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Haram & Doubtful Foods
229 fatawa from 4 South African Darul Iftas on Haram & Doubtful Foods, part of Food, Halal & Slaughter. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Haram & Doubtful Foods fatawa — page 1 of 6
- Mufti Online23 Sep 2026
Consuming rhinos, giraffes and hippos
1. Is it permissible to consume African rhinos? They are herbivores and do not have canines. 2. Is it permissible to consume giraffes? 3. is it…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Sep 2026
FPC rennet
What's the masla about FPC rennet? The calf gene responsible for chymosin and pepsin production is inserted into a host (fungi). As the genes…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville16 Sep 2026
Feeding Haraam Food To Pets
Is it permissible to feed your pet cat dry food which contains haraam ingredients? Or should you only feed halaal food to your pets?
- Mufti Online16 Jul 2026
The sharee ruling regarding rennet
I came across two fatwas on Muftionline regarding calf rennet and would like some clarification. Before that, I wish to mention that in Fatawa Darul…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Jul 2026
The preferred opinion in the Hanafi Mazhab regarding the cheese produced from rennet
I have read that there is a difference of opinion in the Hanafi Mazhab regarding rennet which is used to produce cheese. Can you explain to me what…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 May 2026
Accepting the information of a kaafir in matters of halaal and haraam
I have been in touch with nutrabay company in terms of their product being halaal or not, especially the rennet used in whey protein, is it deprived…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online8 Feb 2026
Buying meat from a butcher shop that is not halaal certified
In England, if there is a butcher shop that sells meat and the workers are Muslim and they say that the meat is Halaal, but it is not HMC certified,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Dec 2025
The consequences of eating haraam meat
I live in India, in a non-Muslim area. I have a lot of issues with vegetarian diet; bloating, excessive passing of gases, tinnitus increasing,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Nov 2025
Partaking of food prepared by Hindus at the time of Diwali
Does Mufti saab approve of the below: 1. ON OFFERING DIWALI GREETINGS Question: On the occasion of Diwali, is saying "Happy Diwali" to a Hindu…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Aug 2025
Checking the ingredients of food items before consuming
Is it necessary to avoid all products having doubtful ingredients, and will a person be sinful consuming such product without checking first (the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online8 Aug 2025
Immersing a slaughtered chicken in boiling water to remove its feathers
What is the rule for immersing a slaughtered chicken in hot (or boiling) water to remove its feathers?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Aug 2025
Stunned meat
What is the fatwa regarding stunned meat?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Aug 2025
Gelatine
What is the fatwa regarding gelatine?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Jul 2025
Consuming tortoise meat or its shell
In one medicine, one of the ingredients was the shell of a tortoise. Is it halaal?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Jul 2025
Eating doubtful food given by one's parents
I remember hearing in Fazaail Sadaqaat that one can eat doubtful food if ones parents give it so they don't feel bad. Can I practice on this and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 May 2025
Carmine
I’d like to enquire about the permissibility of the consumption of carmine. I have tried to research this matter on the muftionline site but mainly…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 May 2025
Ensuring that One’s Food is Halaal
I have heard that since Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country, one may eat from any restaurant as all the food in the country is halaal. Is this correct?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Jan 2025
Drinking luwak coffee
I am wondering if coffee Luwak is halaal. It is from a civet animal that eats it & then cleaned & roasted.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Sep 2024
Consuming lab grown and plant based meat
What is the ruling on the consumption of: a) Lab grown meat (chicken, beef etc.) b) Plant-based meat c) Plant-based meat with flavours different…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 May 2024
Buying halaal meat from an outlet that sells haraam meat in the same fridge
If you have halaal meat in the same fridge as non halaal meat in a shop. Is it against your religion or belief to buy it or can it be in the same…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Camperdown21 Mar 2024
Working in a store that sells pork and alcohol
My friend needs help in his store they have pork and alcohol in there if i work for him a few days a week but DO NOT SELL OR TOUCH/STOCK PORK OR…
Adil Sadique - Mufti Online5 Feb 2024
Effect on ibaadat if a person unknowingly eats haraam
If a person eats Haraam food unknowingly while thinking it's Halaal, will their ibadat still not be accepted for 40 days?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Dec 2023
Buying halaal meat from Woolworths
Can Muslims buy and consume the halaal meat from the halaal section of a Woolworths store?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Nov 2023
Eating non Muslim foods offered to gods and during their festivals
Is it permissible to eat non Muslim foods offered to gods and during their festivals?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam21 Nov 2023
What should be done with doubtful food?
Assalamu alaykum One cannot give haraam food to any human being or animal. Does the same apply to doubtful food? If so, what should be done with…
Mudassir Benish - Mufti Online1 Nov 2023
Relying on a non-Muslim's word regarding halaal food
I work with people who are not Muslim. One day they organized food and they said that it’s from a Muslim person. Do I go ahead and eat it or am I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam8 Oct 2023
Eating doubtful food
Assalam o Alaikum I live in Saudi Arabia and am planning to go for Hajj this year InshAllah. We practice extreme caution in consuming chicken as…
Muajul I. Chowdhury - Mufti Online15 Aug 2023
Purchasing meat from a Jewish or Christian shop
Is it allowed to buy meat from any shop, whether it is a Jewish store or a Christian store, or eating in a restaurant?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam6 Aug 2023
What is the reason Muslims do not eat Pork?
Assalamualaikum What is the reason for Muslims not being allowed to eat pork? While making wudhu if one passes wind should they repeat the full…
Ebrahim Ibn Ahmed Dadan - Mufti Online27 Jun 2023
Giving a non-Muslim something haraam to eat
Is a Muslim allowed to give a non-Muslim something haraam to eat?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville23 Feb 2023
Usage Of Utensils In Which Haraam Food May Have Been Cooked
I have an accommodation on rent . The utensils , pots and pans etc. have been used by tenants of all faiths . They have cooked products that are…
- Mufti Online26 Jan 2023
Muslim handling haraam food
A neighbour of mine got a Muslim friend a job in the catering department of her workplace. His job involves ordering food for the canteen. He…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Jan 2023
Buying food from a non-Muslim restaurant that gets its meat from a Muslim
A restaurant is owned by a non-Muslim, but the chicken/mutton is supplied by a Muslim. Is the food halaal? Can a Muslim have the food cooked there?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Oct 2022
Accepting sweets and chocolates from non-Muslims on their religious occasions
We have a few Hindus working in our office who often bring sweets, chocolates or biscuits from the supermarket and distribute them among the office…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Aug 2022
Eating meat or chicken from a non-Muslim restaurant
Is it permissible to eat meat or chicken from a non-Muslim restaurant whose non-Muslim owner says that his meat is halaal?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 May 2022
Gelatine derived from non-halaal sources
What is the Shariah ruling regarding gelatine? Most of the halaal certifying bodies here are of the opinion that gelatine derived from non-halaal…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam7 Mar 2022
Going to a bakery school where pork and alcohol is used in teaching
Asalamu Aalaykoum wa Rahmatou Allah wa Barakatouhe My question is, so I'm planing to go to france to do a special training school for bakery for a…
Shakib Alam - Mufti Online3 Feb 2022
Eating chickens slaughtered by Christians
If there is a Muslim student in a Christian country and there is no Muslim community, can he eat the chickens slaughtered by a Christian or not?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Jan 2022
Dua and ibaadat not accepted after eating haraam
If a person earns haraam money or eats food containing haraam then his dua is not accepted, does that include Quranic supplications or durood sharif…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Oct 2021
Eating bread that was treated with ethyl alcohol
I live in Italy and all the sandwich bread I checked in the supermarket is “treated with ethyl alcohol”. Is this bread haraam or halaal?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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