The Ruling on Treating Oneself with a Medicine Containing Something from the Stomach of a Pig
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: In our country, there are medicines that contain something from the stomach of a pig. Is it permissible to use this medicine if this is its composition?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible. The pig is impure, as Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:145], so it is not permissible to treat oneself with anything from the pig. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: In our country, there are medicines that contain something from the stomach of a pig. Is it permissible to use this medicine if this is its composition?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible. The pig is impure, as Allah the Exalted said:
or the flesh of swine - for indeed, it is impure
أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنزِيرٍ فَإِنَّهُ رِجْسٌ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (1:17:44)
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