he said: Ibn al-Hanafiyyah was asked about the eel, the spleen and things like them that are disliked, and he recited this verse: "Say: I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden" [Al-An'am: 145].

It is narrated from Abu Salamah al-Sa'igh; he said: I asked Ata bin Abi Rabah about the eel, and he said: Eat the fat tail of it.

It is narrated from Ibrahim; he said: Keep to its tail (that is, eat the fat-tailed one).

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin al-Hasan; he said: The eel is of the game of the sea.

It is narrated from al-Hasan; he said: There is no harm in the eel and the marmahi.

Hafs says: I heard Ja'far say: As for the fish that has no scales, we feel revulsion for it and do not eat it.

It is narrated from Ibrahim; he said: There is no harm in the eel.

Hisham reports about al-Hasan that he saw no harm in eating eel.