Food & Drink

Question: Assalaamu Alaikum Please advise on the use of nutmeg in food as a spice. There are a lot of contradicting fatwas on it. Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. Nutmeg (جوزة الطيب) is the spice made by grinding the …

Question: Salaam What is the Islamic ruling on being a vegetarian? Is a Muslim allowed to be a vegetarian? Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. If one is naturally inclined to eating vegetarian dishes or vegetarian dishes agree with one’s …

Question: Assalamu Alaykum wrwb, in regards to prawns and clamari, ( i follow hanafi fiqh). We spoke with an alim who advised some syrian hanafi ulema allow the eating of all seafood. Can i please have some clarity if this is permissable? I have contemplated changing madhabs to shafee fiqh …

Question: What’s the masail of buying a fish from a non Muslim for a hanafi As I have heard wen buying u should know if it was alive at the time it came out from the lake .                        This was not understandable to me Wen I heard Answer: In the …

Question: i am running a small boutique hotel . i don’t serve alcohol or provide. the question is if the guest staying at the hotel gets his own drink & consumes it inside his room. would it be alright for me. earlier i started with not allowing anyone having it …

Question: I have a question regarding the alcohol content in cooking spray. Fry light 1 cal Olive Oil cooking spray contains alcohol in it’s ingredients and although the alcohol content is minimal I have doubts whether it is permissible or not. On the companies website, this is stated: The ingredients …