Does One Have to Change Clothes if There Was a Possibility of Gelatin Touching Them?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
If I eat something that could’ve touched gelatin and the crumbs fall on my clothes, do I have to change them?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health.
No, you don’t have to change your clothes.
Contemporary scholars differ on the ruling of gelatin. Some say it is pure; based on this, you do not have to worry about the above and changing your clothes.
[Rada al-Haq, Fatawa Dar al-‘Ulum Zakariyya]
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- Do I Have To Wash My Mouth After Taking Gelatin Capsules? – SeekersGuidance
- Fatwa-on-Gelatine.pdf (mjchalaaltrust.co.za)
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
