Is Drinking Tea Containing Passionflower Permissible?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is drinking tea containing 35% passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), used in traditional herbal medicine for healthy sleep, permissible?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
It is permissible to drink tea containing 35% passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) as it is a herb.
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) was used traditionally in the Americas and later in Europe as a calming herb for anxiety, insomnia, seizures, and hysteria. It is still used today to treat anxiety and insomnia.
Alternative Medication
As a general rule, herbal medicines would be permissible on a case-by-case basis and per the direction and recommendation of a qualified herbal practitioner and not for any recreational purpose. See link
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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.
