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Fatwa ID: 05613<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Haroon Hussain<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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What Is the Ruling of Carmine Cochineal Insects<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Carmine is the name of the dye that is made from the Cochineal beetle. A large number of the beetles are boiled, dried and crushed and this red dye (called carmine) is extracted from that mixture of crushed beetles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to the majority of scholars, consuming insects is not permissible.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Allah (swt) mentions in the Quran:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u0648\u064a\u062d\u0644 \u0644\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064a\u0628\u0627\u062a \u0648\u064a\u062d\u0631\u0645 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0626\u062b<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c…permits for them what is lawful and forbids to them what is impure\u201d[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The word \u062e\u0628\u0627\u0626\u062b has been translated as a number of different words to give you an idea of what it means: \u201cfoul, filthy, impure, evil, corrupt\u201d etc. This word basically encompasses all things that the sound, human disposition naturally feels disgusted or dislike towards. The human disposition is not normally pleased with the idea of eating insects. This is something that the vast majority of people would find to be nauseating even as a concept let alone as a meal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Taking rulings from other schools of jurisprudence is only done when there is an urgent need and the answers from one\u2019s own madhab cannot address the urgent need. An example of this is when the Maliki view is taken for having Shariah councils in non-Muslims countries. The remaining madhabs consider it impermissible, but due to an urgent need, it is adopted from the Maliki school. In this example, eating insects is not an urgent need. At the most, people just want to eat certain confectionary or use lipstick in which it is found. Therefore, the urgent need has not been found and consequently, the views of other schools will not be explored as there is no need.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Having said that:<\/span><\/p>\n