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Food (17):
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Q1:
Is it permissible to eat food and meat presented to me on a Christmas day if
the meat was slaughtered by the Christen friend not by a Muslim? |
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A: No, it is not permissible. |
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Q2:
Can we eat food made by hindu but he does not use any haraam things in it but he uses his hands to make it are we allowed to eat that food? |
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A: If the food preparation involves transferring of wetness between the person's
hand/body and the food then the food becomes impure - Nejis - and prohibited to consume based on compulsory
precaution. |
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Q3:
According to Shia jurisprudence, All impurities
are Prohibited on devotees, for example those who are infidels, and Ghalis (who call Ali(As)
God), Nawasibs who hate Ahlulbayt are impure..
My QUESTION is: "Wahabis, and Salafids" who hate Ali (AS) and have severe animosity
towards Ahlulbayt when they slaughter halal Animal their Zabiha - Carcass will
not be halal.. Am I correct? |
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A: If they hate the Ahlulbyte (Peace be upon them) then their slaughtered animal
must be avoided based on compulsory precaution but if they hate the followers
of the imams of the Ahlulbyte without hating their Imams (Peace be
upon them), then it allowed to consume their slaughtered lawful - Halal -
animal. |
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Q4:
My aunt works in a bank and deals with getting customers to take products which involve interest. I found out that her income is haram but wanted to ask if the food she buys is considered haram too since it was bought with this money. I am asking as I go to her house sometimes and my family eats there. should I aviod it? |
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A: Yes, it is permitted. |
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Q5:
Some of the cheese products manufactured in non-Muslim countries contain rennet extracted from the calf or other animals. We do not know whether the rennet was taken from the animal that was slaughtered according to Islamic laws; neither do we know that it has transformed into something else. So is it permissible to eat such cheese? |
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A: It is allowed to use the rennet that is extracted from the animal that was not slaughtered according to Islamic laws since it is tahir – pure and exempted from the prohibition of using parts of the dead animal. |
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Q6:
It says on the ingredients that it is gelatin, but it doesn't specify if it is with meat or vegetable gelatin. Is it permissible for me to still eat it, even though I do not know that what type of gelatin it is? |
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A: It is permissible to consume it unless it is known that it was originated
from a prohibited to consume matters like impurity - Nejasah or meat of a dead
animal – not slaughtered in accordance to Islamic laws. |
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Q7:
Is it ok to eat Crab, lobster or Prawn. I live in Canada, try to avoid as much as I can, please let me know |
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A: Amongst the sea food, It is unlawful to consume but fish that contain shells and shrimp. |
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Q8:
While having meal in restaurants, we are not sure about fish whether they are scaled or not. Can we eat fish without any investigation? If the waiter or the manager tells that fish is scaled, can we believe him and eat the fish? |
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A: It is permissible to depend on whoever has the authority over the fish if
you do not accuse him/her of lying. |
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Q9:
In Korean and Japanese cuisines(food items) a lot of times the food is fermented e.g in Korea radish is mixed with sugar , salt and a few more halal ingredients and kept for a night or so in order to ferment.
Is it allowed to prepare a dish like that and eat food fermented in this way? |
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A: If the said food cause intoxication then it is prohibited to consume otherwise it is permissible. |
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Q10:
I'm working in a kitchen as a cook. I was wondering if it was bad for me to taste food while cooking. I mean is it harram for me to try food that is not halal? |
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A: You can taste the prohibited to consume food provided that you do not
swallow it and must purify your mouth if the food was impure – Najis. |
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