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What is the ruling on fishing by detonating explosives in the sea to kill and collect fish?

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The scholars have stated that whoever dies in water due to an accident is judged to be like an animal caught in a net and that dies out of water. As for what is found floating on the sea, the correct view is that it is permissible, based on the Prophet's (PBUH) saying: "Its water is pure, and its dead (creatures) are lawful."

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