Answered by: Maulana Muhammad Asadullah Anwar Adam
Question:
Is eating mushrooms allowed?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
There are 3 types of mushrooms, Edible mushrooms, Toxic mushrooms, and Psychoactive mushrooms.
Edible mushrooms are Halal because nothing renders them haram.
Toxic mushrooms are haram because self-harm is not allowed in Islam because Allah has stated ” and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction ” [1]
Psychoactive mushrooms are haram because everything that causes intoxication is considered haram in Islam. [2]
Only Allah knows best
Written by Maulana Muhammad Asadullah Anwar Adam
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
[1] Surah Baqarah ayat 195
[2] Sahih bukhari hadith 4343