Question Summary:
Is the usage of soap permissible? Is it permissible to consume food items which contain ingredients from animals which are not slaughtered according to Shari’āh?

Question Detail:

I need more clarification on the answer in fatwa #19734. Soap from animal fat is reported in that fatwa is halal. How about the source of such animal if is not slaughtered according to Shari’āh like goat, camel, or cow in the USA? Similarly, regarding the food products like cakes, ice creams, biscuits, chocolates, snacks and other cheese products which contain mono and diglycerides and many other items derived from animals like cow, goat and camel which are not slaughtered according to Shari’āh? What should we do about them? Please, I am making it clear that I am not talking about pig here at all. This entire question is regarding animals other than pig which are not slaughtered according to Shari’āh.

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Soap which is made from animal fat is permissible to use on the body regardless whether the ingredients are obtained from a Halāl animal or a Harām animal.[i]
Any food item in which the ingredients are derived from Harām animals or from Halāl animals which are not slaughtered according to Shari’āh, are not permissible to consume.[ii]
The difference between soap and food items is, soap is for external use and food is for internal consumption.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mawlana Abdul Hannan Nizami,
Student Darul Iftaa
USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
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