Alam Islam - Help straighten it out, after HOAX code E as a product with all pork, this is a HOAX explanation that all bristles are also pork, hopefully it can reduce the anxiety of the BRISTLE community. general in nature. In Arabic, isim nakirah. The meaning of the word bristle is a fine/thin strand (filament) and firm/strong, according to the following dictionaries: The bristle written on the toothbrush, solely means bristles, NOT pig bristles. Now the word bristle which is general in nature (isim nakirah) only has a more special meaning when compared to other words, for example: pure bristle or 100% bristle or natural bristle: meaning fur made from pure animal hair or plant fiber. Can be from horses or other animals. Bristle from plant fibers is also available, namely SIWAK wood. The bristles or bristle of Tang dynasty (619 - 907) toothbrushes were indeed made of pig bristles, but modern toothbrushes made since 1938 are made of NYLON. The history can be seen here: Until now, there are STILL 10% of toothbrushes made of sea urchins circulating throughout the WORLD (so NOT 10% in Indonesia as Jeng wrote, whose status I photographed). For hygiene reasons, modern toothbrush manufacturers and consumers prefer nylon toothbrushes. It seems that the joy of welcoming the toothbrush bristle information occurred due to a misunderstanding when reading articles on the LPPOK MUI website. Articles that discuss BRUSH FOR COOKING, are considered the same as the bristles on a toothbrush. this article : this is the misunderstood part : The handle of a boar bristle brush is often written with the words : Bristle , Pure Bristle , 100% China Bristle , etc. One of the meanings of the word Bristle is Pig Hair or sea urchins (Webster's Dictionary) which are unclean when wet. Therefore, bread that is touched by an unclean brush becomes unclean, so it is forbidden to eat it. A substitute for a boar bristle brush is a brush made of plastic (polyester). Brush companies Ken Master and Selery also produce brushes from this halal material. The word ONE in the article is not understood properly where one also means NOT ALL the meanings of the word bristle are sea urchins, including the bristles of modern NYLON toothbrushes. AND some people don't even bother to double-check if it's true that the word bristle ONLY means sea urchin. Qadar Allah this error is so massive that even one of the sites belonging to one of the asatidz interprets it incorrectly. So I hope that the manager of the LPPOM MUI site (maybe someone can contact Mr. Nanung to correct the article) will correct the article by providing a more detailed description of the meaning of the word bristle so that there are no mistakes like what we see in the picture. below this.