Mashallah Shaykh Habib Ali al Jifri speaks very well and attacks some of the behaviour and mentality of the wahabis.

I feel that this subject is very important so I have listed below non permitted E Numbers for you to look out for

Food additives are added to food to make it safer, keep it longer, stop the growth of bacteria, mould, and stop food going stale. They also aid processing as emulsifiers, raising agents, preservatives and improve food in terms of colour, taste, texture and nutritional value. Additives increase the variety of food available to consumers keeping prices down, allowing safe delivery of food to urban populated areas and create alternatives to traditional food like meat substitutes for meat, low fat products for butter and yoghurt and sugar free drinks for diabetics. The ‘E’ numbers were introduced to make it easier for EEC countries to come to a uniform system of regulating the additives industry.

The E Numbers are divided into 9 categories

Permitted Colours Numbers 100-180

Preservatives Numbers 200-290

Permitted Anti-oxidants Numbers 300-321

Emulsifiers and Stabilisers Numbers 322-494

Sweeteners Numbers 420-421

Solvents Numbers 422

Mineral Hydrocarbons Numbers 905-907

Modified Starches Numbers 1400-1442

Miscellaneous Additives Numbers 170-927

The use of additives is strictly controlled by law. They may not be used in food unless they are on a approved Government supervised list, proving their safe and effective usage. Once approved by the EC it is then given an ‘E’ number and is constantly monitored by local Government and the EEC. EEC directives require all food to list ingredients of the various products used because additives being so complicated by way of understanding leave alone pronouncing would have ingredients look like a chemist’s dictionary. We are publishing a list of numbers, some of which are Haraam and some of which are doubtful, because of its doubtful nature Muslims have to refrain from them as well.

E120 Cochineal (Carmine of Cochineal Carminicago, C.I.75490

Derived from the cochineal beetle, Dactilopius Coccus.

E160a Alfa-Carotene, Beta-Carotene, Gamma-Carotene.

E471 Mono and Di-Glycerides of fatty acids.

When Glycerol is used one has to find out the source whether animal or synthetic.

E472[a-e] Lactic acid esters of Mono-and Di-glycerides of fatty acids. Prepared from esters of Glycerol.

E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids prepared from Glycerol and Sucrose.

E474 Sycroglycerides prepared by reaction of Sucrose on natural triglycerides Derived from palm oil, lard, etc.

E475 Polyglycerol esters of Fatty acids. Prepared in the laboratory.

E476 Polyglycerol esters of polycondensed fatty acids of castor oil [polyglycerol polyricinoleate] Prepared from Castor Oil and Glycerol esters.

E477 Propane-1,2-idol esters of fatty acids [Propylene Glycol esters of Fatty acids] Prepared from Propylene Glycol.

E478 Lactylated fatty acid esters of glycerol and propane-1,2-idol. Prepared from esters of glycerol and Lactic acid.

E542 Edible Bone Phosphate Degreased steam extract of animal bone. Used as an anticaking agent preventing particles sticking together.

E570 Stearic Acid Naturally occurring fatty acid found in animal fats and vegetable oils. Used as anticaking agent.

E572 Magnesium Stearate Prepared synthetically from commercial stearic acid.

E631 Insine [Disodium Phospate, Sodium and Inosinate] The Disodium Salt of Inosinate Acid which can be prepared from insect or fish extract.

E635 A mixture of disodium guanylare and disodium inosinate. Same source as 631.

E640 920 L-Cysteine Hydrochloride and L-Cysteine hydrochloride mono hydrate. A naturally occurring amino acid manufactured from animal hair and chicken feathers.

All other ‘E’ number additives at the time of publication are Halaal, because of the ruling of Tabdeel-e-Mahiyat, except the following:

E473 E474 E475 E476 E477 E478 E542 E570 E572 E631 E635 E640 E920

E904 Shellac. a substance obtained from the resin produced by the Lac insect, mainly found in India. The secretions are bleached and dried before usage on confectionary, chocolate panning, ice creams latter and the shining of fruit, mainly apples

This E number is also under investigation regarding whether its secretion falls under the category of being Taahir [pure] or Najas [impure].

(Originally From the Muslim Food Guide By Shaykhayn Yusuf Sacha and Fahim Mayat)

I have a habit of reading the ingredients of virtually all food that i eat, this can be very annoying to some people (well, my non Muslim family mostly)

Looking at ingredients has served me well over the years as i have been offered all kinds of things from cakes, chocolates, sweets to ready cooked meals and, in some cases i have found haram ingredients.

I learned something recently on a Radio 5 Live discussion about Vegetarianism and was surprised to find out that many of the E numbers in sweets contain animal products. I was about to dive into a packet of M&M’s last night, as i have in the past, and thought i would have a quick look at the ingredients, that is where i found E120.

E120 comes from the crush insect, Dactylopius which, as you can see, is a lovely looking cactus feeding scale beetle, that offers its red shell for us to dye our food.

I am sure many of you enjoy M&M’s as i did but knowing that you will be eating this beetle or many of these beetles in the process may change your mind.

The effect of eating haram unintentionally does has its spiritual effect, especially on your dua’s, so in order to safeguard ourselves we must stay away from this E Number and M&M’s

here is a list of E numbers from animal origin

Allama Anwar Shah al Kashmiri (ra) was an amazing scholar of the recent past who had an amazing photographic memory.

Mujaddid-e-Millat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi says:

“When Hadhrat Shah Sahib would come and sit next to me, my heart would feel the pressure of the greatness of his knowledge” (Millat-e-Islam ki Muhsin Shakhsiaat, p. 185).

Hadhrat Shah Sahib’s knowledge was of such a unique nature that it even impressed great Ulama like Hadhrat Thanvi. Maulana Habibur Rahman Azami would always refer to Allama Kashmiri as a mobile library.

Mufti Taqi Usmani writes:

“My respected father often said that Allah had blessed Hadhrat Shah Saheb with proficiency in all types of knowledge and skills” (Akabir Deoband Kia They?, p.44).

Hadhrat Shah Saheb was such that no Earthly power could distract him from his favorite endeavor and lifelong engagement: reading and researching. After reading accounts of his life from those who were around him, it seems that he spend majority of his life reading books and extracting knowledge from them as if he had nothing else to do. However, he was not only a teacher of Hadith sciences at Darul Uloom Deoband, but the Head of all Teachers (Sadr al-Mudarris as called in Urdu); he has authored numerous books, he actively participated in the Khatme Nubuwwat Movement, served the Islamic cause in politics by his official position at Jamiatul Ulama-e-Hind and raised a family of which his two sons, Maulana Anzar Shah Kashmiri and Maulana Azhar Shah Kashmiri, are well-know for following the footsteps of their distinguished father.

Despite all these engagements, he was always found by his students in front of a book. He would never touch a book without Wudhu (Ablution) and would always sit respectfully in front of religious books. Allama Kashmiri had high respect for knowledge and books, the sources of knowledge. If a book has notes on its sides, he would move himself to read the side notes rather than moving the book. What great respect he had for divine knowledge! As a result of this tremendous reverence for religious books, Allah favored him with a matchless knowledge and unparalleled understanding.

Here Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq speaks about the many other virtues of this amazing scholar. A must listen!

Hazrat Shaykh Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhalawi Muhajir-e-Madani mentions in his book “Virtues of Salaat and Salaam” the following virtues for sending salutations to our beloved Nabi (saw) on a Friday

In a hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra (ra), it is narrated that whoever confers the following blessings eighty times before getting up from his place after Asr prayers on Friday, eighty years of his sins will be forgiven and he will be granted the reward of eighty years of worship:

O Allah , confer blessings upon Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, and upon his family and confer salutations.

Dauqutni (may Allah have mercy on him) has narrated in a hadith that the Noble Prophet Muhammad said, “Whoever confers blessings upon me eighty times on Friday, eighty years of his sins will be forgiven.”

A person asked, “O Messenger of Allah , how should we confer blessings?”

The Noble Prophet e replied:

O Allah , confer blessings upon Muhammad, Your servant, Your prophet and Your Messenger, the unlettered Prophet.

If you watched the news over the last couple of days you may have noticed that one of the biggest and most evil murderers of recent years has finally been captured. Alhamdulillah, Radovan Karadzic may now taste some of the humiliation in is life that he will, inshallah, receive in the next

The face of our beloved Prophet Muhammad became filled with delight with the news that Abu Jahl had been slain at the battle of Badr. Our hearts should also be rejoicing with the news that finally, this man who ordered rape of Muslims women. the execution of 100’s thousands of Muslim men and boys is to be tried and sentenced at the Hague.

He thought he could avoid capture by sporting a long white beard and having a false identity, however, Allah has chosen this moment for his worldly humiliation to begin.

May the rest of his life be miserable. amin

Antony Thomas made a documentary that was aired on Channel 4 early this week entitled “The Qur’an.” Many people will have formed different views regarding this programme. I, myself, only caught glimpses of this programme and the bits i did see i found quite annoying. That being said, many people have had good things to say about it.

Antony Thomas, the programme maker, is certainly an interesting person who has had a long “love for the Qur’an” that stretches back to his teenage days. Although he has this love in his heart for the Holy Qur’an he says he has never really considered converting to Islam.

I am a subscriber to the “Daily Mayo” podcast, Simon Mayo being one of my favourite radio personalities, and i was very interested to hear an interview with Antony Thomas about this documentary, his feelings towards Islam, Muslims and the Qur’an.

I found him very interesting, engaging and extremely honest in his approach to this documentary - even if i found some parts of the documentary annoying.

Have a listen to the podcast: Antony Thomas Interview

May Allah guide him and everyone. amin

If you have problem streaming the podcast then right click and download the file. I still have some issues to sort out.

Finding this blog from Google will prove to be quite difficult at the moment because this blog has been hacked by someone and that kind someone has injected some weird code into it.

Google states that this blog may cause harm to your computer - this is not true, Google are just just getting tough on strange code in websites.

It seems that many websites are struggling with this problem at the moment, i can think of three major Islamic websites that have been hacked (Islamic-Relief.com is one of them) so i am not alone.

Linking straight to this blog is fine and also using other search engines like Yahoo is ok, it is just Google. I am trying to locate this mysterious code so it may take a while, sorry for any inconvenience.

If anyone can offer any advice i would be very thankful

Ma Salama

Hamza

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Ibn Kathir quoted in his tafsir of Ayat 5:54 of the Glorious Qur’an, a saying of Abu Dharr (ra) who said:

“My Khalil (intimate friend, the Messenger) has commanded me to do seven deeds.

He commanded me to love the poor and to be close to them.

He commanded me to look at those who are less than me and not those who are above me.

He commanded me to keep the relations of the womb, even if they cut it.

He commanded me not to ask anyone for anything,

to say the truth even if it was bitter,

and to not fear the blame of anyone for the sake of Allah .

He commanded me to often repeat, `La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (There is no strength or power except from Allah )’, for these words are from a treasure under the Throne (of Allah ).”

This brother is actually at work and the time for Fajr has arrived…so he prays where he is, underwater.  Mashallah, indeed Allah has created the whole earth as a place of worship.

May Allah reward this brother and may Allah give us all the ability to pray on time, in its prescribed portion of the day. amin.