I was told that mushrooms, sheep skin and prawns are makrooh to eat. Is this true? Also can you name me foods that Prophet Muhammad salAllahu alayhi wa sallam did not like and if the foods that He p.b.u.h didn’t like, makes it makrooh to eat?

Halal/Haram Matters
28 Aug

These are permissible in Islam and such a claim is false and baseless.

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We have an old toaster that was given to us and we are not sure if anyone ever toasted anything haram in it. Are we allowed to use it?

Halal/Haram Matters
28 Aug

Do you mean a regular bread toaster? CLEAN it and use it. No problem.

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Is Octopus and squid and sushi Halal or haram? And how do we distinguish between halal and haram seafood.

Halal/Haram Matters
23 Aug

It is halal. All seafood is halal except that which is harmful.

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Is it permissable to drink Coke? As here in Darul Kuffar they are known to add alcohol to these drinks. I always thought that it was not permissable to drink them because they had alcohol in it. As alcohol is alcohol, but I was tolf that it is permissable to drink as it’ll ne impossible to get drunk be drinking them even in large quantities.

Halal/Haram Matters
26 Jun

What you heard is true and you can drink these soft drinks without a doubt.

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Shaykh, hope you are well. With regards to food at restaurants, do we only need to concern ourselves on how the meat is slaughtered? Or do we need to investigate the spices etc that they use to prepare the food as well? Jazakhallah

Halal/Haram Matters
20 Jun

If you are living in a non muslim country it’s not advisable to eat in non muslims restaurants as for sure they didn’t change the oil after they cooked pork.

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Assalaammulaikum.Bro in my sisters in laws house they cook some food inthe name of some dead person wali allah they say ,they send that food to her house so what should she do with that food eat or to give maid.jazakallah hu khairan.I m so thankful to Allah that u guide us .

Halal/Haram Matters
07 May

Wa alaikum salaam, As long as it was not slaughtered in his name, the food is halal.

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Aslaamalaikum, are fizzy drinks haraam? As we get told by doctors that it damages the inside of the body by drinking fizzy drinks, similar to cigarettes.

Halal/Haram Matters
15 Apr

Wa alaikum salaam, if you don’t drink them excessively, there is nothing wrong with drinking them.

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Why is pork haram. Kindly tell me the story if there is.

Halal/Haram Matters
07 Mar

Because Allah had forbidden it. “Say (O Muhammad): I find not in that which has been revealed to me anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be Maytah (a dead animal) or blood poured forth (by slaughtering or the like), or the flesh of swine (pork); for that […]

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Conditions of eating meat slaughtered by the Jews and Christians I know that it is essential to say the name of Allaah when slaughtering animals that are to be eaten, and that it is not permissible to eat from that over which the name of Allaah has not been mentioned, but sometimes a Muslim has to travel to a non-Muslim country and stay there for several years, for work or study. Should he refrain from eating meat completely for this length of time or in this case is he regarded as compelled by necessity to eat meat or is it sufficient to say the name of Allaah at the time of eating?.

Halal/Haram Matters
07 Mar

Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: Saying the name of Allaah is a condition of meat being halaal, and it is not excused by forgetting or not knowing, according to the most correct scholarly opinion. See the answer to question no. 85669 (Saying Bismillaah in order to meat to be halaal)? Secondly: Meat slaughtered by one […]

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Are the foods which are coming to Saudi Arabia from Brazil, Australia, and other countries are halal? I know many people who do not eat these meat?

Halal/Haram Matters
07 Mar

It is halal in sha’ Allah.

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