Muslim woman sharing her left over food items with her Hindu neighbour
Q: Can a Muslim woman share her left over food items with her Hindu neighbour?
Food and Drink
Giving up drugs
Q: I am a practicing Muslim, I don't miss my salaahs or daily Quraan but I just can't seem to shake off the occasional drug habit. I make dua everyday for help. What should I do?
Food of a person whose bank income accrues profit
Q: Zaid's uncle has a bank account in an Islamic Bank where he accrues profit.
1. Is it permissible for Zaid to eat at his uncle's house?
2. If his uncle says that the money is in his account and he hasn't used it, can Zaid eat at his uncle's house?
Consuming multivitamins that have the ingredient shellac
Q: Is it permissible to consume multivitamins (vitaforce) that have the ingredient shellac?
Smoking and income from selling cigarettes
Q:
1. Is it makrooh to smoke cigarettes? Is taubah necessary?
2. Can one work for a cigarette company?
3. Can a Madrasah accept donations from a cigarette company?
4. Can a Madrasah accept donations from a business that sells many items as well as cigarettes?
Vitamin D sourced from lanolin
Q: Is eating Vitamin D sourced from lanolin halaal?
Muslim handling haraam food
Q: A neighbour of mine got a Muslim friend a job in the catering department of her workplace. His job involves ordering food for the canteen. He refuses to deal with pictures or images of non Halaal food but doesn't mind handling it. Is it forbidden to look at non Halaal food?
Buying food from a non-Muslim restaurant that gets its meat from a Muslim
Q: A restaurant is owned by a non-Muslim, but the chicken/mutton is supplied by a Muslim. Is the food halaal? Can a Muslim have the food cooked there?
Helping one's husband quit vaping
Q: My husband recently started smoking vape and has been doing it secretly. I've suspected it a few times and asked him, and he denied it. It started troubling his conscience and he eventually told me about it. I was very disheartened because he never used to do those sort of things and he knows how much I hate it. He said that I must please help him stop the habit.
Can Mufti please advise me on how to go about helping him? He stopped for about 2 months and today I found that he started again. I dont know what to do as I dislike it so much and feel very uncomfortable with it.
Accepting the invitation of a person whose source of income is by selling drugs
Q: I have a family person who is unemployed and sells drugs to support his family. Can we go over and have supper by him? Is the food haraam?