Sushi is often said to be raw fish, but it is, in fact, a way to prepare rice with fish as an accompaniment. You can see from the picture below there are various type, each with different names. Sashimi is the only one without rice, it is small thin slices of fish.

So Sushi is more of a name for a type of Japanese food. And it doesn’t need to contain fish, they can have shrimp, lobster, squid. The rice + extra toppings is then wrapped in seaweed.

Seaweed is Halal to consume.

So the advice is to consider all the ingredients.

You should also consider any cross contamination when ordering from a street food vendor or restaurant.

See our post on Seafood Fiqh and also consider the following posts:

You may also be interested in:

• The ruling of Seafood in Islam
• Are Scallops halal?
• Is Octopus halal?
• Are Crabs/Lobster halal?
• Is Turtle halal?
• Are Frogs halal?
• Is Squid halal?
• Are Prawns and shrimp halal?
• Is Shushi halal?
• Are Sharks and Whales halal?

You can read more on halal:

• What is Halal?: An Overview
• Importance of Halal
• General Halal Food guidelines
• The ruling of Seafood in Islam
• Halal and Haram animals according to the Hanafi School
• What parts of a Halal animal are impermissible to eat?
• Gelatine in Islam
• Animal Rennet in Islam
• Carmine in Islam
• Artificial Bacon in Islam
• Islamic Ruling of Kosher foods