Q: My mother is elderly, and in need of multi vitamins etc, but it is very difficult to find something which is halaal. What can I do?
A. There are Halaal multi vitamins on the market. Speak to a Muslim medical practitioner who will advise you better and can prescribe according to your mother's condition. Secondly if your mother is very weak and frail and needs these multi-vitamins desperately, then she is allowed to take even the Haraam vitamins, but there certainly are Halaal available. After speaking to a pharmacist, he confirmed that there are 'vegetarian suitable' multi vitamins available. The ingredients are not from animals and the capsule does not contain gelatine. May Allah Ta'aala grant her Shifaa, Aameen.
Moulana Yusuf Laher
Checked and approved by: Mufti Siraj Desai
A. There are Halaal multi vitamins on the market. Speak to a Muslim medical practitioner who will advise you better and can prescribe according to your mother's condition. Secondly if your mother is very weak and frail and needs these multi-vitamins desperately, then she is allowed to take even the Haraam vitamins, but there certainly are Halaal available. After speaking to a pharmacist, he confirmed that there are 'vegetarian suitable' multi vitamins available. The ingredients are not from animals and the capsule does not contain gelatine. May Allah Ta'aala grant her Shifaa, Aameen.
Moulana Yusuf Laher
Checked and approved by: Mufti Siraj Desai
