Food and Drink

Q: Is this permissible to eat the fried things which are halal and cooked in the oil in which some non halal things are already cooked before?

Q: When we eat in a Muslim restaurant, we are sure that non-veg food that is serves is halal, but in the case of a non-Muslim restaurant, non-veg is bought from non-veg shops. Is it halal? Can we eat non-veg from a non-Muslim restaurant?

Q: Can my wife and I take a bit of the drug ecstacy purely to enhance our intimate relations, we will be alone together and not doing anything wrong and going anywhere.

Q: What are Islam's views on being a vegan? I understand it is mentioned in the Quran that cattles' milk and meat are also meant to be consumed by mankind, but now with the meat and dairy industry being shady about their actual processes behind the product-making, and maybe we can't always trust that the "halaal" products are even really halaal, where are we supposed to stand? If we choose to take the safest option by eliminating the meat and dairy option completely to show our protest against the slaughterhouses, does that mean we're against our nature as humans?

Q: Can a Muslim use alcohol/wine bottles to store water for consumption after thoroughly cleaning and washing the same.

Q: In Saudi Arabia all milk are fotified with vitamin A and D which we dont know whether it is halaal or haraam. Since we are female we cannot make complete investigations and enquiries. We have not been drinking milk for approximately 6 months. But we need to drink milk for nutritional purposes. Can we drink the milk or not? My younger sister is weak and she needs to drink milk.

Q: Is it sunnah to:

1. Wash hands before eating?

2. Not dry them before eating?

Q: When tasting food, if someone uses a spoon to taste and then uses the same spoon to mix, can a ghair mehram eat the food?

Q: If an Umrah or Haj package includes breakfast, is it permissible for a person to eat breakfast, thereafter take some food with him to the room for the next meal or snack? Some dining rooms have a notice asking guests not to take food to their rooms.

Q: I’m a follower of the Hanafi mazhab and I’d like to know if it’s permissible for me to taste foods such as oyster, shrimp, lobsters, etc. Although it’s not allowed according to Imam Abu Haneefah (rahimahullah) but according to Imam Shaafi’ee (rahimahullah) and Imam Maalik (rahimahullah) it would be fine to eat such foods. Since they are all correct mazaahib and its only a matter regarding food shouldn’t it be jaaiz for me to eat them, if not could I not atleast eat/taste them once.