Food and Drink

Q: Is it permissible to eat easter eggs and hot cross buns?

Q: Can we consume rainbow products? Especially their chicken. Mageu is halaal (its in a carton similar to the one of inkomazi)?

Q:

1. What is the correct Islamic ruling regarding washing and covering of dishes at night?

2. Should all the dishes be essentially washed before sleeping? Or Is it sufficient to cover the unwashed dishes? Or can they be left uncovered?

3. Should the washed dishes be covered too?

4. Should the fruits/vegetables be covered?

5. Do the food items like boiled milk inside shelves having net door need to covered?

Q: Please confirm that it is impermissible to eat the cake that is provided at work when it is a fellow worker's birthday.

Q: Is poppy seed haraam?

Q: I heard that if people are on a journey where no availability of food and they will die of hunger, that it is permisible for one of them to sacrifice himself for the others to survive (i.e to be eaten). And if any of them can't sacrifice himself, and they all die at that stage, they are all going to hellfire. Please is there any correction to this rulling?

Q: Is Cadbury 5 star chocolate halaal?

Q: I had bought strawberry milk carton on which carmine (red colour extract from an insect) a food ingredient is mentioned. i want to know.

1- Is it confirmed carmine is obtained from an insect?

2- If any ingredient mix with the food which has no impact of taste and it just mix in a small ratio for colouring can make the food haram or not suitable for cosuming?

3- I have heared that carmine is only haram in hanafi madhab, is it true?

4- If above question is right, what should I do with the milk? Shall I through it away.

Q: 

1. Alcohol is haraam and prohibited in Islam due to the fact that after having it, a person loses his senses and can not remember what he is doing and also you can get addicted to alcohol. My question is that if someone uses alcohol only for socialising, if he has a  few sips will it be fine or not?

2. There are some drugs which only boost your energy but you remain in your senses, such as cocaine and some other drugs. How does Islam differentiate between them. You remain in your senses but its not alcohol. Red bull drink also boosts the energy. Please explain. 

Q: Can we eat the food (veg only) given by Non Muslim Friends or neighbours?