How Zulal decides
Everything Zulal uses to reach a verdict is on these pages, with links to the original sources.
Our standard
The ten principles every verdict follows.
Verdicts
Halal, Halal · small doubt, Doubtful (low and high), Haram and Unknown, plus the slaughter badges.
Natural flavors
Doubtful · low on BBQ chips, Halal · small doubt on fruit snacks, and what settles each.
Meat & slaughter
Hand slaughter, kitabiyy slaughter, stunning and machine slaughter.
Ingredients A–Z
All 66 ingredient rules, what clears each doubt, and the sources.
Halal certifiers
23 certifiers, quoted from their own policies.
Kosher certification
Which kosher agencies we accept, and what kosher can and can't clear.
Scholarly sources
130 quotes from Darul Fatwa and halal.ua, with links.
What we don't check
Cross-contact, processing aids, restaurants and other things a label can't tell us.
Data, AI & review
Where product data comes from, and the rule that AI never decides.
What changed
Every change to the rules, dated and versioned.
Terms we use
The Arabic terms on these pages, how we write them, and what they mean.
Zulal Standard v0 (beta): cautious editorial rulings, not a fatwa. Zulal is in open beta, and every rule is pending one informal review by a scholar before public launch.