CBD Oil, Halal or Haram

"Allah has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves medically but use nothing unlawful." Hadith Abu Dawud 

                             
In this hadith related by Abu Darda, Our Beloved Prophet of Islam, Muhammad saws tells us to treat ourselves medically as long we don't use anything haram(fobidden/illegal). Allah gives gives us great hope because we know that even if the disease is cancer, the cure has been put here on Earth by Him. 


Have you seen the billboards on the highway or a video on Youtube about CBD Oil? Were you wondering if this is halal? Well, that's exactly what prompted me to do some research. I saw a documentary about 5 years ago where a toddler who has seizures was cured from using an extract from the cannabis plant. The extract did not have any THC, the psychoactive component that makes people "high." Because it is not psychoactive, almost every state has made it legal. 
It sounded simple enough at first. If they are taking apart the medicinally beneficial part from the THC, then it should be halal, right? Well, from my research, some CBD oil sold is haram and some is halal. A Muslim can not eat anything that has 0.2% of pork in it right? Well, I found that CBD can have no more than 0.2% of THC in it to be sold legally. So the short answer is, buy CBD that has 0.0% THC in it or buy CBD Isolate. For more details, please read on.

Uncomfortable with the idea of taking CBD? 
Do you feel uncomfortable with CBD because it is derived from a plant that is best known for drug abuse? I had the same feeling when I first heard about it. At first I though it was just a legal way for people to get a smaller high as in the level of a cigarette which would not be okay. But once I saw the documentary where parents are trusting the extract on their toddlers, I felt I had to do some more research. My humble advice is rather than dismiss a possible natural cure for some health issues,  do your own research and speak to your local imam/religious scholar or leader. I'm providing some basic information and links at the end for you to get started. Don't let any word related to cannabis scare you. Here's why. 

Everything "Canna-" is Not Haram

"We Have Endocannibinoids Naturally Occurring In Our Bodies Already"

I'll provide a link to research by UCLA on the Human Endocannabinoid System at the end. Basically, our endocannabinoid system helps keep our body in balance even as there are changes in the outside environment. It makes sense that CBD Oil helps such a wide range of health issues because our endocannabinoid system is wide reaching system that covers so may processes of our body; everything from our reproductive system to our memory. The endocannabinoids in our body are derived from the break down of long chain fatty acids. 



A Few Things About CBD Oil
The proper name for CBD is cannabidiol. Yes, it is derived from the plant known as cannabis sativa. 



Benefits of CBD Oil
Great stress reliever
Great anxiety reliever
Helps you sleep
Helps ease chronic pain
Epilepsy
Psoriasis
Acne due to its antinflammatory affect on the skin
Rheumatoid Arthritis
IBS Helps relieve Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome



How Does CBD Oil Work in Your Body?
CBD Oil simply helps your body create more of the naturally occuring endocannabinoids in your body. Specifically, CBD Oil helps your body make more Anandamide, an endocannabinoid that naturally occurs in your body. And remember, our body uses its endocannabinoid system to keep the body in balance, to manage pain, suppress the body's inflammatory signals and more. So CBD Oil helps us have more of those good guys in our body to help with a plethora of issues. 

At the same time, CBD Oil helps stop inflammation in the body by stopping cytokine TNF-alpha activity which is proinflammatory. That specific proinflammatory activity gets in the way of your body's endocannabinoid system's function. Anandamide has been nicknamed our body's "bliss molecule." Scientific research also says that anandamide acts as one of the first communications between the mother and the child because it is the chemical messenger between the uterus and embryo. For more on this, please check the link to the medical research at the end. If you've done a little research on health, you might have found that inflammation tends to be at the root of numerous health issues. A staggering number of people have some type of gastrointestinal issue. In many of those cases, inflammation has caused the issue. It is really nice to know that you can add CBC oil to your natural healing list as a way to help with that inflammation.  

Halal Full Spectrum CBD Oil

Full spectrum CBD may also contains terpenes which help your body better process the cannabidiol. You can find full spectrum CBD Oil that is certified halal so you are sure it has 0% of any trace of THC. There's good news. There are CBD Oils sold with third party analysis done to ensure there is no trace of THC is in them at all so they are certified halal. For example, there is a certification organization called, Halal International Control. I'll include a link at the end to a Swiss company that has earned this certification on some of the CBD oils the offer. 


What is CBD Isolate? 

CBD is one of more than 100 cannabinoids or active compounds found in the cannabis plant. It is understood that taking more than one cannabinoid has a better effect on the body, hence, the full spectrum CBD Oil. 
CBD Isolate is not like the CBD full spectrum oil in that is only has one cannabinoid it in: CBD. So if you are concerned about there being anything else at all in the CBD oil you are using, you can buy the CBD Isolate. 

So Will You Try It? 

I encourage  you to do your own research and take your research to an imam or someone with Islamic knowledge you know and trust. In my opinion, it is one of the cures Allah has put in the earth and simply helps our own body's endocannabinoid system. But we do need to take precautions to make sure we have a purely halal version of it.  

Swiss Company with Halal Certified CBD Oil
The Endocannabinoid System in Pain Management
How CBD Oil affects the proinflammatory cytokine TNF
Anandamide: The Bliss Molecule and First Communication btwn Mother and Child

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