Question
(#036)
Salaam , is it permissible to use hair dye ? If it’s not black. Some say wudhu is not accepted.
Answer
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
حامدا و مصليا و مسلما
Muhtaram
We have received your query with regards to Green-Lipped Mussel capsules, our response is as follows:
We acknowledge the receipt of your query. Please excuse us for the belated reply. Our response is as follows:
Firstly we should remember that according to the Hanafi Mazhab, it is not permissible to eat anything from the sea except fish.
Some Ulamâ have opted to refer to experts in the field of study for the definition of a fish. Hence, according to zoologists, a fish will have the following characteristics:
- They breath by means of gills.
- They have fins.
- They are vertebrate animals (i.e. they have a long backbone for support).[1]
According to our findings the Green-Lipped Mussels Perna canaliculus, is a greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae the true mussels.[2]
Thus due to Mussels not falling under the definition of fish it will be impermissible to consume such capsules if the capsules are derived from such mussels.
Together with this, we have received the information that the Green-Lipped Mussels medicine is contained in a gelatine capsule sourced from bovine (cow). Therefore it will also not be permissible to consume such capsules sourced from Haraam Gelatine.
We are only aware of the above ingredients found in the Green-Lipped Mussels, thus we cannot comment on any other ingredients and substances which may be found in the medicine.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Muhammad Irshad Motara
22nd Rajab 1436
11th May 2015
Checked and approved by:
Mufti Musayab Sahib
22nd Rajab 1436
11th May 2015
[1] (Ref: World Book Dictionary vol.23 pg. 805) (Oxford dictionary pg. 300)
(Fresh water fishes of Southern Africa pg. 19)
(Encyclopeadia Britannica pg.797)
(احسن الفتاوى ج 7 ص 394 )
(تكملة فتح الملهم ج 3 ص 514 )
(فقهى مقالات ج3 ص 218)
آپ كى مسائل اور ان كا حل ج4 ص 250
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[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perna_canalicula
