Vegetarian

Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter. Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons.

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Vegetarian . Haram . Food . Sin

Was it considered a sin for me to consume the vegetarian cheese sandwich if I had concerns about potential cross-contamination with Haram food at the restaurant?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 2 years ago

No, it is not a sin to consume vegetarian food for any lawful reason. Those who claim that non vegetarian food is totally bad and don't consume it all, are doing sin because they denying Quranic verses to eat meat and the practices of the Prophet (SAWA) and his Ahlul Bayt (AS) who did eat meat.

'Wassalam.

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Vegetarian . Halal . Meat . Restaurant . Western Society . Cooking Oil . Food

Very often restaurants in the west fry their vegetarian products in the same oil as non-halal meat products. Is it okay to eat? If we don't know if this takes place, are we required to ask at each restaurant?

Seyed Ali Shobayri, Seyed Ali Shobayri is of mixed Iranian and Scottish descent who found the path of the Ahlul Bayt (a) by his own research. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University through the... Answered 3 years ago

Bismillah,

If one knows that a product is fried with non-halal meat, then it would become najis (impure) and haram to eat. If one didn't know then there is no sin upon them.

May Allah grant you success

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Vegetarian . Food . Najis

Is vegetarian food cooked by a non-Muslim allowed to be eaten or is it considered Najis?

It is not necessary to take it as Najis unless you are sure that food was touched with wetness by a Najis hands. Food cooked with out been touched or by wearing gloves is not Najis.

Wassalam.

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Vegetarian

Is it permissible to choose to become a vegetarian?

Amina Inloes, Amina Inloes is originally from the US and has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter on Shi'a hadith. She is the program leader for the MA Islamic Studies program at the... Answered 5 years ago

Yes

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Vegetarian . Food . Muslims

Am I allowed to eat vegetarian food obtained from a non-Muslim? Does it make a difference if the non-Muslim prepared and cooked it?

Zaid Alsalami, Shaykh Dr Zaid Alsalami is an Iraqi born scholar, raised in Australia. He obtained a BA from Al-Mustafa University, Qom, and an MA from the Islamic College in London. He also obtained a PhD from... Answered 6 years ago

Bismihi ta'ala

This would depend on a few things:

1. The fatwa of your Marja' taqleed, regarding Ahlul Kitab being tahir or not.

2. The non-Muslim being from Ahlul Kitab, or not.

3. Whether they are wearing gloves, or if there is any cross-contamination.

Wassalam

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Restaurant . Meat . Vegetarian . Pizza . Oven . Cooking Oil . French Fries

Is eating vegetarian pizza permitted from a restaurant in the US keeping in view that the same oven was used for meat pizza's? And what about french fries given that the oil used may have been used with meat products?

Bismihi ta'ala

In these mentioned cases, cross-contamination with najasah would make the food najis as well, and therefore haram to eat.

Unless you know that the common process in these restaurants is that they wash the pizza pan, change gloves, wash the knife, and so on. You can ask them these questions, and you can ask that the pizza not be cut, to avoid contamination from najasah.

As for using the same oven, that would not be a problem, because the pizza is put on a pan and then in the oven. If a pan is not used, then this is when there would be a problem.

In regards to french fries, or "chips", not only must the oil itself be halal, it must not have been used for cooking anything non-halal that is najis.

The oil must not be animal based, so it should be vegetable oil. What is cooked in it must not be najis, like meat that has not been Islamically slaughtered. However, if it is not halal to eat, but tahir, then there would not be a problem, like non-halal sea food. This is something you will experience in a fish and chips shop, where they might cook fish that does not have scales, or maybe even crab, in the same oil as the chips, or halal fish. In this case there is no problem, as long as there are no pieces of that food sticking to the food that you are going to eat.

And Allah knows best.