Assalam aleykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh, my question is about eating of snails . Is this halal or haram, because i have some Muslims friends (from Nigeria) i live with them and they told me they eat snails, and as for me I donât, and I think is haram (donât know but just think) and they asked me which verse in the holy qur`an or which hadith said this is haram and I was stranded. So please and please clear my air, this question has been giving me headache. Waiting for your answer inshaallah.
All praise be to Allah, and may his peace and blessings be on the last and best prophet and messenger, Muhammad.
Snails and all see creatures aside from fish are impermissible to eat according to the hanafis, but they are permissible according to the majority.
The opinion of the majority is stronger.
Allah knows best.