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Carmine in food and sweets

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Q: I want to know if carmin (insect e120) is haram in food and candy and why we cannot eat them if it is not allowed? 

Bismillaah

A: Avoid it.

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

Answered by:

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.