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Dear Readers,
(السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته.) May Peace, Mercy, and Blessings of Allah be upon you.
Milk is one of the greatest signs and bounties of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). He, the Exalted, has declared in His Noble Book about cattle: (وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِي الْأَنْعَامِ لَعِبْرَةً ۖ نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِي بُطُونِهِ مِن بَيْنِ فَرْثٍ وَدَمٍ لَّبَنًا خَالِصًا سَائِغًا لِّلشَّارِبِينَ) "We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, from between excrement and blood, pure milk—palatable to those who drink it.” (Sūrah an-Naḥl 16:66). From childhood, our righteous predecessors and pious elders have urged us: “Drink milk, for it strengthens the body and nourishes the bones.” Yet, what if the very milk you pour into your infant’s bottle has become a river of deception? What if greedy producers, driven by the desire for unlawful gain, dilute it with water, mix in cheap vegetable fats, or tamper with dates to sell spoilt milk as fresh?
Such deceit is not merely theft of wealth; it is an assault upon your health and the health of your children. Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) has strictly forbidden this treachery, saying: (أَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُخْسِرِينَ) “And give full measure when you measure, and do not be of those who cause loss.” (Sūrah ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:181–183). Also, the Beloved Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) warned with utmost severity: “He who deceives us is not of us.” (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Ḥadīth 101). Moreover, modern medical science, too, repeatedly sounds the alarm about the grave dangers hidden in this adulteration.
In today’s writing, by the grace and permission of Allah (إن شاء الله), we shall uncover the most common frauds committed by milk producers through the lens of an Islamic physician-scholar (الحكيم الإسلامي). We will reveal simple home tests to detect them, and we will expose the serious health risks that threaten us and our families at every stage of this deception. Your food, your trust, and your children’s nourishment are all at stake.
Read until the end, act upon what you learn, and share this knowledge for the sake of Allah – for protecting one Muslim’s health is greater in reward than many acts of worship.
Table of Contents:
📜 Dilution with Water – The Most Widespread Deception
📜 Adding Powdered Milk or Vegetable Fats – Compromising Quality
📜 Ultra-Pasteurization (UHT) – Neglecting Quality
📜 Expiration Date Manipulation – The Most Dangerous Fraud
🟦 How to Recognize and Obtain Pure, Blessed Milk at Home?
🟩 The Believer’s Checklist When Purchasing Milk from the Market
☑️ Final Admonition from the Heart of an Islamic Physician-Scholar
📜 Dilution with Water – The Most Widespread Deception:
This is the oldest, the simplest, and – alas – the most prevalent of all forbidden tricks. The greedy producer pours ordinary water into the pure milk that Allah has made a sign of His mercy, thereby increasing its volume while stripping away its blessed nourishment. Thus, the believer pays the price of milk yet receives little more than coloured water! Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) has declared with severe warning: (وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ) “Woe to those who give less in measure!” (Sūrah al-Muṭaffifīn 83:1).
The esteemed Muslim nutritionist and physician, Dr Fāṭimah al-Zahrāwī, cautions, “When milk is diluted with water, it causes a dangerous deficiency of calcium, lactose, protein, vitamin D, and essential minerals. In growing children this hinders both physical and intellectual development, weakens the immune defenses, and makes the bones fragile. In severe cases it can trigger seizures, swelling of the brain, coma, and even death – may Allah protect us! Furthermore, if the added water is itself contaminated, it becomes a carrier of grave abdominal infections, hepatitis A, persistent diarrhea, typhoid, and other waterborne diseases that ravage the body.” Thus, what appears as a small deceit in the marketplace becomes, in the sight of Allah and in the light of medical knowledge, a silent poison placed in the cups of our innocent children.
📜 Adding Powdered Milk or Vegetable Fats – Compromising Quality:
As it is cheaper than fresh milk, adding powdered milk reduces production costs. However, this reduces the taste, smell and freshness of the milk. Cheap palm or soybean oil is added instead of natural milk fat. Although these products are labelled as "milk drinks", it is not always clear. Adding vegetable fat without clarifying the ingredients list or selling low-quality powdered milk at the price of fresh milk is depriving the consumer of what they deserve.
The eminent Muslim physician and scholar of nutrition, Professor Aḥmad ibn Idrīs, citing the warnings of the World Health Organization (WHO), declares, “Regular consumption of these artificial and trans fats greatly increases the risk of coronary heart disease, weakens the bones, hardens the arteries, and invites stroke. Over years, it damages the delicate lining of the blood vessels, raises harmful cholesterol, and paves the way for diabetes. In some individuals it triggers severe allergic reactions and chronic digestive disorders. What began as a small act of greed in the factory becomes, by Allah’s decree, a slow poison in the human bodies.”
📜 Ultra-High Temperature (UHT) Processing – Neglecting quality:
Among the subtle yet destructive innovations of this age is the practice called “Ultra-High Temperature” (UHT) treatment. The milk is subjected to fierce, unnatural heat (often exceeding 135–150°C for several seconds). The manufacturers boast, “It stays fresh for months without refrigeration!” Yet they rarely confess the heavy price paid for this unnatural longevity.
The respected Muslim physician and researcher of prophetic and modern nutrition, Dr Fahad al-Khuwaylī, warns with grave concern: “This violent heating disrupts the delicate balance Allah placed in fresh milk. The extreme heat kills not only harmful bacteria but also the delicate beneficial enzymes and living elements that Allah placed therein for our nourishment. Vitamins of the B-complex – B1 (thiamine), B6, B9 (folate), B12, and vitamin C – are severely diminished or destroyed. The very structure of calcium is altered, rendering it difficult for the body to absorb. Often, the natural milk fat is removed and replaced with cheap vegetable oils, introducing the hidden poisons of trans fats. The loss of vitamins impairs the functioning of the nervous system and the body’s ability to produce energy from food. Children deprived of these vital substances suffer delayed brain development, chronic fatigue, and weakened intellect. The altered calcium fails to strengthen the bones as Allah intended. Over years, the trans fats silently damage the heart and blood vessels, invite obesity, burden the liver, and open the door to cardiovascular diseases."
📜 Expiration Date Manipulation – The Most Dangerous Fraud!
Among all the treacheries committed against Allah’s pure provision, none is more despicable nor more perilous than the criminal act of altering production and expiry dates. The greedy merchant erases yesterday’s truth and stamps tomorrow’s lie, thereby pushing spoilt, rotting milk into the markets and into the stomachs of innocent children and trusting believers. What was once a blessing becomes a silent weapon; what Allah made a source of healing is turned into a cause of destruction. Allah (العليم بكل شيء) has warned us with terrifying clarity: (وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ) “And do not throw yourselves into destruction with your own hands.” (Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:195).
The esteemed Muslim physician and guardian of public health, Professor ʿĀishah bint Mūsā, declares with grave warning: “When milk passes its true time, deadly armies of bacteria – Salmonella, Escherichia coli, and Listeria monocytogenes – multiply within it. These unseen enemies unleash violent vomiting, severe food poisoning, unrelenting diarrhea, high fever, and in many cases kidney failure that leads to death. Listeria is especially merciless toward pregnant mothers and children of tender immunity: it crosses the sacred barrier of the womb and may snatch the unborn child through miscarriage or inflict upon the newborn meningitis and lifelong suffering.”
🟦 How to Recognize and Obtain Pure, Blessed Milk at Home?
📍Examine the Color and Fragrance:
Pure cow’s milk is creamy-yellowish white; buffalo milk is pure white.
Smell it with the nose:
✓ Fresh milk has a sweet, pleasant aroma.
✗ If there is the slightest sour or putrid odor, reject it at once.
📍Beware of Unnaturally Low Price:
When the price falls 15–20 taka (or more) below the market rate, let your heart be on guard!
📍The Finger-Rub Test:
Place a drop between thumb and forefinger and rub gently.
✓ Pure milk feels smooth and slightly oily and leaves a faint greasy trace – for Allah placed blessed fat therein.
✗ Adulterated milk feels thin and watery, drying instantly like ordinary water.
📍The Palm Test:
Pour a little onto the palm and invert the hand.
✓ Pure milk descends slowly and reluctantly, clinging to the skin.
✗ Diluted milk falls swiftly like rainwater – a clear sign of tampering.
📍The Boiling Test:
Boil a small amount in a clean vessel.
✓ Pure milk forms a thick, fragrant layer of cream (سَر) and fills the home with sweetness.
✗ Adulterated milk separates, water rises to the top, and little or no cream appears.
📍The Soap-Water Test:
Mix a pinch of soap powder with 10 ml of milk and a little water, then shake vigorously.
✓ Pure milk produces abundant, lasting foam.
✗ Water-adulterated milk gives weak, quickly vanishing foam. (Beware: if detergent or urea has been added, foam will be excessive – another form of deception!)
📍The Lactometer – The Most Certain Instrument:
This small device (available for less than $1) is a gift of knowledge.
✓ At 20°C, pure milk reads between 28 and 32.
✗ If the reading falls below 25–26, know with certainty that water has been added.
📍The Safest and Most Blessed Path:
Purchase directly from a trustworthy local farmer or village whose animals you have seen with your own eyes grazing upon clean pasture.
🟩 The Believer’s Checklist When Purchasing Milk from the Market:
📍Read the label carefully:
✓ Look for the blessed words “Full Cream Milk” or “Whole ”Milk”—this is closest to the pure milk Allah described.
✗ Flee from the deceptive titles “Milk Beverage”, “Toned Milk”, “Double Toned Milk”, and “Milk Drink”.
These are not true milk; they are mixtures containing vegetable fats and powders, stripped of Allah’s natural barakah.
📍The Matter of UHT and Tetra Pak:
✓ Prefer that which says “Pasteurized”—gentle heat that preserves much of the goodness placed in the milk.
✗ Turn away from “Ultra High Temperature (UHT)” or long-life Tetra Pak milk when possible, for the fierce heat destroys many vitamins, enzymes, and the living quality.
📍 Gently rub the printed dates with your finger:
✓ If the ink smudges, fades, or the colour lifts, know with certainty that the date has been tampered with—a grave sin and a danger to life!
✓ If the packet is swollen or bloated, reject it instantly, for this is a sign of internal corruption and bacterial growth. Allah and His Messenger ﷺ forbade the sale and consumption of spoilt food.
📍Don't be deceived by pictures:
Even if a beautiful cow gazes at you from the packet, do not let your heart be softened! A drawing is not a guarantee of purity. Look only for the official FSSAI seal and the licence number – these are the worldly signs you must demand, just as you demand truthfulness from those who fear Allah.
☑️ Final Admonition from the Heart of an Islamic Physician-Scholar:
Islam is the religion of purity (طهارة), trust (أمانة), and justice (عدالة). Protecting the health of a Muslim is very important, more in terms of reward than worship. The messenger of Allah (ﷺ) warned with words that should make every merchant and every buyer tremble: “Whoever harms a Muslim, Allah will harm him, and whoever burdens a Muslim, Allah will burden him.” (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī)
So arise today: sell and buy milk with knowledge and fear of Allah. Test its purity with simple means. Reject every packet, every brand, every seller that hides the truth. Teach your household, your neighbours, your community. For by these small acts of obedience, thousands of innocent children, pregnant mothers, and weak elders will be spared from slow poison.
May Allah, the Most Merciful, the Guardian, the Protector, Shield us and our families from every visible and hidden harm. (آمين)
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