Working in interest related companies organizations : working in a company producing biodiesel

Fatawa Question

Dear Dr. Monzer, Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh, I work as an engineer in a company that produce biodiesel in USA. 1) Currently I'm working on a project of producing biodiesel by blending it together animal fats and diesel oil. The main source of the animal fat is choice white grease which is pork fats. As a Muslim, is it Halal or Haram if I involve in this project ? 2) The company that I'm working for is run by non-Muslim (USA company and workers 99 % non-Muslim) but it is 100 % own by parent foreign company which is has 90 % Muslim shares in it. The parent company is involved in vegetable oil business and never deals with pork products before and they didn't know what the company in USA is doing right now. Is the profit that will be made from buying pork fats, blend it together with other fats and selling it as biodiesel will be consider Halal or Haram ? Since the parent company didn't know this activity, should I tell them as I do not want to be Shubha ? Thank you Jazakallah Jazakum Allahu Khairan for your constant help Yours, Luqman

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Publication Date

2009-03-19

Main Subjects

Economics & Business Administration
Islamic Studies

No. of Pages

1

Data Type

Fatawa

Language

English

Record ID

BIM-731189

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