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Using medication that contains alcohol

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Q: I am a kidney patient. My kidney is damaged due to diabeties: I started cure with homeopathy medicine. In medicine they use alcohol as a medicine ingredient, please guide me whether I can use this medicine or not.

Bismillaah

A: If there is no halaal alternative, it is permissible.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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