Food and drink that were good (Halalan Toyyiban) is a compulsory in Islam. In this modern era, a concern was raised over the halal status of blood plasma that is widely used especially in the food industry. The objective of this study was to investigate the usefulness, advantages and disadvantages of the blood plasma as well as the views of Islamic scholars on this issue. The study was conducted using descriptive literature review. The study found that blood plasma has the ability to dissolve and high emulsifying, low viscosity and the ability to form a strong gel. Besides, it can improve the texture and be a binder in the production of modern food. It is a cheap alternative protein as fat substitute to be use in the production of low-fat meat products. Despite of the fact, the study found blood plasma contains various microorganisms and potentially harmful products of toxins and blood protein. In fact, products containing blood plasma is likely to cause allergy-induced protein content of blood. Now, there are a variety of detection methods that can be used to detect blood plasma in order to determine the halal status of food. There are two views regarding the legal use of blood plasma, first, the use of blood plasma in food products are allowed if it had a perfect process of changes, istihalah. Meanwhile a second opinion, to ban the blood plasma products as it has undergone an imperfect process of change, (istihalah fasidah) which results in the end material categorized as Haram. Therefore, law determination (Hukum) of istihalah in the production of blood plasma must meet the requirements of Islamic law while ensuring that the relevant legal issue is not outdated.

Although hospitals’ management currently observe all general rules set by the government nevertheless, there are certain short comings on the part of management, as it lacks comliance with the requirement of Shari’ah in respects of selection of medicine, the relations between the patients and the doctors of differnt gender, and the lack of the knowledge of Shari’ah’s ruling pertainning to the treatment by staffs and the patients in the hospital. These three aspects should be given serious attention and be handled wisely so as to maintain and preserve Malaysia’s status as a majority Muslim country. As regards the selection of the medicine or pharmaceutical material, there is a lingerring doubt concerning the status of the medicine given to patient whether it is halal (permissible) or haram (impermissible). For instance, the medicine for allergy Red Tab Claritin and Ultratab Allergy Tablet Benadryl contain materials that originate from pig and cow. Meanwhile, there are numerous complaints from female patients especially, during labour hours in the delivery hall handaled by male doctors. Some of them don’t feel easy and confortable with the birth procedure being conducted by male doctors. Therefore, to cater for the need of the Muslim community constituting the majority of Malaysia’s population, it is appropriate to establish a committee tasked with making sure that the hospitals operate in accordance with the requirement of the Shari’ah. Therefore, this paper attempts to explore the concept of maslahah from the perspective of Islamic law and its instrumental role in the establishment of Shari’ah Supervisory Committee in hospitals. This paper uses both document analysis and interview methods. The findings of this study show that maslahah can play an instrumental role in establishing Shari’ah Supervisory Committee in the hospital from the aspects of enhancement of general public interest of necessity category.

Islam is a religion that emphasizes human health including the human digestive system. The human stool (stool) discussed in this study is a human waste which is one of the way to look at human health. The objectives of this research were to study the physiochemical and characteristics of stool and its usefulness from the perspective of science while the diet used by Rasulullah SAW is been described from the Islam perspective. The research was conducted using descriptive literature review. It was found that the digestive system is a complicated system. The stools is made up of 75% of water and 25% of solid materials and the characteristics of stools such as form, color and odor can affect human health. From the Islam perspectives, color, odor and taste are the fundamental factors need to be emphasized during the process of stool’s cleansing especially before religious rituals begin. In addition, diet, exercise, age and gender are the factors that differentiate the type of human stool. In fact, this study also stated some of the alternatives that are currently used to manage stools in maintaining health and environmental protection. This study then examined the diet of sunnah’s foods called in the Qur’an and the hadith which is proven to be rich in fiber and nutritious especially for the human digestive system. Therefore, the stools from the perspective of science are capable in describing human health and the diet of sunnah’s food is very good for the human digestive system. © 2018 Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.