['Aalim Network QR] Gelatine

[Mustafa Rawji <mrawji@aracnet.net>]

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Salamun alaykum,

	The reply to the following question was kindly provided by Dr. 
Takim.

Wasalaam,

Mustafa Rawji
Moderator, 'Aalim Network

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QUESTION:

Salamun aleikum..

I follow in my taqlid Sayyid Ali Khamenei. And I would like to know
what is the judge of gelatin, is it haram , halal, or shubuha ? and if
it is shubuha, if we got as a gift some food with gelatin, is it
better to eat it or to throw it away??

Afeedouna jazakum allah khayran
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ANSWER:

Salaamun 'alaykum,

Since gelatin is normally taken from the bones of a cow, it can be consumed 
even if the animal has not been slaughtered in an Islamic manner. This is 
because the bone is a part of the body in which there is no life.

Ref.  Contemporary Legal Rulings, Q 90.

With salaams and du'as

Liyakatali Takim