What is the ruling on beverages that are rumored to contain ingredients from pigs?
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Question:
He says: I was told that Pepsi contains a percentage of, or contains, ingredients from pigs. Is it permissible for me to drink this beverage?
Answer:
As long as it is sold in Muslim markets and Muslims drink it, drink it, praise be to Allah. What is established is that this rumor is not established; the laboratory analyses have not established this claim. Rather, the companies want to affect one another; they spread these rumors to affect one another, striking at the goods of the others.
He says: I was told that Pepsi contains a percentage of, or contains, ingredients from pigs. Is it permissible for me to drink this beverage?
Answer:
As long as it is sold in Muslim markets and Muslims drink it, drink it, praise be to Allah. What is established is that this rumor is not established; the laboratory analyses have not established this claim. Rather, the companies want to affect one another; they spread these rumors to affect one another, striking at the goods of the others.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المشروبات التي أُشيع أنها تحتوي على مواد من الخنزير؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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