Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I have noticed that mayonnaise and tomato ketchup and some other food contain spirit vinegar. I an confused as to whether they are halal or haram to consume. Some people say they are ok to eat. Please let me know asap
Answer:
Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah,
In the Hanafi school, it is permitted to consume wine vinegarâ–whether it transformed by itself or through intervention. [Shaykh al-Islam al-Marghinani, al-Hidaya]
Imam Akmal al-Din al-Babarti (Allah have mercy on him) explains in al-`Inaya, his commentary on al-Hidaya, that the texts that would seem to indicate the prohibition of wine vinegar are understood to be abrogated by later texts establishing permission. The wisdom behind the temporary prohibition was to reinforce the dislike of wine in the hearts of those morally responsible, as the hadith commentators explain.
And Allah alone gives success.
Wassalam.
Faraz Rabbani.
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