Checking the ingredients of food items before consuming

Q: Is it necessary to avoid all products having doubtful ingredients, and will a person be sinful consuming such product without checking first (the products are not meat, they have things like e-codes where they may or may not be taken from animal sources or other things that may be taken from animal sources but they are not sure)?

A: It is extremely important to check the ingredients of food items which you are not sure whether they are halaal or haraam before consuming them. 

If due to not checking, you end up consuming haraam, you will be taken to task for this in the hereafter.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)