Food and Drink

Q: I know the moustache should be trimmed for men but is it true that any food that touches it becomes makrooh?

Q: I follow the Hanafi Mazhab. Please advise what seafood is permissible to consume.

Q: Is it permissible to buy items such as milkshakes, juices, coffee, ice cream etc from non-Halaal restaurants?

Q: I have heard that eating chicken that are injected with fillers that increase their breeding capacity is not halaal in the view that those injected medicine consists of unacceptable elements. Such chicken is commonly consumed everywhere. Is the consumption of such chicken permissible?

Q: Do Pepsi, Coca Cola, Thumbs Up, Mirinda, Fanta, Sprite, 7 up, Mountain Dew etc. contain intoxicants? Are these drinks haraam?

Q: I want to know if vanilla extract ingredient is halaal. I heard vanilla is made from alcohol. So if this is true then can we consume ice creams or other things that have vanilla as ingredient.

Q: The dairy milk at my supermarket is not Halaal. What must I do?

Q: Is chewing gum halaal or haraam? I have come to know that chewing gum is made up of pig fat. So I want to know from you that what is the Islamic ruling on this?

Q: A member of my family ordered a pizza from a takeaway which I do not trust as there is a rumour that the chicken could be dodgy, anyway one of the pizza slices touched my home cooked food which I was eating so my question is will this make my food haraam because I ate the roti which the slice touched.

Q: What is Mufti Saheb's personal view regarding the permissibility of consuming the following:

1) Crayfish

2) Lobster

3) Prawns

4) Crab

5) Langoustine

6) Shrimp

7) Muscles

8) Calamari

9) Oyster