Eating in Non Muslim Countries
2,211 questions
Is it permissible to use spirit vinegar, such as vinegar extracted from apples, and mayonnaise and ketchup?
What is the ruling on eating meat in a foreign country where there is no access to ritually slaughtered (halal) meat and slaughtering is prohibited?
What is the ruling on one who repents from shoplifting, defrauding government agencies, and forging transportation tickets, given that reporting these actions to the authorities may lead to imprisonment in a non-Muslim country?
Will a girl be held accountable if she chooses to marry a non-Black person out of fear for her children from the racism she experienced, and is this way of thinking considered forbidden in Islamic law, and is it possible for Allah to bless her with Black children even if she marries a white man because of this thinking, and is this type of thinking forbidden in Islamic law, and how can one repent from it if it is forbidden?
ما معنى "لا يأكل طعامك إلا تقي"؟
What is the ruling on remaining in a non-Islamic country, given the availability of schools and mosques, when the wife desires to live in an Arab country for the sake of raising the children, and the husband wishes to settle in the non-Islamic country to serve his parents?
Is it obligatory to repeat the sleep supplications if a Muslim gets up from his bed after reciting them?
What is the ruling on eating chicken slaughtered by the Sadia company in Brazil, given the use of electric stunning, high-speed slaughter, and non-Muslim slaughterers? And what is the ruling on working in a place where one is required to swear on the Qur’an to pronounce the Basmala over each chicken, despite the difficulty of achieving that, and does the failure to pronounce the Basmala result in leaving the chicken to die in hot water?
Is traveling abroad for study, with the intention of preserving the hijab and avoiding mixed-gender work environments, considered an Islamic transgression, especially if it will lead to losing one’s mahram after the completion of studies, and is remaining in a non-Muslim country for work under conditions that observe Islamic guidelines better, or is moving to a Muslim country later on?
What is the ruling on working in banks and companies that deal with usury, and do Islamic banks today differ from usurious banks?
What is the correct intention for any worldly deed, such as marriage or weight loss, so that it is purely for Allah alone, and is the intention of improving one's appearance for weight loss considered wrong?
What is the ruling on plucking eyebrows, given that there are female callers (to Islam) who do so and claim it is not forbidden?
Does being born to a father from Puerto Rico and a mother who is white prevent one from becoming a Muslim?
Is it permissible to complete a course of study that involves reading books containing shirk (polytheism/idolatry), atheism, and obscene sexual descriptions, with the aim of teaching the English language and obtaining better job opportunities?
Is it permissible for my mother to take the non-Muslim maid's cookbook, in which she recorded recipes that my mother taught her, on the pretext that she (my mother) was the one who taught her those recipes, and would that be considered an injustice to her?
Is it permissible for a nineteen-year-old young man, who has older, unmarried brothers, to marry a girl he met in order to avoid associating with non-Muslim women, even though his relationship with her has negatively affected his studies and other matters, and he possesses the financial means for marriage?
Is it permissible to wear an abaya that reaches below the knee with loose, non-body-defining trousers to alleviate the harassment encountered by a veiled woman in a non-Muslim society?
Is it permissible to marry a committed Muslim woman who lives in non-Muslim lands and does not speak Arabic fluently, with the intention of protecting oneself and her, and bringing her out of non-Muslim lands, and will one be rewarded for that?
What is the ruling on eating meat in non-Muslim countries if the Tasmiyah (invocation of Allah's name) was not pronounced at the time of slaughter, and is it sufficient to pronounce the Tasmiyah when eating, or is the Muslim considered to be in a state of necessity in this case?
Is eating in restaurants impermissible because payment occurs after eating, taking into consideration the Hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them): "As for that which the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade, it is food being sold until it is taken possession of. Ibn Abbas said: 'I do not think anything is إلا مثله (except like it),' meaning like food. And in Muslim: 'Everything is in the same category as food'"?
What are the limits of the Muslim woman's awrah in front of Muslim and non-Muslim women, and what are the limits of her awrah in front of her male mahrams?
What is the legitimate interpretation of a non-observant Muslim girl seeing dreams come true in reality?
What is the ruling on working without informing the German government while receiving a salary from an employer and refugee benefits from the government?
Is it permissible for a Muslim child to be nursed by a Christian woman in cases of necessity and non-necessity?