Food, Drink & Animals

Assalamalaikum, My question is in regard to the hanafi madhab, and prawns. Specifically prawns/shrimp and not lobster or crab or other such non-fish seafoods. I understand that there are two main positions within the hanafi madhab, with some saying halal as it qualifies as samak and others saying it is haram as it is not…

Assalam Alyaikum Ya Rokhmotullahi Ya barokyatukh! We have very little sertification products in our country. Some sertification bodies can prohibit pig and its derivates but can permit additives from non-zabiha beef. Is there a opinion of ulema that permits to eat this? I know to avoid it better, but it is really hard with bad…

Sir, 2 miles from our house there is neglected land which is owned by the government. They have fruit trees, and many of the fruit just fall off. Can we eat these fruit which fall from the trees of the government?

Assalamualaikum ....my uncle and his childrens were following bareilvi school of thoughts but they don't ask help from gairullah so when they are inviting us for some functions they are serving us chicken they are bringing chicken from market and in shopkeepers are doing Zibbah and shopkeepers are also from bareilvi school but i don't…

I‘m going to go with my husband to Dubai. He doesn‘t understand all of islam fikh, and sometimes we have a lot of misunderstandings because of this. He wants to buy discount pull. It offers to get discounts from a lot of organizations in dubai. Is it permitted to buy this to get good discounts?

Asalamualaikum I get so many doubts about the ingredients of food and drink. If I want to buy it or it has already been bought, then I immediately check the ingredients. However, a lot of these foods and drinks have so much ingredients, that it stresses me out. I’ve had to avoid food that had…

Asalamualaikum I tried to figure out if the alcohol was derived from dates or grapes or not and was not really given a straightforward answer: “There are currently no products on our menu that contain alcohol as an ingredient. However, some items contain ingredients that have either been derived from alcohol or extracted using alcohol.…

Asalamualaikum The only product I’m interested in buying from McDonalds is the Mocha Iced Frappe. It turns out it is actually suitable for vegetarians, so afterwards I wondered about it’s alcohol content. This is what McDonalds had to say: “Alcohol is used during the manufacturing process of our Caramel Iced Frappe, Chocolate Chip Iced Frappe…

Asalamualaikum I’ve read that we can’t purchase pet food made out of meat slaughtered unislamically because they’re still considered haram even if we don’t eat them. However, I recently found out that two of the brands I buy which make fish selection cat food, both have traces of non-fish meat in their food. My mother…

Salaam Mosaab, I’m wanting to know if Lanolin synthesised from animal cholesterol for vitamin D3 is permissible. This would be a part of a multi vitamin supplement. Jazakallah