Ruling on throwing away egg yolks for health concerns

15-3-2014 | IslamWeb

Question:

Due to the health concern, I separate yolk (yellow part) from egg before frying. Is it allowable in Isalm as it is a wastage. Can I request my wife to remove yolk for me? She is hesitant to do that for me as she thought she would be held responsible for the wastage.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

It is impermissible for Muslims to eat what harms them; Allaah, The Exalted, says (what means): {…And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allaah is to you ever Merciful.}[Quran 4:29]

Moreover, the Prophet said: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.” [Ahmad]

Hence, there is no harm in removing the yolk from egg before eating it; however, it is impermissible to throw it away and let it go to waste. Throwing it away constitutes waste. Allaah, The Exalted, says (what means): {... and do not spend wastefully.}[Quran 17:26] Al-Mugheerah ibn Shu‘bah reported that the Prophet said: “Allaah has forbidden you from being undutiful to mothers, burying alive your daughters, denying the rights of others, and claiming something without right. And He dislikes three things for you: gossip, asking too many questions (for things which will be of no benefit to one) and wasting of wealth.” [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Therefore, you can give it to someone else to eat or use it to feed chickens, birds or the like.

Allaah Knows best.