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Is the microbial enzymes in cheese halal?

Published as Microbial Enzymes in Cheese

· 21 Jumada II 1442 AH1 min readFatwa 47197English

Question

Is the microbial enzymes in cheese halal?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Microbial enzymes are extracted from molds that possess an enzyme that is similar to chymosin, an enzyme that is found in rennet.[1]

Accordingly, the cheese that is made with microbial enzymes is Halal to consume.[2]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Shakib Alam

Student - Darul Iftaa

Pennsylvania, USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-vegetarian-rennet-591572

https://www.jensencheese.ca/en/rennet-vs-microbial-enzymes

https://standingstonefarms.com/pages/microbial-rennet-what-is-it-and-how-important-is-it

[2] (سورة البقرة 172,173)

يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِلَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ (172) إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَالدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ الْخِنْزِيرِ

(سورة البقرة 61)

{وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَامُوسَى لَنْ نَصْبِرَ عَلَى طَعَامٍ وَاحِدٍ فَادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّائِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَدْنَى بِالَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ

Answered by
Shakib Alam
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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