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Some medicines are only available as capsules. The outer shell has gelatin but the medicine powder inside does not. Both are dry during manufacture. Is it ok to open such capsules and use the medicine without the shell?

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Some medicines are only available as capsules. The outer shell has gelatin but the medicine powder inside does not. Both are dry during manufacture. Is it ok to open such capsules and use the medicine without the shell?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 1 year ago

Yes it is permissible as far as you don't know that the medicine is Najis.

Wassalam.