Do Muslims use toilet paper?
Yes, Muslims use toilet paper, but it is recommended to use water as well, as this ensures maximum cleansing of the bowels.
Surahs (and Ayah) you should be reading
Undoubtedly we should all be reding the Quran cover to cover and take from it every day. But sometimes there are moments when you’re in the mosque, or feeling full of Imaan or want to pray for a beloved one. Let’s look at some of the Ayahs/Surahs you can recite.
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Do Muslims eat bacon?
Bacon is not allowed for Muslims to eat in any form. This also includes wearing materials made from pig leather or eating bread which contains pig hair.
Is Halal Gelatine Vegetarian?
Halal Gelatine is not necessarily suitable for vegetarians as Muslims can eat gelatine from cattle, but require the animal to be slaughtered according to Islamic principles.
Is Squid halal?
Squid are not from the fish species. According to Britannica.com, “Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates of the phylum Mollusca, usually wholly or partly enclosed in a calcium carbonate shell secreted by a soft mantle covering the body.”
Are Scallops halal?
Scallops may refer to the seafood, or a thin potato slice fried in batter or a thin potato slice paired with some fish (cod/haddock) in batter. Consider the images below.
Are Prawns and Shrimp halal?
There are a multitude of opinions in the Hanafi School, these vary based on whether prawns and shrimp are considered fish or not, biologically and/or colloquially. You can read more on Seafood Fiqh here first.
The fiqh ruling of Seafood in Islam
The Islamic Understanding of Seafood according to the four schools of thought.
Is Octopus halal?
Octopuses are not from the fish species.
This includes Clams, Mussels, Oysters, Scallops, Octopus and Squid.
Considering Octopus is not a fish they will be considered haram under the Hanafi School.
Are Scampi, Crab and Lobster halal?
Lobster and Crab are not from the fish species from a family of large marine crustaceans. Therefore, they will be considered haram under the Hanafi School.
Is Turtle halal?
Turtles and Tortoises are reptiles and all reptiles are considered haram according to Hanafi, Shafi and Hanbali schools. Maliki school of thought views that all the non-poisonous/hazardous land and marine animals are Halal to consume (except for what is expressly forbidden). You can read more on Seafood Fiqh here.
Are Frogs halal?
It is not permitted to eat them because the Prophet ﷺ forbade killing them, as is reported in the hadith of ‘Abd al-Rahmaan ibn ‘Uthmaan, who said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the killing of frogs. (Narrated by Imaam Ahmad and Ibn Maajah; see also Saheeh al-Jaami, 6970). The rule is that everything which we are forbidden to kill, we are not allowed to eat; if we are allowed to eat it we are allowed to kill it.
Is Shushi Halal?
Sushi is often said to be raw fish, but it is in fact a way to prepare rice with fish as an accompaniment. You can see from the picture below there are various type, each with different names. Shashimi is the only one without rice, it is small thin slices of fish.
Are Sharks and Whales Halal?
We can also conclude that:
If a non-fish sea creature was considered as a fish by the early Arabs, then we will consider it as a fish, e.g. a Whale.
If a non-fish sea creature was unknown or never mentioned by the early Arab community then we will either use Analogy or we will use a modern biologically definition, i.e. we will say it is not a fish biologically therefore haram.
If the sea creature is a fish, regardless of size or predatory nature, it will be halal.
Halal and Haram List: Hanafi School
Here we consider the basic principles of permissibility and impermissibility in the Hanafi School with regards to animal consumption, as mentioned in the classical books of Hanafi jurisprudence. (Culled from: al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya, 5/289-291, Bada’i al-Sana’i, 5/35-39 and Radd al-Muhtar, 304-308)