In the house
A household toolkit. Nothing here is a fatwa.
Updated 9 November 2026
Hood means the household and the street you can walk: Islam in the house you actually run, not a directory of mosques.
The block is not a map
We write how to verify a mosque, how to sit Friday prayer as a guest, and what a “halal near me” pin cannot promise. We will not staff a live directory. A listing we do not walk every week is a claim we would have to disclaim every week.
How we handle disagreement
Islamic scholarship differs on insect dyes, leftover alcohol in flavouring, which nisab metal to use, jewellery you wear, and when a salary joins the pot. Where that is true, we name both sides. Where it is broadly settled, we say that too. We do not invent a third rate to keep the title tidy.
Not a fatwa
Nothing on this site is a religious ruling. It is general information from published scholarly positions and recognised certification bodies, so you can ask your own scholar a sharper question. For anything that matters in your kitchen or your estate, ask them.
The tools
The ingredient checker and zakat calculator run in your browser. We do not receive your searches or your balances. The calculator will not invent a gold price or a jewellery line. Separately, we count visits with Umami, which sets no cookies, and the site shows ads served by Google; the privacy page explains both.
How the site pays for itself
Some pages may link to certified products or services, and the site may earn a commission if you buy. The note on the page does not change because of that. We do not sell rulings. The site also shows ads served by Google AdSense, and earns money when they are viewed or clicked. Ads and links do not change what a page says.
How we source
We start with the person or body that made the statement: a certifier's own standard, a food-law list, a published fatwa. Where a page names a position, it names who holds it. Where we could not find the primary text, the page says so. In November 2026 we checked every page against those sources, corrected the ones we could, and removed or rewrote those whose claims about products, certifiers or rulings we could not support. If you find a mistake, email the address below and we will correct the page.
Contact
Quick answers
- Are you a fatwa board?
- No. We write explainers. Ask a scholar you trust for your case.
- Why “Hood”?
- The household and the block you can walk. Pantry, table, neighbour, how-tos. Not a street map of mosques.
- Do you collect my zakat numbers?
- No. They stay in the browser.
General information, not a fatwa. Where scholars differ, we try to say so. For your situation, ask a scholar you trust.