Salam,

I am aware how some scholars have this concept of chemical transformation.
I was going through the salafi website https://islamqa.info/en/answers/11941/using-medicines-manufactured-from-animal-products
Q1)How would one interpret this narration cited in that link “Allaah does not put your cure in that which He has forbidden to you.”

To think that science wouldnt specificaly work for muslims doesnt make sense. To me it appears that it is a style of speaking and some “riwaya bil maanah” might have distorted things along the way. It appears to me that Allah does not want us muslims seek cure from impure substances. Just like in a verse it says Surah baqarah ayat 219 it says khamr has some manafi(probably referring to the benefits of donating to poors money earned during those nights of alcohol gatherings). Whilst on the other hand narrations might describe alcohol as [Muslim (1984) narrated that Taariq ibn Suwayd al-Ju‘fi (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) about wine and he forbade him or expressed his disapproval of his making it. He said: I only make it as a remedy. He said: “It is not a remedy; rather it is a disease.”]
So I think the 1984 muslim isnt denying benefit of alcohol, but highlighting the important part and saying that its a disease as in causes people to become drunkards and lose their mind.

Q2)Now the problem would be if one has fever rather than something that is undebateably lifethreatening, and if one doesnt believe if the istihala or if it doesnt apply, then if one follows the salafi ruling I mentioned at the top. One might think “acha, it seems that headache tablet contains some haram ingredient, thus I should rather not eat it”? Which sounds dangerous.

I hope you can answer my questions as well as comment on the understanding I showed regarding interpreting those narrations.

Thanks