Quran says do not consume alchohol as it is work of shaitan.
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salam alaikum,
Quran says do not consume alchohol as it is work of shaitan, But like other
things its not declared haram, its ONLY forbidden.. guide me pls. Can A person
who touched or consumed Alchohol becomes impure and has to take a bath or
ghusool?
What about the containts of Alchohol in medicines? and what about the doctors
today prescribing Alchohol for heart patients? Pls guide as per Quran and
hadith.
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Answer:
Alcohol forbidden
not haraam
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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 none 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 the Shaytaan; therefore, stay (far) away from these so that you may
attain success. Indeed, the Shaytaan 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?
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2776 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger (saws) invoked the curse of
Allah on ten people in connection with wine: the wine-presser, the one who has
it pressed, the one who drinks it, the one who conveys it, the one to whom it
is conveyed, the one who serves it, the one who sells it, the one who benefits
from the price paid for it, the one who buys it, and the one for whom it is
bought.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 4477 Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah
The Prophet (saws) said, "He who
believes in Allah and the Last Day must not sit at a cloth (table or gathering)
where wine is being circulated."
Allah Subhanah has commanded the believers to stay far far
away from any and all types of intoxicants, and the Messenger of Allah (saws)
explicitly forbade the believers from not only consuming any type of
intoxicants, but forbade its manufacturing, its transportation, its serving,
its trading, or obtaining any material benefit from its buying or selling….so
much so that the Messenger of Allah (saws) forbade the believers to even sit at
a table or gathering where intoxicants are being circulated!
Your
Question: …..But like other things its not declared haram, its ONLY forbidden..
Although the Messenger of Allah (saws) explicitly declared
the consumption of intoxicants as ‘haraam’, the words used in the Glorious
Quran by Allah Subhanah for the prohibition of intoxicants is ‘fajtanebu’ (stay
far far away from it!).
For example, the consumption of swine, or blood, or dead
meat, etc. are declared as ‘haraam’ in the Quran…..but there is no prohibition
if for any reason one happens to approache it or sits at a table where these
‘haraam’ products are being consumed…..The majority of the scholars and jurists
in Islam are of the opinion that the term ‘fajtanebu’ (stay far far away from
it!) is much more stronger than ‘haraam’, for not only are the believers
forbidden from consuming intoxicants, they are forbidden from even coming near
it!!!!
Your Question: Can A
person who touched or consumed Alchohol becomes impure and has to take a bath
or ghusool?
Although some
scholars have deemed the substance ‘alcohol’ to be impure, the vast majority of
the scholars and jurists in Islam do not consider the substance ‘alchohol’ to
be impure in its essence; thus the touching or (Allah forbid) the consumption
of alcohol neither makes one impure, nor does it require a ‘ghusl’ or full bath
of purification.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 5:
6 O ye who believe! When ye prepare for prayer wash your faces and
your hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water); and (wash)
your feet to the ankles. If ye are
in a state of ceremonial impurity (post menstruation, post sexual intercourse,
etc.) bathe your whole body. But
if ye are ill or on a journey or one of you cometh from offices of nature or ye
have been in contact with women and ye find no water then take for yourselves
clean sand or earth and rub therewith your faces and hands. Allah doth not wish to place you in a
difficulty but to make you clean and to complete His favor to you that ye may
be grateful.
The acts which make the performance of ‘ghusl’ absolutely
obligatory upon the believers before they can make themselves available for
prayer are:
- After
a wet-dream.
- When
the male private organ so much as touches the female private organ.
- After
sexual intercourse.
- After
full sexual (semen) discharge.
- At
the end of the period of menstruation of the women.
- After
the end of the period of post-child birth menstruation of the women.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) commanded and guided the
believers that it is ‘wajib’ for the believers to perform the ‘ghusl’ or full
bath before they attend the Friday mid-day and the Eid prayers.
Your
Question: What about the containts of Alchohol in medicines? and what about the
doctors today prescribing Alchohol for heart patients?
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 4.6
The majority of scholars are of the opinion
that the use of intoxicants and other prohibited things as medicine, is
unlawful. They base their arguments on the following guidance:
Wa'il ibn Hujr al-Hadrami reported that,
"Tariq ibn Suwaid asked the Prophet (saws) if he could use alcohol as
medicine. The Prophet (saws) replied: 'It is not a cure, but a disease'.''
(Related by Muslim, Abu Daw'ud, and Tirmidhi.)
Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet (saws)
reports that he (saws) once said: "Allah has not placed a cure for your
diseases in things that He has forbidden for you.'' (Related by Baihaqi and Ibn
Hibban. Bukhari has also related the same hadith on the authority of Ibn
Mas'ud.)
Abu ad-Darda reported that the Prophet (saws)
said: "Allah has sent down both the malady and its remedy. For every
disease He has created a cure. So seek medical treatment, but never with
something the use of which Allah has prohibited.'' (Related by Abu Daw'ud.)
In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of the
Messenger of Allah (saws), it would not be permissible for a believer who
sincerely fears Allah and the Last Day to consume any type of ‘khamr’ or
intoxicant, even under the guise or excuse of medicine.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3672 Narrated by Abdullah Ibn Abbas
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 Aisha
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.”
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to 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