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ummah i know its a bit long but i was sent this and wanted to know what you all thought. :? After a detailed investigation it has been proven beyond any doubt
>that Coke and other cooldrinks are HARAAM for Muslim consumption.
> > > All of the facts gathered during my investigation are found herewith
>including overwhelming proof from a previous investigation conducted by the
>Mujlisul Ulama of South Africa.
> > > This subsequently led to the Mujlisul Ulama declaring COKE HARAAM in
>the early 80's. The UTUSAN KONSUMER declared it HARAAM in 1984 on a
>thorough investigation of its own.
> > > COKE was given a court order by the Indian government to reveal its
>secret recipe but chose to rather pull out of the country than to disclose
>its covert formula.
> > > Since its inception COKE has ignored two court orders to reveal its
>true contents.
> > > The original recipe for COKE is at this point in time locked up in a
>bank vault in the USA.
> > > · At any one time only the Head Chemist at Coca Cola knows the true
>contents of COKE. The formula has been passed down from Head Chemist to his
>predecessor over the years as the Head Chemists have retired.
> > > From all the proof gathered and put together it is astounding how this
>product could ever have been declared HALAAL.
> > > I had personally been abstaining for a year as I had previously had
>doubt and it was therefore better for me to abstain for the sake of TAQWA,
>but it is now a confirmed certitude that COKE is HARAAM and it is now my
>Islamic duty to abstain.
> > > The Contents of COKE
> > > The Secret recipe of COKE as per a formulary book that belonged to
>John Pemberton who invented Coca-Cola 107 years ago. The recipe included
>citrate caffeine, extract of vanilla, seven flavoring oils, fluid extract
>of coca (cocaine), citric acid, lime juice, sugar, water, caramel and
>alcohol. Evidently the cocaine was removed in 1903. Coca-Cola continues to
>dominate the scene after 107 years, and the profits from the sale of it
>have been enormous.is as follows:
> > > Merchandise #1 Sugar
> > > Merchandise #2 Caramel
> > > Merchandise #3 Caffeine
> > > Merchandise #4 Phosphoric Acid
> > > Merchandise #5 Coca leaf and Cola nut Extract (20% Alcohol)
> > > Merchandise #6 Was Lime juice, but was incorporated into Merchandise
>#7X as an oil
> > > Merchandise #7X Flavouring mixture (see below)
> > > Merchandise #8 Vanilla
> > > Merchandise #9 Glycerine, but apparently no longer used
> > > Table: The Secret Recipe of Coca-Cola
> > > The Secret Flavourant Merchandise #7X is made up as follows:
> > > 1 oz (28.35 grams) Citrate Caffeine 3 oz (85.05 grams) Citric Acid
> > > 1 oz (28.35 grams) Extract Vanilla 1 Qt Lime Juice
> > > 2.5 oz (70.88 grams) Flavouring 30 lbs Sugar
> > > 4 oz (113.4 grams) F.E.Coco 2.5 gal (11.365 litres) Water
> > > Caramel sufficient
> > > FLAVOURING
> > > 80 Oil Orange 40 Oil Cinnamon
> > > 120 Oil Lemon 20 Oil Coriander
> > > 40 Oil Nutmeg 40 Oil Neroil
> > > 1 Qt Alcohol (95%)
> > > DIRECTIONS
> > > Mix Caffeine Acid and Lime Juice 1 Qt. Boiling water add vanilla and
>flavouring when cool.
> > > Let stand for 24 hours
> > > THE FACTS
> > > 1. Vanilla Extract (Not synthetic) is HARAAM (see attached
>proof)
> > > 2. Ethanol is HARAAM (see attached proof)
> > > 3. Alcohol is used in the preparation of the secret formula
>called 7X as part of the flavouring (95% Alcohol) - HARAAM
> > > 4. Glycerine that is used in the Formula 7X and also in the
>main recipe is HARAAM. (NB. Glycerine is claimed to not be used in the main
>recipe anymore)
> > > 5. Alcohol is used in the reparation of the Kola leaf and Kola
>nut mixture (20% Alcohol) - HARAAM
> > > Recipe for VANILLA EXTRACT:
> > > 2 Whole vanilla beans
> > > 1 ½ c Vodka or Brandy
> > > ½ c Water
> > > 1 c Granulated sugar
> > > There are various recipes for Vanilla Extract from different resources
>but this is the most common recipe. Apart from synthetic Vanilla Extract
>all recipes for Vanilla Extract contain alcohol, either Brandy or Vodka in
>most cases.
> > > VANILLA EXTRACT has been overlooked and not been investigated before
>today, not even by the Mujlisul Ulama or the Utusan Konsumer in their
>respective investigations.
> > > With regards to ETHANOL below is the following Webster's dictionary
>definition of ETHANOL:
> > > Main Entry: eth a nol
> > > Prounciation: 'e-th&-"nOl, British also 'E-
> > > Function: noun
> > > Date: 1900
> > > : a colorless volatile flammable liquid C2H5OH that is the
>INTOXICATING AGENT in liquors and is also used as a solvent - called also
>ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol
> > > (Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, Tenth Edition)
> > > Almost all cooldrinks manufactured today contain ethanol since ethanol
>is used as a dissolving media for most flavourants.
> > > COKE and SPARLETTA amongst others have admitted to having used ethanol
>in their flavouring essence.
> > > The reasoning that Ethanol is not KHAMR as professed by many scholars
>is pure deception by shaitaan and the kuffaar.
> > > The first declaration made by Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)
>concerning this matter was that not only is wine prohibited but that the
>definition of KHAMR extends to any substance which intoxicates, in whatever
>form or under whatever name it may appear. Thus, for example, beer and
>similar drinks are HARAAM.
> > > Our beloved Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) was once asked about
>certain drinks made from honey, corn, or barley by the process of
>fermenting them until they became alcoholic. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi
>wasallam), blessed as he was with the best of speech, replied succinctly:
> > > "Every intoxicant is KHAMR and every KHAMR is HARAAM."
> > > And Hadhrat Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) declared from the pulpit of
>Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam): "KHAMR is that which befogs the
>mind."
> > > From the above it is evident that ETHANOL is beyond any doubt HARAAM
>despite what our deceived brothers choose to believe.
> > > GLYCERINE which has already been declared Haraam by the Jamiatul Ulama
>is included in COKE in two forms. It is firstly used in the Vanilla Extract
>as a means to "fix" the aroma of the flavouring. It is also used in the
>main recipe as a preservative although there are claims that it is not used
>any more.
> > > The Flavouring part of Merchandise #7X is made up of 95% ALCOHOL
>together with Lemon, orange, lime, cassia and nutmeg oils mixed together.
> > > Islam takes an uncompromising stand in prohibiting intoxicants,
>regardless of whether the amount is little or much. If an individual
>permitted to take but a single step along this road, other steps follow; he
>starts walking and then running, and does not stop at any stage. This is
>why our beloved Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
> > > "Of that which intoxicates in a large amount, a small amount is
>HARAAM."
> > > And again:
> > > "If a bucketful intoxicates, a sip of it is HARAAM."
> > > In connection with alcohol, Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)
>cursed ten categories of people saying:
> > > "Truly, Allah has cursed KHAMR and has cursed the one who produces it,
>the one for whom it is produced, the one who drinks it, the one who serves
>it, the one who carries it, the one for whom it is carried, the one who
>sells it, the one who earns from the sale of it, the one who buys it, and
>the one for whom it is bought."
> > > When the above verse of Surah al-Maaidah was revealed, Rasulullah
>(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) announced:
> > > "Truly, Allah has prohibited KHAMR. Therefore, whoever hears this
>verse and possesses some of this substance should neither drink it nor sell
>it."
> > > The narrator of the Hadith says: "The people brought forth whatever
>they possessed of it and poured it out in the streets of Madinah."
> > > Islam's stand in prohibiting alcohol and blocking all avenues which
>lead to drinking is very clear and unequivocal.
> > > The Arab's during the period of jaahiliyyah were very fond of wine and
>drinking parties. To eradicate this pervasive evil from society, Allah
>Ta'ala adopted a wise course of education and training, prohibiting it in
>measured stages. First, He made it clear to them that the harm of drinking
>wine is greater than its benefit; next, He told them not to come to Salaat
>while intoxicated; and finally, He revealed the verse in Surah al-Maaidah
>which prohibited it totally and decisively:
> > > "O you who believe! Truly, intoxicants and gambling and divination by
>arrows are an abomination of shaitaans' doing; avoid it in order that you
>may be successful. Assuredly shaitaan desires to sow enmity and hatred
>among you with intoxicants and gambling, and to hinder you from remembrance
>of Allah and from Salaat. Will you not then desist?"
> > > The response of the Muslims to these verses was remarkable indeed. At
>the time some people were drinking, with partly-filled cups in their hands.
>As soon as they heard someone announcing: "Wine has indeed been
>prohibited.", they poured the remaining drinks upon the ground and broke
>the big clay pots in which other drinks were being fermented.
> > > May Allah give us the strength to give up something we love and enjoy,
>something that has become a part of our daily life. May Allah give us the
>strength to give it up just as the Muslims of those times gave up wine and
>drinking parties solely for the pleasure of Allah.
> > > I wish to stress that mere academic knowledge of the HALAAL and
>HARAAM, and of the limits of these is not sufficient. Although the major
>sins and principle obligations are known to every Muslim, nonetheless, we
>find a great many of them indulging in these sins and neglecting those
>obligations, and rushing toward the Fire with their eyes wide open.
> > > If the Muslim is well-versed in the knowledge of his religion and its
>Shariah, and at the same time possesses a fully alert conscience which
>safeguards the limits so that they cannot be overstepped, he is indeed rich
>in all goodness. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) spoke the truth
>when he said:
> > > "When Allah intends good for a person, He makes his own soul a watcher
>over him."
> > > Just as Islam has prohibited whatever leads toward the HARAAM, it has
>also prohibited resorting to technical legalities in order to do what is
>HARAAM by devious means and excuses inspired by shaitaan. It has
>reprimanded the Jews for resorting to such practices. Rasulullah
>(sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
> > > "Do not do what the Jews did in order to (technically) leaglise
>Allah's prohibitions by flimsy excuses."
> > > This is a reference to the fact that Allah had prohibited the Jews to
>hunt on the Sabbath (Saturday). To get around this prohibition they would
>dig ditches on Friday so that the fish would fall into them on Saturday, to
>be caught on Sunday. Those who resort to rationalisations to justify their
>actions consider such practices to be permissible, but the jurists of Islam
>consider them HARAAM, since Allah's purpose was to prevent them from
>hunting on the Sabbath, whether by direct or indirect means.
> > > Calling a HARAAM thing by a name other than its own or changing its
>form while retaining its essence is a devious tactic, since obviously a
>change of name or of form is of no consequence as long as thing and essence
>remain unchanged. Thus, when some people invent new terms in order to deal
>in usury or to consume alcohol, the sin of dealing in usury and drinking
>remains. As we read in the collections of Ahadith
> > > "A group of people will make peoples' intoxication HALAAL by giving it
>other names.
> > > A time will come when people will devour usury, calling it "trade"."
> > > And among the strange phenomena of our time is that people term
>obscene dance "art", liquor "preservatives", and usury "interest".
> > > In all its legislation and moral injunctions, Islam lays great stress
>on nobility of feelings, loftiness of aims, and purity of intentions.
>Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:
> > > "Actions will be judged by intentions, and everyone will be
>recompensed according to what he intended."
> > > I conclude with the following supplication, which has come to us from
>the early Muslims:
> > > O Allah, make us independent of HARAAM with HALAAL and of disobedience
>to You with obedience to You.
> > > All praise is for Allah Ta'ala, Who guided us to this; had He not
>given us guidance, we could not have been guided.
> > > Kamran...
