Eating snail as medicine

Question

Is eating snail permissible or impermissible? If it is to be given to a patient with consumption, how is it to be given?

Answer

Eating snail is not permissible according to the Shari‘a, but if some religious, experienced practitioner says that there is no other treatment apart from it, then it is allowed as a medicine.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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