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Penyuntikan Highly Purified Insulin Daripada Babi
Is it permissible to inject insulin derived from pigs to treat diabetic patients?
Short answer
The 6th Muzakarah of the National Fatwa Committee, held on 10 October 1983, ruled that injecting insulin derived from pigs, which are classed as severe impurity (najis mughalazah), for treating diabetic patients is permissible due to necessity.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM)
- Date
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Kompilasi Pandangan Hukum Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa MKI (JAKIM, terbitan 2016)
- Topic
- Medicine & Health
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The 6th Muzakarah of the National Fatwa Committee, held on 10 October 1983, ruled that injecting insulin derived from pigs, which are classed as severe impurity (najis mughalazah), for treating diabetic patients is permissible due to necessity. The same ruling of permissibility applies to those who administer the injection.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Muzakarah telah memutuskan bahawa hukum menyuntikkan Insulin daripada najis mughalazah (babi) bagi tujuan perubatan pesakit kencing manis adalah harus kerana darurat.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM). “Penyuntikan Highly Purified Insulin Daripada Babi”, 10 October 1983. https://www.islam.gov.my/images/ePenerbitan/KOMPILASI_MUZAKARAH_MKI_2016.pdf#penyuntikan-highly-purified-insulin-daripada-babi. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-on-injecting-pork-derived-insulin-diabetes/