سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ سَمَكَةٍ وَثَبَتْ مِنْ نَهَرٍ فَوَقَعَتْ عَلَى الْجُدِّ مِنَ النَّهَرِ فَمَاتَتْ هَلْ يَصْلُحُ أَكْلُهَا فَقَالَ إِنْ أَخَذْتَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَمُوتَ ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ فَكُلْهَا وَ إِنْ مَاتَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَأْخُذَهَا فَلَا تَأْكُلْهَا .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Al Amraky Bin Ali, (It has been narrated) from Ali son of Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, from his brother<sup>asws</sup> Musa<sup>asws</sup> Bin Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about a fish which leapt out from the river, so it falls upon the bank of the river, so it died. Is it correct to eat it?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘If you seize it before it dies, then it dies, so eat it; but if it died from before you seize it, so do not eat it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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