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  • Owns restaurant with pork on the menu

    We own a Subway restaurant which is a part of an international company. Part of its menu has pork. Is this Halal or Haram?.. More

  • Lived on Unlawful Food When He First Went to Australia

    I live in Australia. When I came here first, I had difficult finding Halal food. I had to live on food that was not Halal but the only thing I had was chicken. Was the chicken or food that I had that time, Haram or Makhrouh? Al-hamdu Lillah, now that I have access to Halal foods; I have started living on them. But please do answer my question. .. More

  • Beef Jerky Made with Wine

    I received some beef jerky that a friend sells that was made with wine. When I questioned about the wine, I was told it was okay to eat because the beef was cooked in the oven until the beef was dried and there couldn't possibly be enough alcohol to get drunk on. Is it okay to eat this beef jerky even though I couldn't get drunk and is it okay for this.. More

  • Alcohol and Prayer

    If one drinks alcohol how long after that can one return to Al Masjid? .. More

  • Use of nutmeg

    Is the use of nutmeg Haram?.. More

  • Unlawful to Eat Non-Halaal Meat and Allah's Name Must Be Mentioned when Slaughtering

    How do I explain to some people that eating non-Halal meat in a foreign country is Haram? A friend's argument is that the Qur'an did not mention that you have to mention Allah's name during slaughter in the Qur'an, but just you have to mention Allah's name. I referred your question number 17350 to him, but the translation of the Qur'an is not the direct.. More

  • Eating snake

    Can I eat the snake?.. More

  • Can't Find Halal Meat in China

    I am an Arabic man but I now live in China to study, so I have a problem with eating. I cannot eat meat because is not (Halal), but I cannot find other meat to eat. I am so thin some friends say it possible to eat meat because you have not found other meat to eat and life is so difficult for Muslims. What can I do now to eat this meat? .. More

  • Cooking with Red Wine

    A Muslim brother works as a chef in a restaurant in England and he cooks food with sauces made with red wine. He said that wine is already vaporized; there is no alcohol left in the wine. Is he allowed by Islamic Sharia to have that kind of job (a cook chef) as a Muslim? .. More

  • Pork Lard in Foods

    In the Holy Qur'an, it is clearly stated that pork meat is forbidden. I refer to Surah Al-An'am [6:145, 6:146]. In the second verse, Allah's states that it was forbidden to eat the Shohoom or fat of cattle and cows. But it is clearly stated that pork meat only (Lahm al-Khinzeer) is forbidden, no mention of Shuhoom al-Khinzeer. Can we then safely assume.. More

  • Reasons for Pork Being Forbidden in Islam

    What are the causes that's made pork meat forbidden in Islam? .. More

  • Food with pork

    Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatul ALLAH wa baraketh! I would like to ask about the rule concerning food which contains the fat of pigs? In fact here in Japan, most of the food items contain oil or fat that we do not know its origin. In many cases they mention the origin as animal and in many cases they do not write anything. These items named shortening.. More

  • Drink made from Kava kava

    Some Muslims in Fiji Islands drink social drink called kava kava made from a peppery plant root called piper methysticum. The United Nations Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention has labeled the plant as a narcotic pepper. Please advise whether the drink made from this plant is Haram. Many Muslims consider that because the word Khamr is directed.. More

  • Drinking Alcohol for Treatment: Forbidden

    Can a Muslim drink alcohol or medicinal purposes, if it is really helpful? .. More

  • Meats slaughtered in Japan and their by-products

    I am Muslim living in Japan, and the normal beef and chicken meat which is available in the market are killed here is not in the Islamic way. So we consider this meat is not HALAL and we should not eat from that meat, is this correct? Second, most of the biscuits, chocolates, and other food products are made from oil produced from those animals (chicken.. More