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Is "plant-based meat" halal, knowing that it is entirely produced from plants?

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Plant-based meat is food made from plants, such as soy. It is considered permissible (halal) as long as it is extracted from a permissible plant and is not harmful or intoxicating. This is by consensus among scholars. The ruling on things depends on their true nature, not their names, and the true nature of this "meat" is that it is plant-based.

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