Food and Drink

Some questions relating to Halaal & Haraam and eating at non-Muslim outlets

Q: 

  1. Is it permissible to eat ONLY CHIPS at a restaurant that sells haraam meat?
  2. Some people ,when they eat at a restaurant then they lift up both their legs and they place both their legs on the chair and they sit by the table and chairs!!! A certain Mufti told us to sit in this way in Medina Munawarrah at one of the restaurants where he only bought chips and we only ate the chips with their sauces!!! 
  3. At which restaurants may a person eat in Port Elizabeth And Mayfair-Fordsburg?

Smoke weed

Q: I would like to know if it is permissible to smoke weed as it doesn’t really intoxicate you but rather it relaxes you. In that state you understand the difference between right & wrong.

Star fish & eels

Q: Hazrat, I met you last year around July when I was in South Africa. I live in Australia. Hazrat, I teach in a  madrasa and run a fatwa website. The reason I am writing is that I wrote a fatwa on eating eels and later I found that my answer is contrary to your fatwa. Hence, I am writing so that you can let me know if my answer is correct or not. If it is not correct, then I will change it immediately. If it is correct then I hope to get khusoosi dua from you.

Monster energy drinks

Q: A huge crises is arising on the youth of this ummath which deals with the consumption of monster energy drinks. I personally have seen a lot of muslim youth "going crazy" on this monster drinks. Is it halaal? Is there any symbolism behind it? What is the Ulamas view regarding this matter?