Speaking to Ghair Mahrams on the phone
Q: A person went for Hajj. He doesn`t want to speak to his Ghair-Mahrams on the phone after coming back from Haj. Is it correct what he is doing?
Women Driving
Q: Is it permissible for a woman to drive a car? If yes please provide proof!!! I must make mention that on all your previous answers to me no proof was supplied from Qur’an or Hadith or from the Kitaabs of our Pious Ulema of the past or from the Kitaabs of the Imaams and this I find highly disturbing!!!
Someone else paying of one's debt
Q: If i borrowed money from someone and someone else pays that debt of for me without me knowing. What is the ruling?
Performing Salaah with lipstick or perfume
Q: Is it permissible for the female Muslim to be perfumed (be'd with alcohol or not) or to have lipstick while performing namaz and reciting quran?
The business of cigarettes
Q: Is the business of cigarettes haraam?
Keeping a dog as a guard against thieves
Q: Is it permissible to have a dog at home as a "guard" against thieves?
Earnings of a lawyer
Q: What's the position in Islam regarding the profession of a lawyer, and are his earnings halaal?
Using a nail file for Girls
Q: Is it allowed for a Muslim girl to use a nail file?
Jobs where skin contact is necessary
Q: Is it allowed for Muslims (be'd male or female) to practise jobs in the health field (such as: nurse, doctor, specialists etc.) where "skin contact" is necessary?
Cognac oil in beverages, etc.
Q: Please can you tell me would this cognac oil be considered Halaal for use in beverages or any other products?
- This cognac oil is a key ingredient found in a flavour.
- The dosage of the cognac oil when in the flavour is 0.04%.
- The dosage of the cognac oil in the flavour after it has been added to the beverage is 0.00026% and this beverage product is ready to drink
How this Cognac Oil is made
Cognac Oil is also known as 'Wine Lees Oil' or 'Weinhefeoel' (in German). Produced as a by product from the distillation of Cognac (Brandy). It is present in Cognac to the amount of about 2 mg. The aromatic substances contained in cognac oil derived partly from the activities of the particular yeast fungus used, partly from the type of grapes fermented.
The oil is obtained by the steam distillation of the reside of grape tissue and fungus precipitate after fermentation (and distillation) of the alcoholic beverage.