Halal/Haram Matters

In Canada there are a lot of foods on which there is a symbol having to do with the ways of making food in the Jewish religion, which I do not fully understand. This symbol says that the food is kosher. Once it is understood that the food has been made in accordance with kosher laws, is it permissible for us to eat it? Because many foods, even bread, include ingredients like monoglyceride and diglyceride, and I do not know whether the source is vegetable or animal, so it is difficult for me to buy food.

23 Sep

Buying foods that have been made in accordance with Jewish laws Praise be to Allaah.Allah has forbidden to the Jews many kinds of good foods, as a punishment for their disobedience. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “For the wrongdoing of the Jews, We made unlawful for them certain good foods […]

It is said that PROBIOTICS are sometimes grown on brewer yeast which is a byproduct of beer production. Does that mean that probiotic capsules which contain probiotic strains that were grown on brewer yeast would be haram? The capsules themselves do not cause intoxication.

Halal/Haram Matters

02 Sep

This is permissible as long as it is not intoxicant and it is made by those who believe that it is permissible for them in the religion.

I just wanted to ask if eating alive seafood is permissible as I have seen in many countries it is done so?

Halal/Haram Matters

02 Sep

Eating it while it is still alive is not permissible as this is torture and animal like behavior. There are scholars who permitted this in the account that after the fish is out of the water, this is like slaughtering the animal. The way I see it, it is torturing the fish for no legitimate […]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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