Tayyib
Tayyib describes food or provision that is pure, wholesome and free of harm, a quality paired with halal, not a separate ruling.
What it means for me: Not everything technically lawful is automatically tayyib. Spoiled meat that came from a properly slaughtered animal is still halal in origin, but it is no longer wholesome to eat. The word points you to quality and safety, alongside the question of what is permitted.
Example: A shopper checks a meat package's date and finds it already turned. The meat is still halal by how the animal was slaughtered, but it has stopped being tayyib and should not be eaten.
Do not confuse with: Halal, the lawful. Halal answers whether something is permitted at all. Tayyib answers whether it is also wholesome, pure, and fit to consume in its actual condition.
If scholars differ: Jurists differ on the exact standard for judging something tayyib. Some measure it by what a sound human disposition finds wholesome anywhere. Others weigh it partly against local custom.
See the term in context
Is "al-Tayyib" (the Good/Pure One) one of Allah's Names, or is it among the attributes and informative descriptions, and what is the criterion for distinguishing between Names and attributes/informative descriptions?
Scholars differed regarding counting "Al-Tayyib" (The Good/Pure) among the Beautiful Names of Allah. The preponderant opinion is that it is not among them, due to the lack of evidence. The difference between a Name and…
What is the ruling on being named "Abu Al-Tayyib"; is it permissible?
Scholars have differed regarding counting "Al-Tayyib" (the Good/Pure One) among the names of Allah, and the correct view is that it is not one of them. The hadith: "Indeed, Allah is Tayyib (Good/Pure) and accepts…
Does a divorce take effect on the wife if her husband says to her: "I heard her divorced" or "You are divorced," and then claims that he said "Tayyib (okay)"?
If a woman claims that her husband divorced her, but he denies it, then his word is to be accepted because the default is the continuation of the marriage. If the husband explicitly states that he uttered the word…
Questions that use it
Is the phrase "طيب الأنفاس" (tayyib al-anfas - good/pleasant of breaths) correct, and is it permissible to use it when sending prayers upon the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, in the form: "اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد طيب الأنفاس" (O Allah, send prayers, peace, and blessings upon our master Muhammad, the good/pleasant of breaths)?
Is "Al-Tayyib" among the names of Allah?
What is the explanation of Imam Al-Nawawi's statement, "And if the teacher of children were to say: 'The Jews are far better than the Muslims because they fulfill the rights of their children's teachers,' he has committed disbelief," and does this include every preference for disbelievers over Muslims, even if it is in a worldly matter in which the disbeliever excels, without praising the disbeliever himself? And does Al-Nawawi's statement differ from the statement of العلامة Abu Al-Tayyib Siddiq bin Hassan Al-Bukhari, who differentiates between praising disbelievers for their essence and praising them for their disbelief?