Cited positions only
School-of-thought view
Where scholars disagree, a blended word is less honest than a grid. Each cell is a named source, or it is blank. Muttoo does not fill empty cells and does not pick a school for you.
Prototype on gelatin, vanilla extract and carmine. See also where scholars disagree.
School-of-thought view — Gelatin
HalalMed states that all four Sunni schools treat zabiha bovine, zabiha sheep and fish gelatin as halal, and porcine gelatin as haram. A cell that is not backed by that quote stays blank. Istihalah of pork gelatin is a separate dispute and is not filled in here.
| School | Cited position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hanafi | Conditional / source-split Zabiha bovine, zabiha sheep and fish gelatin: halal. Porcine: haram. Same four-school statement as the other Sunni columns. All four schools of thought (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafiʿi and Hanbali) agree that gelatin derived from the following are halal: Bovine (cow) (Islamically slaughtered) … Sheep (Islamically slaughtered) … Fish. | HalalMed · grade B |
| Shafiʿi | Conditional / source-split Same HalalMed four-school statement: zabiha bovine/sheep and fish gelatin halal; porcine haram. All four schools of thought (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafiʿi and Hanbali) agree that gelatin derived from the following are halal: Bovine (cow) (Islamically slaughtered) … Sheep (Islamically slaughtered) … Fish. | HalalMed · grade B |
| Maliki | Conditional / source-split Same HalalMed four-school statement: zabiha bovine/sheep and fish gelatin halal; porcine haram. All four schools of thought (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafiʿi and Hanbali) agree that gelatin derived from the following are halal: Bovine (cow) (Islamically slaughtered) … Sheep (Islamically slaughtered) … Fish. | HalalMed · grade B |
| Hanbali | Conditional / source-split Same HalalMed four-school statement: zabiha bovine/sheep and fish gelatin halal; porcine haram. All four schools of thought (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafiʿi and Hanbali) agree that gelatin derived from the following are halal: Bovine (cow) (Islamically slaughtered) … Sheep (Islamically slaughtered) … Fish. | HalalMed · grade B |
| Jaʿfari | No cited position No cited Jaʿfari position is on file. A blank cell is not a ruling. | — |
This table does not pick a school for you. Follow the scholar you follow. A blank cell is not a guessed ruling.
School-of-thought view — Vanilla extract
The disagreement is whether a culinary alcohol carrier in a flavour extract is the same question as drinking wine. Only a named Hanafi fatwa sits in a school column. IslamQA is cited on the record page as a scholarly position, not as a school.
| School | Cited position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hanafi | Conditional / source-split Darul Iftaa Chicago discusses Hanafi criteria for non-grape/date alcohol in vanilla extract: not consumed as a drink, does not intoxicate, legitimate purpose. Not a blanket yes. Darul Iftaa Chicago sets Hanafi criteria for non-grape/date alcohol in vanilla extract rather than a blanket yes or no. | Darul Iftaa Chicago · grade A |
| Shafiʿi | No cited position No cited Shafiʿi position is on file. | — |
| Maliki | No cited position No cited Maliki position is on file. | — |
| Hanbali | No cited position No cited Hanbali position is on file. | — |
| Jaʿfari | No cited position No cited Jaʿfari position is on file. | — |
Do not copy a vanilla-extract permission onto wine, beer, or alcohol added as an ingredient. A blank cell is not a guessed ruling.
School-of-thought view — Carmine / cochineal (E120)
This is insect colour, so the fiqh is about insects — not a missing label. Muttoo does not have a primary per-school fatwa URL for every column. A secondary survey is labelled grade C and is not upgraded into a school ruling.
| School | Cited position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hanafi | No cited position No named Hanafi fatwa URL is on file for E120. JAKIM (a certifier, not a school) is widely reported as rejecting insect colour — see the record. | — |
| Shafiʿi | No cited position No cited Shafiʿi position is on file. | — |
| Maliki | Conditional / source-split A secondary survey notes that a minority Maliki discussion permits certain insects. That is not a Muttoo ruling and not a primary Maliki fatwa. E120 (carmine / cochineal) is treated as haram by most of the certifiers surveyed because the source is an insect. | HalalCodeCheck (secondary) · grade C |
| Hanbali | No cited position No cited Hanbali position is on file. | — |
| Jaʿfari | No cited position No cited Jaʿfari position is on file. | — |
Follow the school and certifier you follow. A blank cell is not probably haram. A blank cell is not a guessed ruling.