Mutton fat (tallow, fat tail)اللية (شحم الضأن)
Lamb fat / tallow · al-liya / shahm al-da'n
Mutton fat (tallow, fat tail) (اللية (شحم الضأن), Lamb fat / tallow) is allowed under conditions in Nidam al-Tayyibat: with lamb, within its weekly share. Category: fats and oils.
with lamb, within its weekly share
- Status
- Limited
- Zone
- Orange zone — every 2 days to weekly
- Category
- Fats and oils
- Condition
- with lamb, within its weekly share
- Regional names
- liya (Egypt); “chhma” in Morocco
- Reliability
- Medium — partial sources
What Nidam al-Tayyibat says
The system allows mutton fat (liya) as a natural animal fat, eaten with lamb and therefore subject to the same frequency. The method strongly prefers it to vegetable oils.
What conventional nutrition says
Mutton tallow consists mostly of saturated and monounsaturated fats; it is very high in calories.
This is not medical advice
This database documents the classification of foods as taught by Nidam al-Tayyibat. It does not reflect official nutritional guidelines and does not replace the advice of a doctor or a dietitian. Never change or stop a treatment based on this website.
What can replace it in this system?
Alternatives accepted by the method, for reference only.
- Allowed
Natural butter
الزبدة · Butter
Butter is one of the system's five daily pillars: allowed for cooking and at breakfast, even though milk is excluded, because the method con…
- Allowed
Smen / ghee (clarified butter)
السمنة البلدي · Ghee (samna baladi)
Clarified butter is the system's preferred cooking fat: it withstands heat and flavors rice, grilled meats and stuffed dishes.
Other fats and oils
The whole category- Forbidden
Argan oil
زيت الأركان · Argan oil
A Moroccan specialty absent from the Egyptian sources, culinary argan oil is not listed by the system and therefore falls under the white-li…
- Forbidden
Coconut oil
زيت جوز الهند · Coconut oil
Coconut oil is not allowed by the system, which retains only olive oil among vegetable oils; it is forbidden by the white-list rule and one …
- Allowed
Corn oil
زيت الذرة · Corn oil
For frying
The method reserves corn oil for high-temperature frying, olive oil remaining its choice for cold use.
- Forbidden
Margarine
السمن النباتي (المرجرين) · Margarine
Margarine is excluded by the system, which treats it as an industrial hydrogenated fat to be replaced with butter or smen.
- Allowed
Natural butter
الزبدة · Butter
Butter is one of the system's five daily pillars: allowed for cooking and at breakfast, even though milk is excluded, because the method con…
- Allowed
Olive oil
زيت الزيتون · Olive oil
Olive oil is allowed, especially cold: on olives and preserved lemon, or as a marinade for grilled fish and meat.
The complete palette, explained in the Tayyibat guide
17 free pages (in French): an introduction to the palette, the two-hour rule and the eleven daily rules.
Classification sources: altayebaat.com · updated 10/12/2026