Halal or Not
Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they differ, with the reasoning and halal alternatives. Every answer has a 'verdict', a 'headline' and a 'say' line (one or two sentences to read aloud).
MCP server
https://goodturn-mcp.pages.dev/halalornot/mcp
Streamable HTTP, no sign-in, read-only.
Tools
- check_ingredients: Check an ingredients list. Takes the ingredients exactly as printed on the pack. Returns an overall verdict, a verdict for each school, and every flagged ingredient with the reason.
- check_product_by_barcode: Check a product by barcode. Looks the barcode up in Open Food Facts, then Open Beauty Facts, and checks its ingredients.
- search_products: Find products by name and check them. Searches Open Food Facts by name or brand (for example 'Haribo Starmix') and returns up to five matches, each with a verdict, plus a 'say' line for the best match. Where a brand stat...
- explain_ingredient: Explain one ingredient or E-number. For example 'E471', 'carmine', 'prawns', 'whey' or 'alcohol denat'. Returns the verdict for each school and the reasoning.
- screen_stock: Is this stock halal? Screens a US-listed stock via Mizan: first the business (each standard's excluded industries), then the AAOIFI, Dow Jones Islamic, S&P Shariah and MSCI Islamic debt screens. A company name also works...
- ask_is_it_halal: Ask any 'is it halal' question. Covers money (savings, credit cards, mortgages, BNPL, insurance, pensions, trading), crypto, medicine, food and drink, and everyday life (music, dogs, tattoos, nail polish, smoking, games,...
- check_fund: Is this fund, ETF or pension fund halal? Recognises Shariah funds by name or ticker. For other US-registered funds and ETFs, reads the latest SEC holdings report and screens every holding by industry and debt. UK-listed ...
- check_crypto: Is this cryptocurrency halal? Classifies a coin by what it does (lending, gambling, meme, stablecoin, staking, general-purpose) and gives the scholarly views on crypto and on how it's used.
- check_medicine: Is this medicine halal? Reads a medicine's active and inactive ingredients from its US label (openFDA) and flags gelatine, alcohol, pig-derived enzymes and heparin. The headline and say line lead with the ruling on neces...
- get_prayer_times: Today's prayer times for a place, with both Asr times and Ramadan suhoor and iftar. Needs city, or lat and lon together.
- list_topics: Every question the rulebook covers. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree...
- explain_schools: How the four schools differ on food. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agre...
- list_rules: The full rulebook. Answers 'is it halal?' for food, cosmetics, medicines, stocks, funds, crypto, money products and everyday life, showing where the four Sunni schools and the main scholarly bodies agree and where they d...