Food and Drink

Chinese herbs

Q: I was wondering what should one do if someone is trying to buy a specific Chinese herb for betterment of health but almost all Chinese companies promote Taoism and Chinese way of thought. Is it ok to buy from them with the correct intention, or is it not permissible due to the fact that you are giving them the means to continue their dawah?

Doubts with regards to the ingredients in the noodles

Q: During dinner in my hostel Chinese noodles were being served and even chapati was being served. The guy who serves the noodles serves the chapati too. So my question is will the chapati be haram and napak if that noodles had ajinomoto in it? I don't know whether they add ajinomoto to it or not and even if they add it may also be halaal but I don't know whether they used it or not and even after eating the chapatii with curry my mouth got oily and I drank lots of water and I cleaned the lips and that area for like 10 to 12 times without a single drop of that water falling on me but again sometime later I felt oily on my lips so I ignored it and rubbed it with my hands and touched my pants so am I pure?

Eating prawns

Q: My question is about the difference of opinion and dealing with it, like for example, the Hanafee mathhab treats prawns as impermissible (if I am correct), but other mathhabs do not, so if for example, a Hanafee is living with a Hanbalee, and the Hanbalee and Hanafee orders food, the Hanbalee is ordering and he orders a prawn curry and orders a meat curry for the Hanafee, but when the order comes the Hanbalee is unavailable, so would it be considered impermissible for the Hanafee to answer the door and receive the takeaway (the prawns and the meat)?

TV and pictures of animate objects

Q: If somebody tries to make me watch TV or show me a picture on their phone then what would be a wise response I could memorize?

"Many readers may not be aware that some ingredients of fizzy drinks such as Pepsi Cola, Coca-Cola and others have been dissolved in alcohol." Dr Muhammad ‘Ali al-Baarr says in his book al-Khamr bayna at-Tibb wa’l-Fiqh so is it out of taqwa these drinks are avoided? or are they permissible? Please explain how they become taahir if alcohol is used in case I need to explain to others.