Halal means allowed or permitted, and haram means forbidden.
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Soaking or scalding slaughtered chicken in hot water to ease plucking
In the chicken slaughter houses all over my country, you have the option to soak slaughtered chicken in hot water to ease plucking, or have them skinned without soaking and plucking. The butcher will ...
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another question about smoking is halal or haram [closed]
I know this title may be edited after sometime but please if you think to change it then before doing this read the whole question
While in searching that is smoking haram i found this answer. ...
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Halal or Haram income sources
Assalamu Alaikum!
I am working in a company other than Purchasing Dept. In short if instead of giving my due increment, my immediate management gives me chance to deal with the suppliers to buy ...
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Haram and halal parts of a slaughtered animal
Peace,
Which part of a slaughtered animal is halal and which part is haram?
A Few people say that tongue is halal and a few say tongue is haram. Also, contradiction on other parts like small ...
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Is something being not Halal means it is Haram?
Actually, this came to me when I was watching some shieks talking about music status in Islam, and referring to the famous hadith that says:
There will be a group of my people who will make ...
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Is alcohol haram or not recommended?
I understand that the common concept is that alcohol is is acceptable in islam, however I am struggling to see how we consider it 'haram' considering the phrases used in the quran.
... Indeed, ...
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Recreational killing of animal
There are two types of hunting, first is for food, second is recreational. Nowadays mostly hunting is recreational (unless you live in a very remote area). I want to know if there is any reference ...
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Are raffles halaal or haraam? (Shia view please)
Recently I saw a Shia mosque holding a fund raising raffle ticket competition where the winner would get a fully paid for umrah trip.
What is a raffle?
Wikipedia - A raffle is a gambling ...
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Is Kangaroo meat halal?
Assalamu Alaikum brothers. I am confused about Halal and Haram animals. I know some common halal animals like cow, goat, chicken etc. But I don't know the general rule of which animals are Halal or ...
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Praying Sunnah before Salat Al Asr
I know that it is Sunna to pray 4 Rak'at before Salat Al Asr, however can we pray them after the Eqama or must they be after the Azan and before the Eqama?
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Are products which offer a chance for free gifts permissible?
Marketers often lure customers with special offers on products, allowing consumers to win prizes by luck. For example, lucky gold coins in detergent powder or chances to win a holiday with "XYZ" ...
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Promoting web hosting providers
Salam.
I have a website for promoting web hosting services to host websites (myhostoffer.com).If a visitor on my website click on a link and purchase a service then i will get comission for that!
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Where does it say that what is halal cannot be mixed with that which is haraam?
I'm looking for the source of the hadith quoted in this fatwa. Translated, it means:
ASN and ASB are involved in investments that mixes that which is syaria' compliant and that which is not ...
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What is standard Islam practice regarding religious authority figures?
Take for example Catholicism. They have the Pope, their highest leader. He is said to be infallible; he cannot say anything about religion or its practice that is wrong; anything he says about ...
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Is smoking marijuana haraam?
While there's controversy about whether marijuana causes long term effects, let's assume that the long term damage is no different than eating fatty foods or sugary drinks. It's clearly less harmful ...
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Is this type of software development halal?
I got a job in a company where they develop software for payment gateway like PayPal(not PayPal).
Is it halal to develop software like these.
IT professionals and those who know about payment ...
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Shares in company which manufactures non haraam products
If I become a partial owner of a company via investment, i.e. I buy 100 shares in a company which gives me 1% ownership. If the company sells non haraam products, i.e. metal, but has a loan on which ...
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What is grave worship? and what is considered so?
I've heard that going to graveyards and performing worship in front of the deads is forbidden, and is called "grave worship". Is that true?
What is grave worship? what actions and situations are ...
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Gelatin capsules from pig ash \ bones
We read in the quran that the flesh of swine is impermissible(occurs four times elsewhere in Quran)
“He has forbidden you only the Maytah (dead animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine, ...”
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Is renting gold haraam or halaal?
Where I say property, I mean, something physical which has value. If the islamic definition of rent-able property is different, please let me know.
If I have property in the form of a house, I ...
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Why is pork more strictly haram than blood?
Pork (pig meat) is forbidden as many times in the Quran as blood is (2:173, 5:3, 6:145, 16:115). Under that, I'd assume that blood is just as forbidden as pork.
However, Muslims are very picky about ...
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Is Democracy a kind of Shirk?
By popular understanding Democracy means the government of the people for the people and by the people,therefore in a democratic government the MPs make the laws but Allah said He does not allow ...
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What does ما ملكت ايمانهم (What their right hands possesses) mean? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What does “right hand possess” mean?
The Quran clearly states that to be a muslim one must not enslave one another.(Q 3:64).
Hence, it is contradictory to assume that ...
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What is بغاء Bigha or بغيا Baghiyya? Does it always imply prostitution/sexual wanting?
There are lots of reference of the terms بغاء Bigha or بغيا Baghiyya in the Quran.
It touches on fundamental aspect of the deen/belief system/belief contract, such as marriage, sexuality, some even ...
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What can one do when one is married but loves someone else?
While some other religions have less attention to the borders of family, and so most of non-Mulsim men kan shake hand or kiss other women (the same for women), Islam has stronger laws to save borders ...
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What is the wisdom behind the prohibition of creating portraits? (Sunni View)
Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah
(sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) visited me after returning from a
journey, and I had a shelf with a thin cloth curtain ...
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Refering to Allah (SWT) as “him”?
I was watching a khutba on youtube and the Imam referred to Allah (SWT) as "him". If you need a context to go with this the sentence was, "Allah (SWT) doesn't need us, we need him." I sometimes feel ...
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Lobsters and crabs, halal or haram due to boiling alive?
I just read a question that asks if eel is halal and it reminded me of something I always wondered about. Lobsters and crabs are boiled alive when cooked. That means it's haram to eat them right? I ...
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Do any schools consider eel haram, and why?
Given that eel is clearly a water animal, one would think that it would fall under the general ruling of the hadith wherein the sea's water is pure and its dead is permissible. However, I clearly ...
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Long term loans in Islam
I have a series of questions about islamic loans. My first question is this:
If person 1 loans 100k to person 2 and creates a contract which states that the agreed payback date is 25 years from now. ...
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Is it Haram for States in the Arabian penisula (& Bangladesh) to legitimise 3-year overseas worker contracts?
Many States in the Arabian Peninsula use their muslim brothers from Bangladesh on 3-year rolling contracts with a six month break to return to their families. Many of these men are married. This tears ...
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Is playing with backgammon Haram?
There is a hadith from Burayda by Imam Muslim in his Sahih,
"Whoever plays Backgammon is as one who dipped his hand in swine's blood".
I gather from this that, games of chance & playing with ...
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Why is halal/haram important to Muslims?
Why do Muslims place so much emphasis on halal/haram?
Just perusing some of the questions on this site, people are wondering about food, trading, gambling, musical instruments, ...
Is it possible to ...
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Is wind and string instruments haram to make, listen to, and play?
I will like to know where I can find the Hadith in which wind and string instruments are prohibited in, and is it authentic? What is the reason for this prohibition? I heard from somewhere that it ...
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Is orthodontic work halal?
Quote taken from this question:
Allah has cursed those women who ... create a space between their teeth artificially to look beautiful
From the above quote, it seems that cosmetic orthodontic ...
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Intention + haraam financing = halaal financing? (Sunni view)
I understand that Sunni's consider all forms of Riba to be haraam, including riba based financing such as mortgages.
I also understand that Shia based scholars consider riba to be haraam, but ...
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Is a Muslim man allowed to shake hand with a non-Muslim woman or vice versa?
There are many cases, specially for the Muslims living in non-Muslim countries, that a non-Muslim woman draws her hand towards a Muslim man to greet him with shaking hands, or a non-Muslim man tries ...
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Is Riba Haram? (Shia View)
According to sunni's riba is haraam, i.e. interest received or given to anyone at any time including to the bank, people, friends, relatives, for house mortgage payments etc etc.
Do Shia's have the ...
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marrying the boy who i loved is acceptable or not?
A Muslim girl loves a Muslim boy, knowing it is haram in Islam, and also a big sin. If they get married will their sins be forgiven?
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Are aphrosidacs in perfume permissible?
There are some perfumes that use pheromones and musk, with the intention of making members of the opposite sex chemically attracted to the perfume user. Are these permissible? I think it goes under ...
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Haraam or Halal? - Coke and Pepsi contain 0.001% Alcohol
According to Daily Mail:
"Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain minute traces of alcohol, scientific
research published in France has revealed."
"They suggest that the alcohol levels are as low as ...
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Is downloading mp3 halal? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where does Islam stand in Internet Piracy?
This is a very common question. Is Anything illegal by laws haram?
Mp3 is one issue. Downloading illegal mp3 is strictly ...
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Alcohol in perfumes?
I've viewed a few websites in search of an answer to this, trying to answer my friends question. I can't find a definitive answer to this question however; some people say it is strictly forbidden, ...
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Are competitions haram?
I've heard that all contests and competitions that have prize money are haram.
The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: No contest is allowed except in swordplay or horse or camel ...
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Ruling on covering the tooth with gold or silver?
Is it good or permissible for a pilgrim after his pilgrimage to change or cover one's tooth with gold or silver metal?
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Are all vegetarian products Halal?
Can Muslims safely consider all vegetarian products as Halal?
If not then what are the things that are required to be looked at carefully before purchasing such products?
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What is Mubahala?
What is Mubahala?
Is it permitted by the Sharee'ah?
What is evidence of using it, from Qur'an and authentic hadeeth?
What are the conditions associated with its permissible usage?
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Is leather haram if the animal dies a haram way?
I am wondering whether leather is halal or haram if the animal dies or is killed in the wrong way? I got a couch that was made of leather, I took it but I did not want it in the house or to be sat on ...
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Is Azan allowed to be recited for any social purpose?
In my village, Azan is recited to help people wake up for Sahri in the time of Ramadan. Is such a practice allowed? Generally speaking, is it allowed to use Azan PUBLICLY for as a signal?
Note that I ...
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Is this allowed to bribe when I am forced?
I am trying to accomplish a task for me. A person is assigned to verify me but unfortunately s/he is asking to give them some cost (to be clear, bribe).
Is this kind of bribe allowed for the one who ...
