Medications Containing a Percentage of Intoxicants
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Regarding the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Bulugh al-Maram 10:50 Allah, what is the ruling on medicines that contain sugar?
Answer:
It is not permissible if it contains alcohol, if it contains anything intoxicating. So it is not permissible to use them unless this intoxicant has been consumed and no longer exists, and it has disappeared with the medicine, no longer existing. In that case, there is no harm. However, if it still exists and has an effect, if it exists with the medicine and has an effect, then it is haram (forbidden)Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1865Hasan (Darussalam).
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Regarding the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Allah did not make your cure in what He made Haram (unlawful) to you
إن الله لم يجعل شفاء أمتي فيما حرمAnswer:
It is not permissible if it contains alcohol, if it contains anything intoxicating. So it is not permissible to use them unless this intoxicant has been consumed and no longer exists, and it has disappeared with the medicine, no longer existing. In that case, there is no harm. However, if it still exists and has an effect, if it exists with the medicine and has an effect, then it is haram (forbidden)
Whatever a lot of it intoxicates, a little of it is unlawful.
مَا أَسْكَرَ كَثِيرُهُ فَقَلِيلُهُ حَرَامٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/119 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (52:36)
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