Doubtful Foods & Drinks

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: Is it permissible to eat products from Turkey?

Q: Im in Canada. My question is that is natural and artificial flavours halaal? In cold cream non zabiha fats and alcohol is used. Is it allowed in Islam to use it or not?

س: هل يجوز للمسلم أن يشرب (أو يأكل) هذا الشيء لزيادة القوة و الصحة؟ في الدول الشافعية (ماليزيا، إندونيسيا) - المكملات الغذائية بهذا الشيء  - عندهم شهادات حلال من علماء مذهب الشافعي في هذه الأمكنة (يعني من المؤسسات الدينية المحلية التي تشتغل بتقديم شهادات حلال)؛ و لكن أريد أن أدري رأي الحنفية. شكرا جزيلا (المكملات الغذائية - food supplements)

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Q: Can a pious muslim give off mashbooh foodstuffs to an another muslim who is not steadfast in deen and consumes all sort of foods whether it
is halaal or mashbooh?

Q: Can a muslim give off doubtful foodstuffs like chocolates, biscuits, etc to a non muslim because throwing off mashbooh foodstuffs is a little upsetting?

Q: Many companies are said to be mixing haram items in their products and many codes like E codes are said to be haram. What should be done with these news? Are they haram or halal or mushtabah?

Q: To clarify if a product has vanilla extract/flavouring is it necessary to find out (before eating) if the vanilla extract is from dates or grapes? (GMWA have yet to come across flavourings sourced from dates and grapes in the UK market.)

Q: Does the clot found in an egg have to be removed before consuming it?