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Pharmacy selling medication which contains haram gelatin or alcohol

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Q: Is it permissible for a pharmacy to sell the following type of products:

  1. Items containing gelatin from animals that were slaughtered not according to Shari’ah?
  2. Items containing alcohol which have a non-alcoholic equivalent 

Will the money earned from such sales be haraam?

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A: If there are no alternatives then it is permissible.

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

وأكل الترياق يكره إذا كان فيه شيء من الحيات وإن باع ذلك جاز (الفتاوى الهندية 1/ 355)

امداد الاحكام 4/ 320

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)


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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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