Answered by: Alimah Siddiqa al-Farsiyyah
Question
Assalamualaykum
Mufti saab, I heard that pig DNA is used in growing poultry chicken, is it true? And if that’s the case, can we still consume that chicken?
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
We did not come across any legitimate case like this from our research. Please send any original source you may have. It is important for me to understand the exact procedure to determine the ruling. Nevertheless, if such a case is true, and the chicken meat is contaminated with any part of pig, it will not be permissible to consume such chicken meat.[1]
Only Allah knows best
Written by Alimah Siddiqa al-Farsiyyah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
[1] Ibnu Abidin, Raddul Muhtar ‘Ala Durril Mukhtar, 6/308, Darul Fikr Beirut
(وَذَبْحُ مَا لَا يُؤْكَلُ يُطَهِّرُ لَحْمَهُ وَشَحْمَهُ وَجِلْدَهُ) تَقَدَّمَ فِي الطَّهَارَةِ تَرْجِيحُ خِلَافِهِ (إلَّا الْآدَمِيَّ وَالْخِنْزِيرَ) كَمَا مَرَّ. ** وَالْخِنْزِيرُ لَا يُسْتَعْمَلُ وَهُوَ بَاقٍعَلَى نَجَاسَتِهِ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ أَجْزَائِهِ نَجِسَةٌ ط.
Ibnu Abidin, Raddul Muhtar ‘Ala Durril Mukhtar, 1/223, Darul Fikr Beirut
قَالَ فِي شَرْحِ الْوَهْبَانِيَّةِ: وَفِي الْمُنْتَقَى الْجَلَّالَةُ الْمَكْرُوهَةُ الَّتِي إذَا قَرَبَتْ وَجَدْت مِنْهَا رَائِحَةً، فَلَا تُؤْكَلُ وَلَا يُشْرَبُ لَبَنُهَا وَلَا يُعْمَلُ عَلَيْهَا، وَيُكْرَهُ بَيْعُهَا وَهِبَتُهَا وَتِلْكَ حَالُهَا، وَذَكَرَ الْبَقَّالِيُّ أَنَّ عَرَقَهَا نَجِسٌ. اهـ