Is it permissable to use fruits and vegetables as beauty products?

· 2 Rabiʻ I 1429 AH1 min readFatwa 16442English

Question

Is it permissable to use fruits and vegetables as beauty products? For example can we make face scrubs using fruit or would this be considered as wasting the fruit that Allah has given us for the purpose to eat.

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

It is permissible to use fruits and vegetables as beauty products like face scrubs etc.

And Allah knows best

Wassalam

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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