Food and Drink

Overeating

Q: If I make a close relative food and it is a plateful of food surpassing what they require, will I be sinful if they eat more than their fill? Because I feel that they would rebuke me for giving them less, but I have already explained to them about overeating. What shall I do?

Shellac

Q: Is it permissible to consume shellac which is typically being used as a glazing agent in sweets and chocolates?

Calamari

Q:

1. Is calamari makrooh or haraam in the Hanafi madhab?

2. If food has been touched or contaminated by calamari, will that make the food makrooh or haraam?

3. Also, if one has to eat calamari will he be sinful?

Enquiring about food given by people who are involved in bid'aat

Q: I reside in Kashmir. Here our neighbours usually send raw meat or rice preparations to each other. Some people among them are those who go to dargahs etc. Is it necessary to enquire from them about in whose name they have prepared these rice preparations or sacrificed the animals before eating it or accepting it. Also it may not be possible every time to ask them in whose name they have sacrificed the animal etc.