Many Muslims here in the U.K.

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It is most certainly not permissible to buy meat products from non-Muslim caterers whether the meat is cooked or uncooked. It is not permissible for Muslims to eat such meat at the function of the host who serves meat obtained from kuffaar caterers. Leave alone informing the people, it is incumbent for the host to abstain from buying such haraam meat. If the miscreant host believes that the haraam meat is permissible, then obviously he will not inform the people of the source of the meat. Those who are aware of the haraam source should publicize it to make Muslims aware of the haraam food they will be consuming at the function.

Such a dangerous revolution of the mind and heart has overtaken Muslims that their Imaan has become eroded to the brink of effacement. In former days, one felt free to eat food served by a Muslim. There was no need to doubt. But in our age of degeneration it is no longer permissible to consume the food of people who even have an outward appearance of the Deen. The beard, kurtah, burqah, performing Salaat with Jamaa't five times a day, fasting, even Nafl fasting, etc., are no longer evidence of Taqwa. Most such persons outward Deeni appearance are also corrupt in their hearts, in their personal dealings, in their pursuit for money and in their social relationships in general. They parade as men and women of piety while their hearts are barren and bereft of Taqwa.

The degree of the erosion of their Imaan is such that they relish in eating carrion. If they see a 'halaal' sticker of some evil halaal certificate vendor affixed to pork or bottled urine, they will consume it without compunction. Not a twinge of conscience will affect their hearts. They are rotten to the core – just as rotten and diseased as the halaalized carrion they consume.

In former times the principle of the Shariah was that things are initially halaal. That is, there is no need to doubt and believe that something is haraam when it is served by a Muslim. But in this age, the principle is the converse. That is, everything will be haraam unless proven to be halaal. It is therefore not permissible to consume the food of even Muslims if you are not aware of the source of the food. The deluge of haraam food, in particular carrion meats such as that halaalized by SANHA, MJC, etc., has dangerously corrupted and eroded Imaan to the degree of nullity. The raging tide of shamelessness, immodesty, immorality, fornication and adultery prevalent among Muslims in this age is the direct consequence of consuming haraam foods like pigs and dogs. This deluge of haraam meats has increased the carnal bestiality in people, hence they are totally unable to understand the major sins of immorality in which they indulge.

It is the ruin of Imaan that makes Hindu and kuffaar meat palatable and digestible to 'Muslims' of this era. It is compulsory on those who are aware to notify the Muslim community about this haraam state of affairs. It is not permissible to maintain silence on this issue. The Ulama who condone this evil state with their silence and even active promotion are the DUMB DEVILS to whom Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) refers in the following Hadith: "He who maintains silence regarding the Haq, is a Dumb Shaitaan."