Educational Series · 15 lessons
Masjid Al-IstiqamaThe Fiqh of Food and Drinks فقه الأطعمة والأشربة Teacher: Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan, Abu Sulaymaan Sources: Various books and resources from the people of knowledge Class Recordings: https://torontodawah.com/class-the-fiqh-of-food-and-drinks-faisal-ibn-abdul-qaadir-ibn-hassan/ Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fiqh-of-food-and-drinks--6156305 Sessions 001 - 015 Topics Covered: The Fiqh Of Food And Drinks Session 001: Introduction To Eating Halal • Introduction • Importance of eating halal and harms of haram food Session 002: Categories Of Food & Types Of Animals • Categories of food (halal, haram, doubtful) • How do we know if something is haram? • Types of animals (land, water, both land and water) • Origin is that everything is halal unless there is a text • Animals with fangs or claws (that it hunts with) are haram to eat • Things that are haram to kill • Can we eat insects? • Can you eat animals that eat najasah? Session 003: Land & Sea Animals • Can you eat a mule (half horse half donkey)? • Principal that any animal born from one of the parents being haram to eat is also haram • All water animals are halal including dead ones • Ruling of boiling lobsters alive • Ruling of animals that live on both land and sea Session 004: Conditions Of Slaughter • Summary of animals that are haram to eat • Ruling of slaughtering land animals • Conditions of slaughter • Conditions for the one doing the slaughter Session 005: Conditions Of Slaughter Continued • Conditions of slaughter continued • Conditions of the one preforming the slaughter • Conditions for the tools of slaughter • How to perform the Islamic slaughter • The ruling on Machine Slaughter & stunning animals Session 006: Meat Of Ahlul-Kitab • Origin of slaughtered meat (what to do when doubtful?) • How do we determine who slaughtered the meat? • Does the kitabi who slaughters have to say the tasmiyyah? • Can you do multiple slaughters with one tasmiyyah • Gassing Animals • Advise when following an opinion Session 007: Gelatine • Topics of : Gelatine, glycerol, glycerin, derivatives, collagen, non-meat animal derivatives • Meat Gelatine sources: (cow) bovine gelatine, (pig) porcine, and chicken gelatine, • Other Gelatine sources: fish based, plant based - aggar • Principal of istihalah and istihlaak • Gelatine in soaps, candies, foods, shampoos etc. • Gelatine in medicines and pill capsules (continued in Session 008) Session 008: Rennet & Cheese • Continuation of gelatine in pill capsules • Rennet and the ruling on cheese • Pepsin Enzymes • Whey powder • Microbial rennet Session 009: Enzymes • L-cysteine • Lecithin • Principal of qalilun najasaat (little bit of impurities) • Lipase Session 010: Additives & Dye • Mono and Diglycerides • Additives • Principal of public predicament (umoom al balwah) • Principal of istihlak • E-120/carmine/cocahino beetle (red food dye) • Types of alcohol • Soaps with animal fats • Ethanol and Methanol Session 011: Alcohols & Vanilla Extract • Alcohol used for cooking • Alcohol used as a preservative • Alcohol as a solvent - Vanilla Extract • Ruling of using mouthwash with alcohol Session 012: Vinegars • Types of vinegars • Balsamic vinegar • Wine vinegar • Sugar alcohol • Soy sauce Session 013: Miscellaneous Ingredients • Rice wine vinegar • Sushi • Nutmeg • Ruling of Intoxicants vs narcotics • Saffron • Instant noodles with artificial meat flavours • Mushrooms grown through najasaat • Ruling of buying catfood or other animal food that may contain dead meat • Yeast • Energy drinks/sodas • GMO foods Session 014: Cross Contamination • How are impurities transferred? • Cooking halal meat on the same grill as pork • Frying halal food in the same oil as haram food • Asking for an clean
