IS Khaskas ( Poppy Seeds ) HARAM or HALAL?
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh
Poppy seed are come from Papaver somniferum. Although poppy seeds are gathered from the same plant from which opium is produced and people who eat them may test positive for opium in drug tests, poppy seeds have virtually no narcotic content. The fluid contained in the bud that becomes opium is present only before the seeds are fully formed, and poppy seed are obtained only after they are fully formed.
Poppy seeds have no narcotic properties, because the fluid contained in the bud that becomes opium is present only before the seeds are fully formed.
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
Therefore, it will be permissible to consume poppy seeds.
And Allah knows best
Wassalam
Ml. Abu Yahya,
Student Darul Iftaa
Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In’aamiyyah