Camel Fat and Pork Fat
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, you mentioned that camel fat is not included among the meats. Is pork fat different? And is it permissible to eat it, given that we have heard it is used in the manufacture of some cheeses?
Answer:
The pig is forbidden and impure in all its parts; nothing of it is dispensed with. However, its fat is dispensed with, and its grease and tallow are dispensed with; it is dispensed with, sold, and used. This is unlike the pig itself, where there is no pig grease or pig fat, nor is any of this permissible in all its parts, because it is impure, and impure within impure. The carrion is also not considered pure in all its parts.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, you mentioned that camel fat is not included among the meats. Is pork fat different? And is it permissible to eat it, given that we have heard it is used in the manufacture of some cheeses?
Answer:
The pig is forbidden and impure in all its parts; nothing of it is dispensed with. However, its fat is dispensed with, and its grease and tallow are dispensed with; it is dispensed with, sold, and used. This is unlike the pig itself, where there is no pig grease or pig fat, nor is any of this permissible in all its parts, because it is impure, and impure within impure. The carrion is also not considered pure in all its parts.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 007 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطهارة / المسح على الخفين/صالح الفوزان/الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:15)
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