The ruling on the impurity of khamr (intoxicants), and whether it invalidates wudu' (the ablution for prayer)?
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Question:
This questioner says: Regarding khamr (intoxicants), Honorable Shaykh, is it impure in a sensory sense or in a conceptual sense? And does a person perform wudu' (the ablution for prayer) because of it?
Answer:
Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:90] And His saying "avoid them" indicates avoiding it, staying away from it, and not being involved with it, or having it touch his garment or his body; this is what "avoiding" entails. This indicates that it is impure, so the Muslim avoids it. As for whether it invalidates wudu' (the ablution for prayer), it does not invalidate wudu' (the ablution for prayer) unless a person's intellect is lost due to intoxication and his mind is gone; in that case, his wudu' (the ablution for prayer) is invalidated by the loss of intellect. Yes.
This questioner says: Regarding khamr (intoxicants), Honorable Shaykh, is it impure in a sensory sense or in a conceptual sense? And does a person perform wudu' (the ablution for prayer) because of it?
Answer:
Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said:
O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم نجاسة الخمر، وهل ينقض الوضوء؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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