Food and Drink

Q: Is the chicken / meat products served in the hotels / restaurants of Makkah and Madinah permissible for consumption? 

Q: Is it haraam to consume calamari (hanafi)?

Q: Do we need to say La ila illalah …… the Qalima  three times after washing the utensils with soap? Is it necessary? Is there any Hadith in its favour.?

Q: I would like to know if it's makrooh tanzeehi or makrooh tahreemi to eat mitti (soil)?

Q:

1. Do you agree that all food in makkah and medina are halaal ?
2. A muslim owned restaurant where one is not sure if the food is halaal but cannot take a qasam. can it be considered to be halaal?
3. Can one use the environment of a restaurant to judge if it is halaal. eg islamic frames ?
4. In other countries can one eat fish and chips, fruits and veg without question from any where ?
5. If you said no for number 3, in other countries can this method be used ?

Q: While eating, right hand gets greasy, etc. Then most people feel dirty to take the glass with the right hand. Instead they would take it with left hand and right hand would assist by putting their hand under the glass. However, I feel that is just feeble excuse but we should still use right hand to drink. After all, we will wash the glasses anyway. Which is right way?

Q:

1. Is it makrooh tahreemi or makrooh tanzeehi to consume sand?
2. Will a person be sinful for consuming sand?

Q: Our Milkman uses Oxytocin for more production of milk, by which more milk is produced than regular one. Kindly do let me know is consuming such milk is Halal?

Q: With regard to the current controversy regarding the chicken industry please advise on the following: is it permissible to eat at a restaurant that serves chicken of which there is a difference of opinion about, if you consume the other dishes and not the chicken?

Q: Please can you tell me would this cognac oil be considered Halaal for use in beverages or any other products? 

• This cognac oil is a key ingredient found in a flavour.
• The dosage of the cognac oil when in the flavour is 0.04%.
• The dosage of the cognac oil in the flavour after it has been added to the beverage is 0.00026% and this beverage product is ready to drink

How this Cognac Oil is made

Cognac Oil is also known as 'Wine Lees Oil' or 'Weinhefeoel' (in German). Produced as a by product from the distillation of Cognac (Brandy). It is present in Cognac to the amount of about 2 mg. The aromatic substances contained in cognac oil derived partly from the activities of the particular yeast fungus used, partly from the type of grapes fermented.

The oil is obtained by the steam distillation of the reside of grape tissue and fungus precipitate after fermentation (and distillation) of the alcoholic beverage.