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
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