Some Ulama say that in terms of the Umoom Balwa principle all processed food having a minute quantity of alcohol is halaal.

Answer

Nowadays the liberal Ulama are recklessly utilizing the Umoom Balwa principle to halaalize just anything. If zina and interest are rampant then in terms of their convoluted reasoning, the umoom balwa principle should also become applicable. While the citation from Imdaadul Fatwa is correct, it never applies to any situation which we experience in the so-called developed countries. Assuming that there is such a situation that all the flour available in the land is contaminated or all the water is contaminated, then the Umoom principle will apply. But, in our scenario there is nothing that constrains the invocation of this principle to halaalize impure substances. Devouring processed foods is not incumbent. Subsistence of life is not reliant of drinking harmful soft drinks and eating sweets, chocolates, chips, custard, pudding and the plethora of disease-producing foods laced with chemical poisons and haraam ingredients. These foods contain not only alcohol. A variety of harmful ingredients camouflaged with chemical epithets and E-numbers are the essential constituents. Have you ever wondered about the numerous incurable diseases with which people are suffering? These diseases are the consequences of all the haraam muck which is being ingested. And, the worst poison is carrion halaalized, rotten diseased chickens.

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