Question
There are therapy products that are sourced from the Dead Sea. I have read in The Majlis that such products are not permissible. What if people have unwittingly purchased these products? May they finish them? These products are very expensive. Or is it permissible to sell them to non-Muslims to regain the money spent?
Answer
Dead Sea products are not permissible. The Dead Sea region is under the constant ghadab of Allah Azza Wa Jal. The vile nation of Hadhrat Nabi Lut (alayhis salaam) was destroyed there with Allah's Athaab. Anyone who has unwittingly purchased such products should destroy them when they learn of this reality. Jibraeel (alayhis salaam) had ordered Ras ulullah (s allallahu alayhi wasallam) to instruct those Sahaabah who had unwittingly made wudhu with the water at such a place where they had camped, to leave the place with haste and to renew their wudhu. They were not allowed to perform Namaaz there. Regardless of the expense, for the sake of the Deen we are required to sacrifice even our lives when a call is made.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 21 No 01
- PDF page
- 2
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