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The Islamic law has exempted fish, whales, and other sea creatures from the category of "dead animals". When the Prophet - Peace be upon him- was asked about the sea, he replied, Its water is pure and its dead are halal.Says Allah Ta'ala: “The game of the sea is permitted to you and so is its food...” (5:99). It is reported that the Prophet - Peace be upon him- once sent some of his Companions on an expedition. They found a dead whale by the sea and subsisted on it for more than twenty days. On their return to Madinah, they told the Prophet - Peace be upon him- about this and he said, “Eat the food which Allah has brought forth for you, and feed us from it if you have any left. They then brought him some whale meat and he ate it.” By the same token, locusts are exempted from the category of "dead animals." The Prophet - Peace be upon him- gave permission to eat dead locusts, as the question of slaughtering them does not arise.