Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals.

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Aqiqah . Sunni-Shi'a . Food

Are the Shia allowed to eat Aqiqah meat given by Sunni brothers?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 1 week ago

Yes, it is allowed to utilize Aqeeqa meat from any Muslim as we believe that all Muslim sects are Muslims and their meat is Halal.

Wassalam.

Aqiqah . Sunni-Shi'a . Food

Are the Shia allowed to eat Aqiqah meat given by Sunni brothers?

Zoheir Ali Esmail, Shaykh Zoheir Ali Esmail has a Bsc in Accounting and Finance from the LSE in London, and an MA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University. He studied Arabic at Damascus University and holds a PhD... Answered 1 week ago

Bismillah

Thank you for your question. Yes you can meat slaughtered according to the rules of slaughtering of our Sunni brothers.

May you always be successful

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Meat . Food . Employment

Is it allowed to sell and handle beef, chicken, and meat that was not slaughtered properly? If you are working as a cashier, can you sell food that has any Haram ingredients?

Muslim is not allowed to sell or serve or carry or deliver or take money or make accounts or do any thing related to alcohol and pork. Other non Halal meat like beef, mutton, chicken etc is also not allowed to sell to Muslims. Selling it to non Muslims who believe that it is allowed for them, is allowed according to many Maraaji' of Taqleed.

Muslim cashier is not allowed to take money for alcohol or pork.

Wassalam.

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Food . Christmas

Can a Muslim eat food prepared for Christmas festivities?

Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answer updated 1 month ago

Yes (as long as it is halal, and as long as you follow a scholar allowing food from Ahl al-Kitab). Keep in mind, in some cultures, it is common to cook and bake with alcohol especially during the holidays, so you may want to be sure there is no alcohol in the food.

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Food

I work at an oil field in Iraq and have some Chinese colleagues. Can I eat the food that is cooked by them?

Non Ahlul Kitab non Muslims are not Taahir. If they touch the food with wetness, it becomes Najis. We as Muslims are not allowed to eat Najis food.

Wassalam.

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Food . Dairy products

Is it allowed to entirely remove dairy products from one's diet?

Yes, it is allowed to stop consuming any food which you don't like if there is no big harm on your health by stopping it. Leaving any food does not allow you to claim it as Haraam or completely harmful. No one is allowed to claim any thing as Haraam, with out the authentic evidence from the Marja' of Taqleed.

Wassalam.

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Food . Shrimp

Are we allowed to eat shrimps?

Yes, eating shrimps is allowed in Islam. In fact, out of all water animals, only scaled fishes and shrimps are allowed to eat. All unscaled fishes and other water animals e.g. crabs, lobsters, oysters, shells, etc are Haraam to eat.

Wassalam.

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Halal . Food

If I purchase an item such as chicken from a store, and it is labelled Halal, is it allowed to buy and eat it? Or do I have to go into detail to check further such as call the relevant company for further details?

Zaid Alsalami, Shaykh Dr Zaid Alsalami is an Iraqi born scholar, raised in Australia. He obtained a BA from Al-Mustafa University, Qom, and an MA from the Islamic College in London. He also obtained a PhD from... Answered 2 months ago

Bismihi ta'ala

If you have trust (itmi'naan) in the reliability of the label, and its authority, or if it comes from an Islamic country, then you can consider it to be halal, and there is no need to go into detail to check further.

And Allah knows best.

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Halal . Food . Pet

Is it permissible to feed non-halal food to our pets?

Yes it is permissible to feed the animals non Halal food.

Halal rules are for human beings, not for their animals. Animal can eat any thing .

Wassalam.

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Fiqh (Jurisprudence) . Food . Mussels . Rockfish . Sole fish

Are mussels, rockfish and sole permissible to eat according to the Ja'fari fiqh?

From all animals of water we are allowed to eat :

1. Fish which has or had scales on it. Fish which has no scales at all are not allowed to eat.

2. Shrimps or prawns.

All other water animals e.g. crab, oyster, shells, lobster, ink fish etc is not allowed to eat.

Wassalam.

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Marijuana . Food

Are we allowed to use weed in cooking and what are the Islamic rulings on this matter?

It is not allowed to consume any intoxicant.

Wassalam.

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Food . Walima . Neighbour

Can Walima be performed by making food at home and serving it to neighbors without inviting them over?

Walima does not aim only for feeding but also aims to achieve the gathering and meeting which is important by itself, as Islam encourages strengthening the family meetings , neighbors meetings and social relations.

Distributing food among neighbors is also very good act by itself which has great reward.

Wassalam.