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Fatwa CenterEating yogurt to which gelatin is added
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aoa,i have question that i live in latvia where there is very less muslim ,i used to eat yougurat but just few days before i saw there is gelatin inside they say it is bones of animals which they make hot and than mix in yougurat so kindly tell me can we eat this,thank you in advance to guide me and help me
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and Messenger.
We have already issued Fatwa 86671 clarifying the ruling on gelatin, so the ruling of its use depends on the details mentioned in these Fataawa, whether the gelatin is added to yogurt or to any other food. So, please refer to the above Fataawa.
As regards the animal bones, if they are from sea animals or from land animals that are slaughtered according to Islamic rites and which is lawful to be slaughtered and eaten, then it is permissible to use it. However, if one is certain or predominantly thinks that the bones are from an impure animal, or that the (pure) animal was not slaughtered according to Islamic rites, then it is not lawful to use due to it being impure unless it has been treated and transformed before adding it in a way that it has been changed into another substance, because according to the most preponderant opinion of the scholars, an impure substance becomes pure by it being transformed. For more benefit, refer to Fatwa 90953.
Allaah Knows best.
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