Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Topic
3 articles tagged “Food”, drawn from every section of the archive.
The Quran permits the food of the People of the Book explicitly. Contemporary scholars differ on whether industrial slaughter in non-Muslim countries meets the conditions the verse assumes.
It depends on the source. Gelatin from fish or from properly slaughtered cattle is permissible; porcine gelatin is not. Scholars differ on whether the transformation process (istihalah) changes the ruling.
Directly serving, selling, transporting or recording alcohol transactions is prohibited by the explicit hadith. Employment with no involvement in those acts is judged by the degree of connection, and scholars differ.
