# IslamHood

> Islam in the house: pantry labels, kitchen-table zakat, the neighbour you can give to. Sourced from published scholarly positions and certification bodies. Not a fatwa. Tools run in the browser and do not upload what you type.

## The name

- Hood means the household and the block you can walk, not a mosque map.
- Contact: hello@islamhood.org

## Tools

- [Ingredient checker](https://islamhood.org/halal-ingredient-checker/) — common E-numbers; doubtful usually means unnamed source
- [Zakat calculator](https://islamhood.org/zakat-calculator/) — you type a live metal price; 2.5% on cash, crypto, trade goods

## Pantry

- [How to read a grocery label](https://islamhood.org/how-to-read-a-halal-grocery-label/)
- [Vanilla extract](https://islamhood.org/is-vanilla-extract-halal/)
- [Soy sauce](https://islamhood.org/is-soy-sauce-halal/)
- [Rennet in cheese](https://islamhood.org/is-rennet-in-cheese-halal/)
- [Gelatin in sweets](https://islamhood.org/gelatin-in-sweets-and-gummies/)
- [School lunch](https://islamhood.org/packed-school-lunch-halal/)
- [MSG](https://islamhood.org/is-msg-halal/)
- [Mouthwash and toothpaste](https://islamhood.org/is-mouthwash-and-toothpaste-halal/)
- [Carmine](https://islamhood.org/is-carmine-halal-or-haram/)
- [Carmine in cosmetics](https://islamhood.org/is-carmine-in-cosmetics-halal/)
- [Gelatin in medicine](https://islamhood.org/gelatin-in-medicine/)

## Table

- [Hawl](https://islamhood.org/what-is-hawl-lunar-year/)
- [Nisab](https://islamhood.org/nisab-threshold-explained/)
- [Gold jewellery](https://islamhood.org/zakat-on-gold-jewelry-you-wear/)
- [Salary](https://islamhood.org/zakat-on-salary/)
- [Stocks and retirement](https://islamhood.org/zakat-on-stocks-and-retirement-accounts/)
- [Crypto that lost value](https://islamhood.org/zakat-on-crypto-that-lost-value/)

## On the block

- [How to verify a mosque](https://islamhood.org/how-to-verify-a-mosque/)
- [Friday prayer as a visitor](https://islamhood.org/friday-prayer-as-a-visitor/)
- [Verify a restaurant](https://islamhood.org/halal-restaurants-how-to-verify/)
- [Butcher or supermarket](https://islamhood.org/butcher-vs-supermarket-halal-meat/)
- [What a listing cannot promise](https://islamhood.org/what-a-halal-listing-cannot-promise/)

## Among people

- [Family or neighbours](https://islamhood.org/can-i-give-zakat-to-family-or-neighbours/)
- [Neighbour or institution](https://islamhood.org/neighbour-vs-zakat-institution/)
- [Who can receive zakat](https://islamhood.org/who-is-eligible-to-receive-zakat/)
- [Zakat to a student](https://islamhood.org/can-i-give-zakat-to-a-student/)
- [Someone in debt](https://islamhood.org/zakat-to-someone-in-debt/)
- [A new Muslim](https://islamhood.org/giving-zakat-to-a-new-muslim/)
- [A non-Muslim neighbour](https://islamhood.org/can-i-give-zakat-to-a-non-muslim-neighbour/)
- [A mosque building](https://islamhood.org/can-zakat-pay-for-a-mosque-building/)
- [Unpaid zakat when someone dies](https://islamhood.org/unpaid-zakat-when-someone-dies/)
- [Zakat vs sadaqah](https://islamhood.org/zakat-vs-sadaqah-difference/)

## Site

- [Home](https://islamhood.org/)
- [About](https://islamhood.org/about/)
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