Brother can you please kindly inform me if halal chicken and stunned chicken are cooked in the same oil, can we eat the chicken that is halal? There is a shop who cooks halal chicken but buy niblets and wings that are stunned, which is not halal and they cook it in the same oil. Is it permissable to eat the halal chicken from that shop?

Halal/Haram Matters
23 May

ANSWER: Stunning the chicken before slaughtering it doesn’t make it haram as long as the chickens was slaughtered while alive . 

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To what extent can Haram income from parents be used (if someone is dependent)? Such as inheriting and getting property? Or paying for college tuition?

Halal/Haram Matters, Inheritance
22 May

ANSWER: There’s no problem in utilizing that money and accepting the inheritance as the sin is not on you but the parent who earned it.. 

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Shiekh I very keenly want to sit in Itikaf for last 10 days of this ramadan. But I am used to smoking and it is wrong and unetihical to smoke in masjid. Please tell me what should I do?

E'itikaaf, Halal/Haram Matters
19 May

ANSWER: Quit smoking.

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sheikh , I have a friend that doesn’t pray nor does he wear hijab and I have told her to pray so many time and it helped allitle but not too much , what do you think is the right thing to do ?

Halal/Haram Matters
17 May

ANSWER: Unfriend her as she is bad news. 

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If I don’t know how vinegar is made when I consume foods produced in a non Muslim country, must I go out of my way to investigate how the vinegar is made. I’ve just eaten a sandwich that contains vinegar that I’m not 100% sure was made in a halal or haram way and it’s made me worried to if I’ve committed sin or not.

Halal/Haram Matters
17 May

ANSWER: Vinegar is halal for us to consume it. You don’t need to go out of your way to check its source.   

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Sheikh ,I’m a medicine student ,my nationality is Indian,but I’m settled in Qatar,for my Higher Studies my father placed me in …… state medical university Ukraine ,here I’m staying without mahram,and a lot of Fitnah,due to European lifestyle,i told my Mother and Family i don’t want to study here any further ,they are not Willing to Accept my request,they are angry at me for that, Please advice what i will do in such a situation.my room has Idols and idol worshipers .

Halal/Haram Matters
14 May

ANSWER: There is no obedience to any creature in disobeying the creator. Studying in a kafir country, in a mixed university, and traveling without mahram, all these practices are haram , you must quit and return back to your country and not listen to your parents.

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What should we do with the old Islamic books and copies, which we don’t use anymore? Some says bury them, some say throw them into river?

Halal/Haram Matters
14 May

ANSWER: Give them to the people, if no one needs them, you can burn, bury or shred them.

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What is the ruling for food and water fights even if it is for fun? Even if it is raw food like flour?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sins
11 May

ANSWER: This is totally prohibited.  Islam forbids wastage and extravagance.  

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is it permissible for a muslim to ask dua from a non muslim??

Halal/Haram Matters
06 May

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

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I sometimes play with other brothers in a basketball court who wear shorts that goes up on their knee or above it. I do not wear shorts that are above my knee. Am I doing wrong by hanging and playing with brothers who are wearing their shorts above their knee?

Halal/Haram Matters, Men Clothing
05 May

ANSWER: Yes.  You must advise them to wear them below the knees or not play with them.   

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