Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah: “You should enquire regarding the source of the beef gelatin. If the beef gelatin is from bone, it is halal. If the beef gelatin is from hide and the animal is slaughtered according to the Shariah Laws of Zabah, then it is halal.” Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville: “Gelatin from un-Islamicaly slaughtered animals is not halal and impermissible to consume. Even though a lot of processing and cleansing takes place, Metamorphoses does not take place which means the same ruling applicable to the source will still apply on the end product i.e impermissibility.” Mufti Online — Madrasah Ta'leemuddeen: “Bovine gelatine is gelatin made from beef. Generally the gelatin produced is from such animals which are not slaughtered according to the Shar'ee method of slaughter. If this is so, then it will not be permissible for one to consume any food products which contain bovine gelatine.” Darul Ifta Ibn Masood: “If it is known that the gelatine capsule is manufactured from vegetable sources, then there is no problem in consuming it.” Based on the fatawa linked below. Please read the sources and double-check with a Darul Ifta for your situation.

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Is gelatine halaal?

62 fatawa in the archive answer questions on this, from 4 South African Darul Iftas (Ask Imaam, Mufti Online, Ibn Masood, Azaadville). Below, each Darul Ifta’s answer is quoted word for word from the opening of one of its fatawa.

Based on the fatawa linked below. Please read the sources and double-check with a Darul Ifta for your situation.

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What the Darul Iftas say

“You should enquire regarding the source of the beef gelatin. If the beef gelatin is from bone, it is halal. If the beef gelatin is from hide and the animal is slaughtered according to the Shariah Laws of Zabah, then it is halal.”

Ask Imaam — Selling gummy candies that contain beef gelatin · 7 Nov 2017

“Gelatin from un-Islamicaly slaughtered animals is not halal and impermissible to consume. Even though a lot of processing and cleansing takes place, Metamorphoses does not take place which means the same ruling applicable to the source will still apply on the end product i.e impermissibility.”

Azaadville — Gelatin Sourced From Animals Not Slaughtered In An Islamic Manner · 18 Apr 2022

“Bovine gelatine is gelatin made from beef. Generally the gelatin produced is from such animals which are not slaughtered according to the Shar'ee method of slaughter. If this is so, then it will not be permissible for one to consume any food products which contain bovine gelatine.”

Mufti Online — Bovine gelatine · 22 Mar 2016

“If it is known that the gelatine capsule is manufactured from vegetable sources, then there is no problem in consuming it.”

Ibn Masood — Gelatine capsules · 7 May 2023

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