Food, Drink & Animals

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Kosher Meat
Salam alaykum wrb 90% halal meat in USA is stunned. The following comes from islamqa: (Since the act of stunning renders the animal doubtful, one must avoid consuming the meat of animals that are stunned. However, if it is determined in a particular animal that it did not die prior to being slaughtered, then it…
October 18, 2018
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Animal That Are Prohibited to eat
Assalammualaikum Sir or Ms, My friend asking me that is it halal for muslim people to eat rabbit and camel because in their holy book said that = Clean and Unclean Animals(Leviticus 11:1-47; Acts 10:9-16)7- But of those that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat the camel, the rabbit,…
July 4, 2018
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Cats as pets
Asalaam u alaikum wa rahma tullahi wa barakaatu I’ve recently found a stray cat who I’ve decided to keep. The cat comes into the house but spends a great deal of time outside too. She comes inside with muddy paws sometimes and she is often sandy. I have learnt that cats are paak animals, so…
February 27, 2018
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Partaking the left overs of a non-Maḥram
Assala mualaikum Muḥtaram Mawlānā, Q) What is the ruling for a male or female to eat or drink the left overs of ghair mahram? If my male cousins eat and drink first, can I consume from their leftovers? Otherwise, so much food will go to waste.
February 27, 2018
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Person washing their hands before doing any work
If a kafir (disbeliever) wants to do laundry or wash our hair, do we need to ask him to wash his hands before doing that, because he will touch our hair or clothes when it’s wet? Or we ask him to wash hands only when we are sure that he was touching something unclean? And…
February 26, 2018
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