Answered by: Moulana Tahsin Alam
Question:
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
Is Lanolin halal?
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of ALLAH the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Answer:
Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh
“Lanolin is known as wool wax or wool fat. It is a soft, yellow, waxy substance secreted by the sebaceous glands of sheep. Its purpose is to waterproof and protect the wool.”[1] It will be permissible to use.[2]
Only Allah SWT alone knows best.
Written by Moulana Tahsin Alam
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
[1]https://au.lush.com/ingredients/lanolin
[2] Sh Burhān al-Dīn al-Marghīnānī, Al-Hidāyah, volume 7 pg. 149.
Sh MuḥammadAmīn ibn ʿĀbidīn, RaddulMuḥtār, volume 9 pg. 513.