Is Palm oil Halaal?
Question
AsalaamuAlaykum.I have a question about Palm oil. Is it halal? I have heard that sometime Palm oil can be dangerous for health but is that only under certain circumstances? E.g.if it is treated in a certain way?
Please could you clarify this as it is in many foods?
Many thanks
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Palm oil is Halaal.[i] If after being treated in certain methods, it becomes a potential health hazard, then you should abstain from it.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad
Student Darul Iftaa
Azaadville, JHB, South Africa
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[i]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil
Palm oil (also known as dendê oil, from Portuguese [ˈdɛnde]) is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms -
- Answered by
- Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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