Doubtful Foods & Drinks

Q: Do Pepsi, Coca Cola, Thumbs Up, Mirinda, Fanta, Sprite, 7 up, Mountain Dew etc. contain intoxicants? Are these drinks haraam?

Q: I want to know if vanilla extract ingredient is halaal. I heard vanilla is made from alcohol. So if this is true then can we consume ice creams or other things that have vanilla as ingredient.

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?