Pada tahun 2004, terdapat satu kontroversi yang menyatakan ribena mengandungi alkohol... adakah ini benar??
Ia sememangnya benar sama sekali kerana ia telah disahkan oleh manager syarikat ribena yang berpusat di Uk bahawa ribena mempunyai sedikit kandungan alkohol.
namun begitu British organisation on Islamic law di UK telah menfatwakan Ribena boleh diminum bedasarkan beberapa hujah:
1. Terdapat kandungan alcohol yang terlalu sikit yang wujud secara semulajadi dalam makanan dan minuman lain contohnya roti.
2. Nabi Muhammad S.A.W pernah meminum minuman yang dihasilkan daripada perahan kismis yang dibiarkan untuk beberapa hari yang dipanggil Nabith.
untuk maklumat lanjut sila masuk laman web ini:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/aug/02/religion.foodanddrink
persoalan di sini, bagaiman pula Ribena yang dihasilkan di Malaysia? Adakah ia halal di minum?
Apakah pendapat Majlis Fatwa tentang hal ini?
Lucozade and Ribena 'fit for Muslims to consume'
A leading British organisation on Islamic law has issued a fatwa on Lucozade, saying Muslims can drink the soft drink despite it containing alcohol. The religious ruling has been welcomed by the drink's maker, GlaxoSmithKline.
It sought the judgment after being contacted by Muslims concerned at rumours that Lucozade was made with alcohol. Lucozade does have a trace amount which is permitted by food laws, but Muslims feared that consuming it might breach their religion.
Ribena was also given the all-clear. The drink was a potential problem for Muslims because during its production process a filter is used made from gelatin, derived from pigs.
Some Muslims have stopped buying both the drinks.
The company undertook a five-month process to have both drinks declared halal (clean) under Islamic law. The ruling means that Lucozade and Ribena are the first British soft drinks declared fit for Muslims to consume.
Lucozade contains 0.01% of ethyl alcohol to ensure the flavouring permeates the whole drink.
The company approached the UK Muslim Law (Shariah) Council to rule on whether its products were haram (forbidden by Islamic law).
Its chairman, Zaki Badawi, a former adviser on Islam to the Prince of Wales, concluded: "I see no harm in consuming Ribena and Lucozade which contain traces of ethyl alcohol and animal ingredients that do not bear their original qualities and do not change the taste, colour or smell of the product."
Tiny amounts of alcohol occur naturally in many drinks and foods, such as bread.
To reach the ruling the company recreated an incident from the life of the Prophet Muhammad when he drank liquid produced from soaking raisins in water for several days, called nabith. The scientists found that the mixture would ferment, producing alcohol.
The results of the experiment helped Dr Badawi reach his decision.
