Are Face Creams With Pearl Powder Permissible?
The question, as received
A pearl is a thing that is found in sea shell animals. Is a pearl pure? A face cream that does contain pearl-powder is it permissible to use?
The answer
Pearls are pure. It is permissible to use a face cream which contains pearl powder as long as the other ingredients are of a permissible nature.[1]
And Allah knows best.
Mufti Faraz Adam
References
1ثُمَّ النَّاسُ تَكَلَّمُوا فِي اللُّؤْلُؤِ فَقِيلَ: إنَّ مَطَرَ الرَّبِيعِ يَقَعُ فِي الصَّدَفِ فَيَصِيرُ لُؤْلُؤًا فَعَلَى هَذَا أَصْلُهُ مِنْ الْمَاءِ (السرخسي ج 2 ص 213 دار المعرفة)
(وَ) لَا فِي (لُؤْلُؤٍ) هُوَ مَطَرُ الرَّبِيعِ (الدر المختار ج 2 ص 322 أيج أيم سعيد)
(قَوْلُهُ: هُوَ مَطَرُ الرَّبِيعِ) أَيْ أَصْلُهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ الْقُهُسْتَانِيُّ: هُوَ جَوْهَرٌ مُضِيءٌ يَخْلُقُهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنْ مَطَرِ الرَّبِيعِ الْوَاقِعِ فِي الصَّدَفِ الَّذِي قِيلَ إنَّهُ حَيَوَانٌ مِنْ جِنْسِ السَّمَكِ يَخْلُقُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى اللُّؤْلُؤَ فِيهِ كَمَا فِي الْكَرْمَانِيِّ. (رد المحتار ج 2 ص 322 أيج أيم سعيد)
Based on the Hanafi school and on the question as it was asked. Another mufti may reach a different conclusion. Read the disclaimer.