Is it permissible to eat something that contains "monoglycerides," a substance not found in nature and extracted from animal bones after several transformations, keeping in mind that the questioner resides in a non-Muslim country?
If the substance is extracted from the bones of an animal that was ritually slaughtered and is permissible to eat, then its use and consumption are permissible. However, if it is from the bones of an animal that is impermissible to eat, or is impure, or is carrion, then its use and consumption are not permissible, unless its essence has been transformed through processing. Many scholars believe that in such a case, it becomes permissible, and this is what was supported by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and his student Ibn al-Qayyim. Therefore, the conclusion is that consuming this substance is permissible if it is derived from the bones of permissible meats, or if it is derived from the bones of impermissible meats but has undergone a complete transformation.
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