Editing Halal (section)

=== Pharmaceuticals ===
Some Muslims refrain from using pharmaceuticals that are not halal. This distinction is most noticeably practiced in [[Malaysia]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Halal And Haram Medicines (Islamic Perspective) |url=http://www.myhealth.gov.my/en/halal-haram-medicines-islamic-perspective/ |website=PORTAL MyHEALTH |date=8 November 2016}}</ref> which has a large halal pharmaceutical industry, complete with government regulations to make sure the products are {{transliteration|ar|tayyib}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332671712|title=Prospects of Halal Pharmaceuticals}}</ref> On the other hand, the Quran obliges Muslims to seek treatment, including preventive ones, for diseases regardless of what the care provider believes in.<ref name="AU">{{cite web |last1=Hussain |first1=Shadim |title=Why are some Muslims suspicious of a COVID-19 vaccine? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/religion/overcoming-muslim-reticence-toward-covid-vaccine/12927958 |website=ABC Religion & Ethics |language=en |date=27 November 2020}}</ref> In particular, medicines containing animal products like [[gelatin]] have been deemed permissible by a 1995 council of Islamic jurisprudents, making such distinction unnecessary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.immunize.org/concerns/porcine.pdf |title=(Form letter EDB.7/3 P6/61/3) |publisher=World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean |date=2001-07-17 |author=Gezairy HA |access-date=2009-05-12}}</ref> The decentralized nature of Islam allows both opinions to exist.