Question for muslims about haram and halal?

Question

a few days ago my cousin told me that some of the cheese sold in the US has enzymes taken from animals. i opened a site and found out that there was animal shortening in some sweet products also and even in toothpaste and cereals. i was wondering how you handle this problem about not being sure if something is halal or haram. its really impossible to do know everything that is haram but wouldn't it also be haram to not check up on something and eat in doubt? thank you

Answer 1

Yeah, your cousin is right. Some cheese sold here in the U.S. do have enzymes from animals, especially pigs, as well as toothpaste and cereal. It's basically the enzymes from pigs that are haram.

You're also right that you cannot know whether a certain food is haram or halal, but your best bet is to look at the ingredients. If that certain food doesn't have any ingredients labeled on it, then you just eat it with knowing that it doesn't have any sort of pig enzymes, pork, etc. in it. You don't have to go crazy over it, just avoid marshmallows, pork, and food that you think that might have pig enzymes in them.

Hope that helps!! =)

Answer 2

Yes we muslims should take care and aware of halal and hatram in any kind of food and drink.We should take a look on the descrip
tion of its ingredients and its expired date/.If it is contained of any haram material we do not eat it such as pig oil.We can ask for explanation from a service maid in a restorant what materials it is made of/.If there is no pig material we can eat as a halal food but we must say bismillahirohman nirohim at the beginning befo-
re we eat it.In my country Indonesia every product should have a halal label although until now there are some foods have no halal label..If we have no intention to eat haram food and we have made a prudent action for it,we have no sin if we eat any food which contains unknown haram material.Allah the only one God Almighty is merciful..

Answer 3

Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh (peace, blessings, and mercy of God to all!)
I 100% agree with TyPe R 2NeR's answer; perfectly accurate (Islamic) answer.
Anything that contains pig/pork-related ingredients, we cannot eat it (this includes gelatin , by the way). Always read what the ingredients of the food you're eating are, and if you're unsure, it's just best to avoid eating it then. If it contains something from animals other than pig (like cow, etc.), it's ok to eat use/eat it still.

Umm... I'd strongly suggest asking questions about haraam/halaal from Imaams or some highly educated Muslims you may know. This place is not the best for such answers. NO! I'm NOT saying that there aren't any educated Muslims here! May Allah protect me and the rest of us from judging others and from spreading any lies.
Wassalaam!

Answer 4

If we are not so sure something halal or haram, we better leave it, not used it. It is call "syubhah" - in doubt whether it's halal or haram. For some country, there are one council called Fatwa Council where their jobs are to determined the goods are halal or haram through scintific research. Then they will finalized it and make an announcement to public. If we still in doubt whether it's halal or haram, better refer it to our country Islamic Council.

Answer 5

My muslim friends try to keep abreast of which additives are haram and eat foods which probably don't have them in. If there's no way to tell, they'll normally take their chances

Answer 6

If you happen to eat something without knowing it it is OK. But to be on the safe side we read the label and check out websites such as:

http://www.ifanca.org/index.php

http://muslimconsumergroup.com/Product.do?menu=Product&eventAction=newfoodproducts

Answer 7

yes we do have 2 check frst. do what we can, if there's a doubt it's preferable 2 not eat. But what's forbidden for us is eat anything related 2 pigs also alcohols.

Answer 8

one cannot be absolute in any religion be it Islam or Christianity or whatever. That's why there's always some form of asking for forgiveness, cleansing, repentance. Two types of sin - committed (those we shouldn;t do but did) and ommitted (those we need to do but failed to). We're not perfect. God, Allah, Buddha or krishna, understand that.