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**Michmant** · 05-15-2012, 10:55 AM

Answer this question for me: Is medicine halaal if it contains pork and/or alcohol, especially when there is an alternative without pork and/or alcohol?.

I think it's pretty clear that when Allah forbade pork and alcohol, he was only referring to it as a food. If it's in medicine, then we don't consume the pork or alcohol for food purposes, but for medical purposes. That's different.

The Qur'an can be interpreted as such as well.

"Say: I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it unless it be...the flesh of swine" (Qur'an 6:145)

"He hath forbidden for you only...the flesh of swine...But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience nor transgressing, then Allah is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful" (Qur'an 16:115)

We can argue that...

#1: Consuming pork or alcohol for medical reasons only does not constitute "eating" or "wishing to eat" it unless one is only taking that medicine to somehow "trick" Allah. But if one is consuming the medicine simply for medical purposes, then that is different.

#2: Consuming pork or alcohol for medical reasons can constitute being "forced by necessity", as medicine is a necessity.

So, it seems that if one is given the option between 2 equally-performing medicines in which one contains pork/alcohol and the other doesn't, then choosing the pork/alcohol one might be considered a transgression. But if one is given the option of 1 medicine that works very well and contains pork/alcohol and 1 medicine that doesn't work nearly as well and doesn't contain pork/alcohol, then taking the pork/alcohol medication may count as being "forced by necessity" and not count as "wishing to eat."

Furthermore, we are told countless times in Hadith and Qur'an that Allah does not wish to place us under unnecessary hardship.

Allahu `alaam, as this is only my interpretation and I'm no sheikh.

05-15-2012, 10:55 AM	#11
Michmant Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	Answer this question for me: Is medicine halaal if it contains pork and/or alcohol, especially when there is an alternative without pork and/or alcohol?. I think it's pretty clear that when Allah forbade pork and alcohol, he was only referring to it as a food. If it's in medicine, then we don't consume the pork or alcohol for food purposes, but for medical purposes. That's different. The Qur'an can be interpreted as such as well. "Say: I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it unless it be...the flesh of swine" (Qur'an 6:145) "He hath forbidden for you only...the flesh of swine...But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience nor transgressing, then Allah is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful" (Qur'an 16:115) We can argue that... #1: Consuming pork or alcohol for medical reasons only does not constitute "eating" or "wishing to eat" it unless one is only taking that medicine to somehow "trick" Allah. But if one is consuming the medicine simply for medical purposes, then that is different. #2: Consuming pork or alcohol for medical reasons can constitute being "forced by necessity", as medicine is a necessity. So, it seems that if one is given the option between 2 equally-performing medicines in which one contains pork/alcohol and the other doesn't, then choosing the pork/alcohol one might be considered a transgression. But if one is given the option of 1 medicine that works very well and contains pork/alcohol and 1 medicine that doesn't work nearly as well and doesn't contain pork/alcohol, then taking the pork/alcohol medication may count as being "forced by necessity" and not count as "wishing to eat." Furthermore, we are told countless times in Hadith and Qur'an that Allah does not wish to place us under unnecessary hardship. Allahu `alaam, as this is only my interpretation and I'm no sheikh.
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