I just wanted to know that is red wine vinegar used in some pickles is halal for us muslims to eat.
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i just wanted to know that is red wine vinegar used in some pickles is halal
for us muslims to eat.
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Answer:
Red Wine Vinegar
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verses 90-91:
O you who have believed! ‘Khamr’ (all types of intoxicants), games of chance, idols,
and divining arrows are all abominable works of Shaitaan; therefore,
stay (far) away from these so that you may attain success. Indeed,
Shaitaan seeks to sow enmity and hatred among you by means of ‘khamr’
(intoxicants) and gambling, and to
prevent you from the Remembrance of Allah and from Salaah. Will you not, then,
abstain from these things?
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 3672 Narrated by
The Messenger of
Allah (saws) said: “Every intoxicant is khamr (alcohol, wine, etc.), and every
intoxicant is haraam.”
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 3679 Narrated by
I heard the
Messenger of Allah (saws) say: “Every
intoxicant is haraam; if a quantity of
anything causes intoxication, a handful
of it is (also) haraam.”
Sahih Muslim Hadith 5093 Narrated by
Allah's Messenger (saws) asked his family for
condiment. They (the members of his household) said: ‘We have nothing with us
but vinegar.’ He (saws) asked for it,
began to eat it, and then said: ‘Vinegar is a good condiment, vinegar is a good
condiment.’
The Prophet (saws) came in to visit me and
asked whether I had anything. When I replied that I had nothing but some dry
bread and vinegar he said, "Produce it; a house in which there is vinegar
is not devoid of condiments."
Sahih Muslim Hadith 5091 Narrated by
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘The best of
condiments is vinegar.’
Normal vinegar in its essence is not amongst any of the
prohibited products; thus its consumption is absolutely legal and lawful for
the believers.
If one adds something forbidden to any lawful product then
the consumption of that product would be deemed unlawful for the believers to
consume. If even a drop of the unlawful
wine is added to the lawful vinegar, then this mixture of red wine and vinegar
would indeed be unlawful as food for the believers.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 4891 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger (saws) was asked about the
use of ‘Khamr’ from which (a specific type of) vinegar is prepared. He (saws)
said: ‘No, it is prohibited.’
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Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister