{"id":2060,"date":"2024-05-03T17:51:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T23:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/almihrab\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2024-05-08T16:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T22:45:55","slug":"cannabis-in-islam-halal-or-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/almihrab\/2024\/05\/cannabis-in-islam-halal-or-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis in Islam: Halal or Haram?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
What is cannabis, why is it relevant to the Muslim community in the West, and is cannabis consumption even Halal (arabic for \u201cpermissible\u201d under Islamic law) ? Is this a modern debate within the Muslim community, or a tale as old as our religion itself? What are Islamic scholars saying about cannabis consumption and industry?<\/p>\n
Are the health benefits true or is there no value to the plant? What can you do if you know someone whose developed an unhealthy habit?<\/p>\n
Abbas Mohamed, Co-Host of The Artistic Foodies Podcast, sits with all these questions in his discussion with Ishaq Ali, a cannabis industry veteran and co-founder of Halal Hemp.<\/p>\n
Here are some interesting quotes from the interview:<\/p>\n
Ishaq Ali: There <\/span>
was <\/span>
a <\/span>
doctor <\/span>
who <\/span>
goes <\/span>
by <\/span>
the <\/span>
name <\/span>
of <\/span>
Dr. <\/span>
G <\/span>
in <\/span>
Malaysia <\/span>
who <\/span>
essentially <\/span>
used <\/span>
cannabis <\/span>
medicine <\/span>
as <\/span>
a <\/span>
form <\/span>
of <\/span>
relief <\/span>
for <\/span>
cancer <\/span>
patients <\/span>
and <\/span>
other <\/span>
folks <\/span>
who <\/span>
had <\/span>
terminal <\/span>
illnesses. <\/span>
He <\/span>
was <\/span>
caught, <\/span>
he <\/span>
was <\/span>
put <\/span>
on <\/span>
death <\/span>
row, <\/span>
and <\/span>
a <\/span>
lot <\/span>
of <\/span>
people <\/span>
were <\/span>
really, <\/span>
really <\/span>
upset <\/span>
about <\/span>
that.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Jamida <\/span>
took <\/span>
on <\/span>
the <\/span>
sort <\/span>
of <\/span>
mantle <\/span>
of <\/span>
really <\/span>
spotlighting <\/span>
this <\/span>
issue <\/span>
and <\/span>
saying <\/span>
that <\/span>
this <\/span>
is <\/span>
a <\/span>
problem. <\/span>
In <\/span>
Islam, <\/span>
we <\/span>
shouldn\u2019t <\/span>
be <\/span>
killing <\/span>
people <\/span>
for <\/span>
something <\/span>
like <\/span>
cannabis <\/span>
when <\/span>
they\u2019re <\/span>
using <\/span>
it <\/span>
as <\/span>
medicine, <\/span>
when <\/span>
they\u2019re <\/span>
using <\/span>
it <\/span>
to <\/span>
share <\/span>
with <\/span>
their <\/span>
community, <\/span>
when <\/span>
they\u2019re <\/span>
using <\/span>
it <\/span>
for <\/span>
the <\/span>
betterment <\/span>
of <\/span>
their <\/span>
own <\/span>
society.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And <\/span>
so <\/span>
when <\/span>
she <\/span>
moved <\/span>
to <\/span>
the <\/span>
United <\/span>
States, <\/span>
she <\/span>
found <\/span>
my <\/span>
article. <\/span>
She <\/span>
found <\/span>
the <\/span>
article <\/span>
that <\/span>
had <\/span>
written <\/span>
about <\/span>
cannabis <\/span>
in <\/span>
Islam, <\/span>
and <\/span>
she <\/span>
was <\/span>
like, <\/span>
I\u2019ve <\/span>
never <\/span>
met <\/span>
anyone <\/span>
else <\/span>
in <\/span>
the <\/span>
Muslim <\/span>
world <\/span>
that\u2019s <\/span>
been <\/span>
so <\/span>
open <\/span>
about <\/span>
these <\/span>
two <\/span>
concepts, <\/span>
about <\/span>
connecting <\/span>
the <\/span>
two.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And <\/span>
so <\/span>
through <\/span>
her <\/span>
research, <\/span>
she <\/span>
had <\/span>
found <\/span>
that <\/span>
the <\/span>
North <\/span>
American <\/span>
Fiqh <\/span>
Council (under the umbrella of ISNA \u2013 Islamic Society of North America) <\/span>
had <\/span>
passed <\/span>
a <\/span>
fatwa (Islamic legal ruling) <\/span>
saying <\/span>
that <\/span>
cannabis <\/span>
is <\/span>
halal <\/span>
under <\/span>
certain <\/span>
medical <\/span>
circumstances. <\/span>
And <\/span>
through <\/span>
that, <\/span>
the <\/span>
research <\/span>
that <\/span>
I <\/span>
had <\/span>
done <\/span>
and <\/span>
the <\/span>
burgeoning <\/span>
industry, <\/span>
we <\/span>
thought <\/span>
that <\/span>
this <\/span>
is <\/span>
a <\/span>
really <\/span>
interesting <\/span>
sort <\/span>
of <\/span>
cross <\/span>
section <\/span>
for <\/span>
us <\/span>
to <\/span>
get <\/span>
involved <\/span>
in.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
That <\/span>
right <\/span>
now, <\/span>
currently, <\/span>
at <\/span>
least <\/span>
at <\/span>
the <\/span>
time, <\/span>
there <\/span>
was <\/span>
little <\/span>
to <\/span>
no <\/span>
representation <\/span>
of <\/span>
Muslims <\/span>
in <\/span>
the <\/span>
cannabis <\/span>
industry. <\/span>
And <\/span>
there\u2019s <\/span>
very <\/span>
little <\/span>
education <\/span>
for <\/span>
Muslims <\/span>
about <\/span>
cannabis. <\/span>
And <\/span>
so <\/span>
we <\/span>
wanted <\/span>
to <\/span>
essentially <\/span>
bridge <\/span>
that <\/span>
gap.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Not <\/span>
only <\/span>
are <\/span>
we <\/span>
Muslims <\/span>
that <\/span>
are <\/span>
representing <\/span>
the <\/span>
community <\/span>
in <\/span>
the <\/span>
cannabis <\/span>
industry, <\/span>
but <\/span>
also <\/span>
we <\/span>
wanted <\/span>
to <\/span>
bring <\/span>
the <\/span>
education, <\/span>
de <\/span>
-stigmatization, <\/span>
de <\/span>
-mystification <\/span>
of <\/span>
cannabis <\/span>
back <\/span>
to <\/span>
the <\/span>
Muslim <\/span>
community. <\/span><\/div>\n
Tune into The Artistic Foodies podcast for a deep dive into this topic, and journey with us as we explore these questions.\u00a0 Listen to the full episode by clicking on the link below:<\/p>\n