Is the Use of Castoreum Permissible in Islam?

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Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat

Question:

I am enquiring about the permissibility of Castoreum in its pure form?

What would be the แธฅukm (religious ruling) of dried grains for perfume use, in the raw form, in other words from the bag itself. Would the harvest not necessitate that change has taken place? Like that of deer or civet. It can be harvested and used.

Answer:

ุจูุณู’ู…ู ุงู„ู„ู‡ู ุงู„ุฑูŽู‘ุญู’ู…ู†ู ุงู„ุฑูŽู‘ุญููŠู’ู…

In the name of Allฤh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Jazฤk Allฤh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute.

Castoreum is a substance collected from the glands of Canadian, European, and Siberian beavers. Castoreum is sometimes used for anxiety, insomnia, menstrual cramps, and other conditions. In foods and beverages, castoreum extract is used as a flavoring agent. In manufacturing, castoreum tincture is used as a fragrance or fixative in cosmetics and soaps.

Modern day products such as food additives, perfumes and medicine extracted and manufactured from Castoreum is permissible since the process in making it entails a complete transformation in property (tabdฤซl al-mฤhiyah), leaving behind no trace of any impurities from its original state. For a cautious position, however on the matter, it is advisable to use plant or vegetarian based alternatives. – (See: Rad Al-Muแธฅtฤr, Vol 1, Page 316, Dฤr Al-Fikr)

If the parts of the animal that are extracted and thereafter dried which result in purity of the animal parts, then it may be externally used otherwise not.

Only Allฤh knows best

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