Catching Fish with an Earthworm

Question

Question: What is the Shariʿa ruling on catching fish by fixing an earthworm on a hook? And is fish caught in this way also permissible or not?

Answer

The fish is permissible. And if the earthworm is killed and fixed on the hook and fishing is done in that way, then this act too is permissible.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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