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  • Questionable cooking practices

    I would like to know if the chips/fries bought from a non-Muslim are harem. He does not fry the chips and Haram things like sausages in the same oil but he admitted that he use the same equipment to get them out of the oil. Does the use of the same equipment to get both the chips and the sausages from their different oils make these chips Haram? Please.. More

  • Chewing Wrigley's gum

    I live in the United States. Is it okay if we chew the gum made from the company Wrigley's, because I hear that it is harm to chew it? Is it okay for my dad to work with a Jewish man; they want to open a store together?.. More

  • Meat sliced by machine that sliced pork

    When I go shop for turkey meat, it's usually sliced by the same machine that also is used to cut pork. Is this turkey Halal or Haram?.. More

  • Numbers Used in Food Labeling

    I would like to know if there is some numbers as: 472 A, and other numbers used in the food production are Haram to eat or not. .. More

  • Some Foods May Not Actually Be Halal

    Some Muslims claim that not all Halal food sold as Halal is actually Halal and not all food sold as vegetarian is actually vegetarian. Is this true? Also what happens if we do consume something Haram unknowingly, which is being passed off as Halal, is there any sin on us? .. More

  • Buying Chips/Fries from Non-Muslims Who Sell Sausages

    Can you buy fries from a non-Muslim, who sell Haram things like sausages? However, I asked them if the fries touched these and they said no. Can we trust them and buy fries from them, as there isn't a Muslim chip shop near us? .. More

  • Doubtful Source of Funds for Wedding

    I was invited to a wedding party of my brother in Islam. He is a good Muslim… but there is one problem, which is that the money used for the wedding, including the food paid for, is doubtful and it’s not all lawful I think. So if I attend the party, can I eat from that food or is it better to avoid it? What if they force me to eat? How should I.. More

  • Eating at Friend's Home Whose Wife Works in Bank

    Can I eat in the home of a friend, whose wife works in a bank? .. More

  • Eating Meat in US

    I am a 17 years old (Arabic and Muslim) I live in U.S.A with my dad. So here I have to eat American food such as chicken and meat, but it is American, but I don't want to eat them. My father forces me to eat and I think they are not Halal foods, so please tell me what do you think. And I really appreciate it. .. More

  • Taking Food and Using Utensils of Non-Muslims

    Is it permissible to take food from non-Muslims i.e. Hindus, Sikhs, etc. if you know that it contains nothing Haram? Is it permissible to use utensils used by them? .. More

  • Doubtful meat and foods

    1) Is it Haraam for a person to eat something deliberately that he knows isn't pork but he isn't sure whether it contains pork components or was prepared by machinery that was used on pork as well? 2) Can you tell me what to look out for when trying to determine which products have pork? 3) What are the names of some of the ingredients.. More

  • Ingredients used in foods

    I really want to know if the emulsifiers and stabilizers that they use in foods are Halal or not. Please could you help me?.. More

  • Eating Food of Those Who Sell Wine

    1-I want to know if it is okay if I eat some moslem's food in the mosque and those people sell wine in their stores. .. More

  • Gelatin, Glycerin and Glycerides in Food

    I know that gelatin can be either from pigs or from cows, so it is better not to eat anything that has gelatin in it, especially since I am living in the U.S. But I heard that glycerin and glycerides are also Haram, is that really true? I remember seeing those two words in almost every thing I ate, and I thought that they were just chemical substances. .. More

  • Eating impure meat in UK

    My sister is studying in United Kingdom now, and she wanted me to ask you relating Halal food. In the city where she is now, Bristol, she can't find any Halal meat but in an unsafe and danger area of Bristol and the Halal meat of that shop is not trustworthy. She is studying there and as a woman especially she has to take extra proteins after her.. More