Halal and Haram Foods
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What is the ruling on working in the field of producing television series in which actresses do not appear in short clothing and whose themes are social or comedic? And is the money earned from this work permissible (halal), forbidden (haram), or dubious (فيه شبهة)?
What is the ruling on building dovecotes, given that the pigeons consume a large portion of their food from outside the dovecote, and the number of pigeons within it is not constant? And does providing food for them inside the dovecote attract additional pigeons?
What is the ruling on eating the meat of crocodiles, elephants, hippopotamuses, and winged termites?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on a man who committed adultery with a married woman, then married her daughter, and continued to commit adultery with the mother after the marriage, and fathered children with her daughter, then divorced her? Is it permissible for him to return to his wife after some sheikhs issued a fatwa prohibiting her to him due to his sexual relations with both the mother and the daughter?
Is a person held accountable for actions they commit while unaware whether they are permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram)? And does enjoining good and forbidding evil become an individual obligation (fard ayn) if one believes there is no one else to undertake it?
Is money earned from selling the milk of cows that may be sick, and whose milk is manually processed while buyers ignore safety instructions, considered haram or halal money?
Is money earned from salary during an absence from work without submitting medical certificates permissible or forbidden?
What is your Eminence's ruling on eating herring?
Is it permissible for a web developer to complete work on a website that includes both halal and haram restaurants, knowing that the website facilitates finding halal restaurants, and is it permissible to give charity from his salary if there is doubt in it?
Is money earned from renting a shop to a legal document preparer (muharrir qada’i), in which a female worker who does not adhere to the Shar’i hijab works, and sometimes secludes herself with another male worker, halal or haram?
Is it permissible to resort to trickery to obtain a real estate loan to pay off a sum for my mother, and is this halal or haram?
Is it permissible to grill or fry live seafood directly, such as fish or what is found in seashells?
Are the profits of a training center permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram) if it relies in its advertising on designs made with pirated software? And is it necessary to replace the old designs after repentance and purchasing the software?
Is using the company's phone lines for personal calls – the cost of which is covered by the company – forbidden (haram) or permissible (halal), given that the user does not receive their full rights from the company? And how can one atone for this action if there is any doubt about it?
Is it permissible to work in a laboratory that sends a percentage of money to doctors in exchange for referring patients to undergo tests, while also granting patients a discount, and is the salary earned from this work permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram)?
What is the ruling on trading tobacco and cigarettes along with foodstuffs in Islamic Sharia: is it permissible (halal), forbidden (haram), disliked (makrooh), or what?
Is probiotic (beneficial bacteria) sourced from an animal or human, and prescribed by a doctor to improve gut health, permissible (halal) or forbidden (haram)?
Is the variable profit from the "Free Investment" account at Faysal Islamic Bank permissible or forbidden?
How can I contact a sheikh for a fatwa to clarify matters of what is lawful (halal) and unlawful (haram), which have become confused for me?
Is it permissible to live in a house bought with haram money for the purpose of marriage, given the inability to purchase a dwelling with halal money?
Is the money I received as compensation for my unlawful dismissal from work considered halal or haram?
Is money earned from a savings account in a bank lawful (halal) or unlawful (haram)? And if it is unlawful, what should be done with it?
Is buying food (such as fish, chicken, or meat) to feed domestic cats, without a human eating from it, forbidden or permissible?
Is one who errs in answering an optional religious question about the interpretation of a verse, after choosing an answer whose correctness he is unsure of, considered sinful? And does the Hadith, "Whoever interprets the Quran according to his own opinion, let him await his seat in Hellfire," apply to him?