Question
It has become common place in our circles that energy drinks are consumed. Today we find Muslims consuming all sorts and names of energy drinks like: Red Bull, Energade, Pit, Power Horse, Dragon, Lucozade, Monster, Crunk Juice, Boost, Tiger, Black, Reload Red, Hype, Mo Faya, F1, Sting, 5 hour Energy Cherry, RAW, Sting, 9MM, Robust etc...etc. These are just some. There are many more such products. Pupils use these from as young as 10 years old and use them during school exams and also sports. Adults also use them. My concern with the children aged 10+ who consume these drinks is that a time will come in their lives (Allāh forbid) that these drinks will no longer do the trick for them. The energy drink will not give them the edge anymore and they will seek something or some stronger drug. I'm surprised that parents don't see that this could become an addiction of sorts. Why do children or adults require these energy drinks? Is the food which Allāh (SWT) put on this earth not sufficient or good or wholesome that one has to resort to energy drinks?
Answer
All of these energy drinks are haraam. All contain some alcohol. In addition, in the long term the effect is disease, even cancer. The health of people is being ruined with these drinks of shaitaan. Those addicted to this muck hardly consume the pure drink of life – water – in which Allah Ta'ala has created so, much benefit for humans. But the nafs inclines to najaasat and haraam, hence Muslims are destroying their health with carrion and alcohol. There is no riddle underlying the plethora of diseases from which people suffer nowadays. These diseases are the consequences and punishment for devouring so much haraam and mushtabah junk 'food'.
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- The Majlis Vol 23 No 03
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