Food and Drink

Eating at a place where pork is served

Q: I have a question regarding cross contamination of non-halal food (pork) with my sandwich. I noticed the person did not change his gloves before preparing my food and he handled pork before it. I had the sandwich anyway and I feel so guilty. What are the general rules I should know regarding this situation and what do I do now that it has happened?

Eating snakes and killing chicken with one's teeth

Q: I have come across a video that is taken from a TV show in Pakistan showing pakistani army members eating snakes and killing chicken with their teeth and drinking its blood and not saying Allah's name while killing. They do all this while safe in their bases where they have all the halaal food available and the means to slaughter the animals is also available. But they are doing this as an exercise for survival if they are lost in a jungle or behind enemy lines. I want to have an Islamic point of view regarding this practice. Is it halaal or haram. Many Muslims who join the army are made to eat many haram animals during their training. Is this all justified by the "necessity" of training the troops?

Smoking weed

Q: My question is, is smoking weed permiable in Islam? Does smoking weed break tahaarat? After smoking weed can we offer salaah the next day?

Drinking coke and pepsi

Q: My question is about consuming coke and pepsi as both of them are not certified by any certifying body like MJC, sanha as they also don't reveal their recipe of the drink which they claim a trade secret. They are right, they have to protect their business. But as Muslims where we remain cautious of consuming halaal food only, is it permissible to drink coke and pepsi?