Effect on ibaadat if a person unknowingly eats haraam
Q: If a person eats Haraam food unknowingly while thinking it's Halaal, will their ibadat still not be accepted for 40 days?
Q: If a person eats Haraam food unknowingly while thinking it's Halaal, will their ibadat still not be accepted for 40 days?
Q: Is it permissible to eat non Muslim foods offered to gods and during their festivals?
Q: Is it allowed to buy meat from any shop, whether it is a Jewish store or a Christian store, or eating in a restaurant?
Q: Is a Muslim allowed to give a non-Muslim something haraam to eat?
Q: A neighbour of mine got a Muslim friend a job in the catering department of her workplace. His job involves ordering food for the canteen. He refuses to deal with pictures or images of non Halaal food but doesn't mind handling it. Is it forbidden to look at non Halaal food?
Q: We have a few Hindus working in our office who often bring sweets, chocolates or biscuits from the supermarket and distribute them among the office colleagues. Sometimes, they say that they have a particular religious occasion, and it is due to this occasion that they distribute these sweets, chocolates, etc. to the office colleagues.
Is it permissible for a Muslim to eat from these sweets, chocolates, biscuits, etc.?
Q: What is the Shariah ruling regarding gelatine? Most of the halaal certifying bodies here are of the opinion that gelatine derived from non-halaal sources is halaal. They aver that the gelatine derived from non-halaal sources undergoes a "metamorphisis" and therefore is halaal. But the matter is indestructible and surely their contentions cannot be correct? However, it eludes logical comprehension that apparently our Ulama has yet to challenge the halaal certifying bodies concerned in regard to the issue and the halaal certifying bodies remain unchallenged. But what is your take on the matter?
Q: If there is a Muslim student in a Christian country and there is no Muslim community, can he eat the chickens slaughtered by a Christian or not?
Q: If a person earns haraam money or eats food containing haraam then his dua is not accepted, does that include Quranic supplications or durood sharif sent upon Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)?
Q: Recently, I came to know that the feed given to chickens in my country contains pig fat. If the chickens were given this feed to eat, will they (the chickens) be haraam for us to consume?