if the following ingredients are halal to use or not:

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Date: Saturday, December 10, 2011

 

Category

Food

Title

 

 

Question

 

I am e-mailing you to find out if the following ingredients are halal to use or not:

 

Cetostearyl alcohol

Phenoxyethanol

Stearyl alcohol

 

Answer

 

Muhtaram / Muhtaramah

 

In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāh wa-barakātuh.

 

If the alcohol in reference is synthetic, then it will be permissible to use such cream.

 

 

And Allah knows best
Darul Iftaa

Madrasah Inaa’miyyah

 

 

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