Beer glasses
Q: We bought martigues glasses but did not know at that time that they are used for beer. We used it for water/juice before we knew. Now they are just stored and we do not use them. Should we dispose them or can we use them?
Food and Drink
Preparing more than one dish of food
Q:
1. Is it an authentic statement in Islam that, if we eat with more than 2 items of food, we have to feed a guest or guests?
2. If anybody cooks and eats with more than 5 or 6 items almost every day, will Allah Ta'ala will like it?
3. And if anybody wastes foods mostly due to cooking too much, that person will be sinful?
4. If a wife's husband always wants to eat more than 5 or more items, but she is busy with her kids and other household works, and her personal prayers, will she be sinful?
Mint alcohol
Q: Is mint alcohol halaal?
Stirring food in an anti-clockwise motion
Q: Is there any sunnah or recommended way to stir food, tea or coffee? Should it be stirred in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction?
Eating food from bags that have pictures and names of idols
Q: Is it commendable for a Muslim to buy edible items in bags having "pictures and names" of idols of other religions. Can someone compare it with drinking of Pepsi?
Buying vegetarian food from a non-Muslim outlet
Q: I buy cooked food like pizza from a shop but they sell haraam foods there too, like pork. I only buy vegetarian cooked food, is that ok?
Drinking mocha ice frappe with less than 0.05% alcohol
Q: In McDonalds, the mocha ice frappe I used to buy was said by McDonalds to be suitable for vegetarians. However, apparently the whip used on top has less than 0.05% alcohol in it. I read this statement by McDonalds: “The level of alcohol is very low and evaporates during the process. The alcohol level in the final Caramel Iced Frappe, Chocolate Chip Iced Frappe and whipped cream is less that 0.05%.“ Does this mean I can purchase the drink based on this knowledge?
Smoking CBD vape oil
Q: Is it permissible to smoke CBD vape oil that has 0.2% thc which is fully absorbed and is no trace of it is detected?
Eating with the left hand due to necessity
Q: I saw in one of the posts that we are forbidden from eating with the left hand. In my mothers case she had a stroke and can only use her left hand, is she committing a sin by doing so?
Doubting whether pooja was done on sweets given by a non-Muslim
Q: On dasara festival, the non-Muslims have given us a box of sweets, can we eat it? I think they do pooja on all the sweets or sweet boxes?