Water — is it halal?

Ruling: Halal

Description

Water is the base of beverages and an ingredient of most foods; food businesses mainly use water of drinking quality. Raw sources are fresh groundwater and surface water, rainwater, desalinated seawater and, in some systems, treated wastewater; wastewater discharges and manure, incl. swine, reach sources. Treatment: coagulation (aluminium or iron salts; chitosan — per a single producer's statement)

Basis of the ruling

Water — groundwater, river and lake water, rainwater, desalinated sea water; for food plants mostly of drinking quality. It is purified by settling, filters, carbon and disinfection. The sources say that sewage and manure reach rivers and lakes, and in some countries treated waste water is supplied again for drinking.

Names: Вода · Water · ماء

Also known as: aqua, su, içme suyu, arıtılmış su, maden suyu, karbonatlı su, kaynak suyu, су, suv, مياه, ماء شرب, ماء نقي, ماء معالج, ماء معدني, ماء غازي

Category: Foods and ingredients

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