Grape Juice

Q: Is grape juice haraam for consumption, E.g. Pure Joy grape juice etc? Will this be considered as wine seeing that the grapes have been pressed for the juice?

A: This is juice and Halaal to drink. Wine is made after fermentation of the juice and other procedures. It is permissible to drink grape juice.

Moulana Yusuf Laher
Checked and approved by: Mufti Siraj Desai