Question Summary:
Injection with cartilage from chickens.

Question Detail:

I am a 55 yr lady. I have osteoarthritis. The injection has cartilage from chickens. It is supposed to preserve the knee joint. Thus delay the need for a knee replacement operation. There is no alternative. Can I use it?

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

In the circumstances explained by you, one will be excused for taking such an injection.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Huzaifah Deedat

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.