Food and Drink

Q: Is balsamic vinegar halaal?

Q: Umar slaughtered a sheep at home. He sends the meat with his non-Muslim driver to a Muslim butcher for slicing. The Muslim butcher slices the meat and sends it back to Umar with the non-Muslim driver. Hence, there was no Muslim supervising the meat during the travelling periods to and from the Muslim butchery.

1. Is it permissible to eat this meat?

2. Is this meat Halal?

3. If not, please suggest how this meat should be disposed of.

Q: I was wondering, since we as Muslims need to break away totally from all forms of shirk, is it permissible to drink tea from companies that use doasit, or ayurvedic medicine? I have a legitimate illness.

Q: I want to ask you one question that today is Diwali in Hindu religion, so many Hindu people are working with me and today they bring sweets because today is Diwali and they are giving me sweets, so my question is can I eat these sweets?

Q: Is it permissible to eat prawns?

If a baby vomits on someone and licks it up does that place become napaak?

Q: What is makrooh? Are shrimps, prawns and mushrooms makrooh? Can we eat these things?

Q: What are the benefits of entertaining?

Q: If halaal meat was in contact with pork meat, how to purify it? If we wash the halaal meat carrefully, will we be able to use/eat it?

Q: Is it permissible to eat duck?