What is your Eminence's ruling on eating herring?
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Salted herring takes the same ruling as salted fish (fasiq). The majority of scholars from the Hanafis, Hanbalis, and some Malikis consider it pure and permissible to eat. This is the preponderant view. It is permissible to eat it as long as it does not result in harm to one's health.
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