Regarding food is halal or not
Category: Islam
Question
Asked by DARUL IFTA-DQA · Answered 28 June 2026
I am a Masters student in Taiwan, I want to ask you that in our university cafeteria there are haram restaurant along with a halal authorized restaurant (certified by Chinese Muslim Association). Recently I have noticed that the plates, spoon and chopsticks are washed in a common dishwasher where haram plates, spoon are also washed. •Is it permissible to consume food in that common washed plate • What is procedure to paak a steel plate and crockery.
Answer
Answer ID: 183138----(Fatwa: 303/243/B=3/1443)
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
If water accumulates in a normal dishwasher and both clean and unclean plates are washed in it, then all those plates become napak (impure). It is not permissible for Muslims to eat in such a plate, and if they wash it separately with the pressure of tap, i.e., they wash it with clean water, then those plates are pure. You can eat halal food in it.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India