Food and Drink

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?

Q: Is there any guidelines on how one can determine if a cheese is halaal?

Q: I would like to ask regarding eating at a restaurant. If lets say your boss is not a Muslim and the rest of your colleagues aren't either, and they ask you to join for a dinner at a five star restaurant but that place sells alcohol. They know you cannot eat there but they insist and they say that they are going to help ask the chef to make a halaal dish just for me. Even if they are able to, I am still uncomfortable. I know their intentions are good. My question is, how do I explain to them that I cannot join in a nice way.

Q: My question is on Marijuana (weed). If he/she smokes marijuana, is that person napaak for 40 days? Does the ruling for alcohol apply to smoking marijuana as well?

Q: How do we handle differences of opinion, what should be done in the following scenario: If I'm ordering a takeaway and I order like a chicken curry and the other person wants a prawn curry, is it haram for me to order it when they believe it's halal? Is it also wrong to pass them the prawn curry? Also if someone follows the opinion that commercial vinegar is haram (when it's changed purposely) is it wrong for them to ask for condiments for other person on their food (like mayonnaise on a burger, when mayonnaise, ketchup etc. usually contains vinegar)? Please explain how we should deal with the situations like above. Do you refuse to order prawns which may cause hostility? (I don't mind hostility if it's the correct thing to do!) Thank you.