A Refutation of Those Who Say That the Operative Cause of the Prohibition of Drinking Intoxicants Is Intoxication and That It Is Absent in Small Quantities

Question:
Benefits from the explanation of the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim li-Mukhalafat Ahl al-Jahim* by Ibn Taymiyyah. If one claims that the intended operative cause of the ruling is intoxication and that it is absent in small quantities, the explicit text settles the matter: if a large amount intoxicates, is the small amount forbidden?

Answer:
As for carrion, Allah has forbidden it. Is it permissible for you to cut a piece from it and say, "This is lawful because it is not called carrion; this is meat, not carrion"? The forbidden thing is forbidden in all its parts. Intoxicants are intoxicants, and they are forbidden in all their parts.