Darjeeling tea
Question
Is it permissible to drink Darjeeling tea looking at it's history that the person who first planted it in India had stolen the seeds from China and then he planted it in India?
Answer
Drinking the tea is permissible.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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