Ingredients and Additives
83 questions
Are creams that are not removed by water except with soap considered a barrier to Wudu', and is it permissible to eat food if it contained alcohol that has evaporated, and is it obligatory to verify the type of alcohol used in its production?
Is working as a tour guide for foreigners who drink alcohol and receiving a commission from shops considered unlawful (haram)?
Are methyl alcohol, propylene alcohol, cetyl alcohol, and cetearyl alcohol intoxicants, and does "intoxicating alcohol" refer only to ethyl alcohol or ethanol, especially since these types of alcohol are ingredients in many creams, medical preparations, and foods?
Does the prayer become invalid if alcohol from another person's perfume splashes onto one, and does moral impurity necessitate repeating ablution or invalidate the prayer, or is it a sin in itself?
Is using a cream containing alcohol on the hands, with the possibility of some of it entering the mouth while eating, considered like drinking alcohol, given that I follow the fatwa that permits the use of alcohol in things other than eating and drinking?
What is the ruling on Western foods such as Italian pizza and Indian food? Are these foods considered an imitation of disbelievers, taking into account the words of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, "Differ from the disbelievers," and knowing that the intention of eating is not for imitation but to try different foods?
What is the ruling on selling goods associated with non-Islamic religious holidays, such as Christmas and Halloween, and selling other goods like condoms, cigarettes, lottery tickets, certain types of medicine that contain alcohol, sweets that may contain prohibited ingredients, and toothpaste, given that the customers are non-Muslims?
What is the ruling on purchasing nutritional supplements from the United States, about which there is doubt regarding their permissibility or their containing pork fat or alcohol, until their suitability for Muslims is verified, and then consuming them?
Is it obligatory to dispose of earthenware pots upon which drops of alcohol have fallen, or is washing them sufficient, and how so?
What is the ruling on eating the meat of a sheep or a lamb, or any animal permissible to eat, if it drank alcohol until it became intoxicated?
Is it forbidden to sit with one's Christian wife and her family while they are drinking alcohol in Ramadan, without partaking in it oneself, for fear that she might demand a divorce and gain custody of the children?