Eating in Non Muslim Countries
2,211 questions
What is the ruling on eating meat imported from non-Islamic countries that is labeled "halal" or "slaughtered according to Islamic Sharia"? Is what is written on it sufficient to consider eating it permissible? And what is the legality of eating burger meat?
Is it permissible to donate $70 on behalf of a non-Muslim person who was defrauded and not paid his due for something displeasing to Allah, with the intention of expiating a sin and redressing an injustice?
Is it permissible to marry a girl who offers to embrace Islam in exchange for marriage, knowing that she has a past?
What is the ruling on employees taking food in excess of the hospital's needs and distributing it to the non-needy or eating it, knowing that the administration requests surplus quantities of food for this purpose? And what is the ruling on benefiting from this surplus food? And what is the ruling on feeding livestock and chickens with bread designated for individuals and disbursed with ration cards?
What is the ruling on wearing the khimar, and what are the books that help in adhering to the hijab and prayer?
Is it permissible not to give the husband's brothers their financial share from the husband's apartment if they refuse to give the wife and her daughters their financial share from the husband's father's house, knowing that what the wife and her daughters will inherit from the husband's father's house is far greater than what the husband's brothers will inherit from the husband's apartment?
Does dire necessity and the Muslim community's need for specialists in electronics engineering, coupled with obedience to parents in doubtful matters, permit the use of non-original software and books to achieve scientific excellence and develop intelligence in this field?
What is the ruling on helping a non-Muslim woman carry and wash dishes containing pork, and what is the ruling on the earnings acquired from that, and does sin result from it?
Is it permissible for Muslims in Europe to receive New Year's aid (financial or in-kind) offered by some organizations?
What is the ruling on working in the field of makeup, specifically from home, in Germany, with both veiled and unveiled clients, and is there any sin incurred by a woman practicing this profession, given the possibility of clients displaying their adornments in mixed gatherings?
Is it permissible to marry a non-Muslim girl who outwardly claims Islam to complete the marriage, while she is not yet Muslim in her heart?
Is it permissible to travel to non-Islamic countries like Spain or Turkey for a honeymoon, while adhering to Sharia guidelines and avoiding sins?
Is the hijab so fundamental as to warrant excommunicating (considering as an infidel) the one who abandons it, especially in non-Muslim societies?
Is it permissible to take food from a wedding banquet home or to give it to someone who did not attend?
Is it obligatory for a non-hijabi girl to renew her ablution for prayer if people see her, or is it permissible for her to pray with the ablution she performed at home before going out?
Is the questioner sinful if her friends go out with her while not wearing the legal hijab, given her prior knowledge of this and her attempt to advise them?
Is it permissible to marry a non-Muslim foreign woman for her beauty and out of a desire for chastity, with the intention of inviting her to Islam, and which countries are preferable for marriage?
Is it permissible to name a newborn female "Eva," which means "Eve, the mother of humanity" and has Hebrew origins?
Is it permissible for women to swim in an enclosed pool with other women present, and to wear a modest swimsuit (Burkini)?
Is a daughter born of an illicit relationship with a non-Muslim woman 17 years ago, who practices Christianity and is acknowledged by her father, considered a legitimate daughter entitled to inheritance?
Is it forbidden to place a wooden cross-shaped object, given as a souvenir by a non-Muslim, in a room?
Is it permissible to shorten and combine prayers, and for a traveler to fast, given the time difference in Japan for three months?
Is it permissible to supplicate for the guidance of those who eat food specially cooked for this purpose and offered to non-Muslim parents?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to eat after performing ablution (wudu)?