Are Hemp Seeds Permitted to Consume?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas
Question: Do you know anything about hemp seeds? It would be great to know if they are allowed to be consumed.
Answer: assalamu `alaykum
Hemp seeds would be permitted to consume. Even though it is from the genus of Cannabis, it only contains negligible amounts of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), which is the main psychoactive constituent of cannabis the drug. Therefore, it would not be impermissible to consume.
Salman
Checked & Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
