Fatwa

Consuming chicken skin

Fatwa #353 Category: Miscellaneous Country: Zambia Date: 23rd January 2020
Fatwa #353 Date: 23rd January 2020
Category: Miscellaneous
Country: Zambia

Question

Is it permissible to eat chicken skin?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

In principle, it is permissible to consume the skin of animals whose meat is Halaal. Therefore, if a chicken is slaughtered according to the method stipulated in Shariah, it will be permissible to consume its skin.

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

 

Mufti Huzaifah Deedat

 

Checked and Approved by
Mufti Nabeel Valli.

Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia

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