Food, Drink & Ingredients
Meat and slaughter, seafood, E-numbers, alcohol in products and medicines.
Meat & Slaughter
Is it permissible to skin an animal immediately after slaughtering?
Skinning an animal right after slaughter is disliked; wait until it stops convulsing and is motionless.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam ImpermissibleMeat & SlaughterIs it permissible to consume elephant meat?
Elephant meat is not permissible, as the elephant is treated like fanged predatory animals.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam ConditionalMeat & SlaughterA Research on Mechanical Slaughter
Mechanical slaughter as currently practised is not permissible unless several listed issues, including tasmiyah and correct cutting, are fixed.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam Requires detailMeat & SlaughterIs it permissible to eat prawns, mussels, squid and octopus?
Only fish are halal in the Hanafi school: mussels, squid and octopus are not; prawns are disputed, with leeway but taqwa to avoid.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleMeat & SlaughterIs it permissible to consume stingrays?
Stingrays are fish, having a backbone, fins and gills, so they are permissible to eat.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam DislikedMeat & SlaughterIs it permissible to consume puffer fish?
Because puffer fish can be lethally poisonous, eating it is severely disliked.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam ImpermissibleMeat & SlaughterIs it permissible to eat cuttlefish?
Cuttlefish are molluscs, not fish, and only fish are permissible among sea creatures, so cuttlefish may not be eaten.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleMeat & SlaughterIs shark halal to eat?
Shark counts as fish (samak) in the Hanafi school, so it is permissible to eat despite being a predator.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam DislikedMeat & SlaughterWhat is the ruling of severing the neck of an animal during slaughter?
Breaking the neck during slaughter is severely disliked; the meat is halal if death came from cutting the vessels, not from the neck.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam ConditionalMeat & SlaughterAre synthetically produced burgers from stem cells Halāl?
Lab-grown burgers are halal if the stem cells come from an Islamically slaughtered animal and all else is halal and uncontaminated.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleMeat & SlaughterIs Bone Marrow Halal For Consumption?
It is permissible to eat the bone marrow of any halal animal.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleMeat & SlaughterWill crabs and other creatures such as lobsters contaminate fish and meat sold in one place?
Crabs, lobsters and other sea creatures stay pure after death and do not contaminate fish or meat sold with them.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleMeat & SlaughterAre llamas halal to consume?
Llamas are grass-eating and do not attack with their teeth, so they are halal when slaughtered Islamically.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleMeat & SlaughterIf crab and fish are fried in the same oil, is it permissible to eat the fried fish?
Crabs remain pure after death, so fish fried in the same oil as crab is permissible to eat.
Answered by Mufti Faraz AdamIngredients & E-numbers
What is the ruling regarding E174?
Consuming E174 (silver) is discouraged and should be avoided.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam DislikedIngredients & E-numbersWhat is the ruling regarding consuming E175?
Consuming E175 (gold) is discouraged and should be avoided.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleIngredients & E-numbersWhat is the ruling regarding E1518?
E1518 (triacetin) is permissible to consume.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleIngredients & E-numbersWhat is the ruling regarding tofu?
Tofu is permissible to consume.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleIngredients & E-numbersIs Wine Vinegar Halal?
Wine vinegar is permissible to consume.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam ImpermissibleIngredients & E-numbersIs oyster sauce halal?
In the Hanafi school oyster sauce should be avoided because it contains oyster extract.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam ConditionalIngredients & E-numbersIs Sushi Halal to Eat?
Sushi can contain lawful or unlawful ingredients, so check the ingredients before eating it.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam ImpermissibleIngredients & E-numbersConsuming a sauce with crustacean-based ingredients
A sauce listing 'crustaceans' as an ingredient should be avoided, since Hanafis only permit fish from sea creatures.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleIngredients & E-numbersIs the Jus-Roll Puff Pastry Halal?
Jus-Rol puff pastry is permissible to eat; its non-khamr alcohol is acceptable in non-intoxicating industrial use.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleIngredients & E-numbersIs soy lecithin halal?
Soy lecithin (E322) is plant-derived and permissible; animal lecithin depends on its source and slaughter.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleIngredients & E-numbersAre white wine vinegar and red wine vinegar halal?
Wine turns into vinegar by a process that removes what makes it haram, so white and red wine vinegar are halal.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam Requires detailIngredients & E-numbersWhat is the ruling of products containing collagen?
Collagen from halal animals that were not Islamically slaughtered is unlawful to consume.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam Requires detailIngredients & E-numbersAre Vanilla Extract and Soy Sauce Halal?
Vanilla extract needs the product's formulation checked; soy sauce is permissible if its alcohol is not grape, date or raisin based and not intoxicating.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam ImpermissibleIngredients & E-numbersAre cherries preserved in red wine permissible to consume?
Cherries preserved in red wine absorb the wine, making them impure and unlawful to eat; washing does not help.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam Requires detailIngredients & E-numbersWhat is the ruling of E numbers and what does it mean by suitable for vegetarians?
No single ruling covers E numbers; each depends on its source. 'Suitable for vegetarians' usually means no meat or animal additives.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam ConditionalIngredients & E-numbersWhat is the ruling of sugar processed with bone char?
Sugar refined with bone char from a halal animal is halal even if unslaughtered; bone char from a haram animal is not.
Answered by Mufti Faraz AdamMedicines
Is Buscopan IBS Relief Tablets permitted to take?
Buscopan IBS Relief tablets are lawful; beeswax comes from bees and the other ingredients are non-animal.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleMedicinesIs it permissible to use medication which has magnesium stearate within it?
Medication containing magnesium stearate is permissible; consult a trusted medical professional about specific medicines.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam ConditionalMedicinesUsing CBD drinks for medical reasons
CBD drinks may be used if free of unlawful substances, prescribed or advised by medical professionals, and legal locally.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam ConditionalMedicinesConsuming Medication in Porcine Gelatine Caspules
Gelatine capsules from haram sources are only allowed if no alternative exists and removing or transferring the contents is not viable.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam ConditionalMedicinesCan I use a medicine which contains gelatine?
A gelatine-coated medicine like Accutane may be used if a doctor advises there is no effective alternative.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam ImpermissibleMedicinesAre soy lecithin supplementary products encapsulated in bovine gelatine permissible?
Lecithin capsules made with gelatine from unslaughtered cattle are not permissible; the granule form may be taken instead.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam ConditionalMedicinesAre flu vaccinations permissible? I have heard they contain porcine gelatine?
Medication with haram content, like the porcine nasal flu vaccine, is allowed only on a Muslim doctor's advice with no halal alternative.
Answered by Mufti Faraz AdamCosmetics
What is the ruling of Ammonia in cosmetics?
Ammonia on its own is not unlawful, so dyes and cosmetics containing it are not impermissible on that account.
Reviewed by Mufti Faraz Adam DislikedCosmeticsIs it permissible to purchase products originating from the dead sea?
Using cosmetics and products from the Dead Sea is disliked, as it is a site where Allah's punishment descended.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam PermissibleCosmeticsAre Face Creams With Pearl Powder Permissible?
Pearls are pure, so a face cream with pearl powder is permissible provided its other ingredients are permissible.
Answered by Mufti Faraz Adam Requires detailCosmeticsWhat is the ruling of products containing alcohol?
Products with alcohol from grapes, dates or raisins are impermissible; grain or synthetic alcohol is permissible if not used to intoxicate.
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