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Ramadaan Fasting Tablet

Q: Is the Ramadan Fasting Tablet halal? http://www.halal.com/modules/index.php/products/productlist A: According to the Halal.com Magazine site you've cited, the product contains no chemicals or animal by-products. Therefore it should be Halal-suitable. The product purports to be certified Halal by the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA) but we could not locate it on IFANCA's …

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Ramadaan Fasting Tablet

Q: Is the Ramadan Fasting Tablet halal? http://www.halal.com/modules/index.php/products/productlist A: According to the Halal.com Magazine site you've cited, the product contains no chemicals or animal by-products. Therefore it should be Halal-suitable. The product purports to be certified Halal by the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA) but we could not locate it on IFANCA's …

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Fish and Other Seafood

Q: Can you explain why only fish is Halaal among sea food? A: A Hadeeth specifies two things that can be eaten without slaughtering. One of them is fish. This Hadeeth specifically mentions the word 'As Samak' which means fish. The Hanafi jurists, citing this Hadeeth, say that only that is Halaal for consumption from …

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Fish and Other Seafood

Q: Can you explain why only fish is Halaal among sea food? A: A Hadeeth specifies two things that can be eaten without slaughtering. One of them is fish. This Hadeeth specifically mentions the word 'As Samak' which means fish. The Hanafi jurists, citing this Hadeeth, say that only that is Halaal for consumption from …

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Marijuana for Asthma

Q: Is marijuana haram (prohibited) or makruh (disliked), because it is also used as a medicine for asthmatics? A: Marijuana is usually boiled and used for asthmatics and this will be permissible. The fresh leaves are boiled. It is not smoked as a cure for asthma. When smoked, it causes intoxication, and this is Haraam. …

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Marijuana for Asthma

Q: Is marijuana haram (prohibited) or makruh (disliked), because it is also used as a medicine for asthmatics? A: Marijuana is usually boiled and used for asthmatics and this will be permissible. The fresh leaves are boiled. It is not smoked as a cure for asthma. When smoked, it causes intoxication, and this is Haraam. …

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