How can honey be among the five things from which intoxicants are made, when it is a healing for people?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: 'Umar mentioned honey as one of the five things from which intoxicants are made, even though Allah the Exalted mentioned that there is healing for people in it?
Answer:
Dates are among the good things, wheat is among the good things, and barley is among the good things, but they are transformed into impure things; they are transformed from good things into impure things. They are fermented and processed and become impure, but their origin is good. However, they were transformed and processed into impure things. Honey is the same; its origin is good, and it contains healing for people, but it is transformed into harm for people and disease for people through intoxicants. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: 'Umar mentioned honey as one of the five things from which intoxicants are made, even though Allah the Exalted mentioned that there is healing for people in it?
Answer:
Dates are among the good things, wheat is among the good things, and barley is among the good things, but they are transformed into impure things; they are transformed from good things into impure things. They are fermented and processed and become impure, but their origin is good. However, they were transformed and processed into impure things. Honey is the same; its origin is good, and it contains healing for people, but it is transformed into harm for people and disease for people through intoxicants. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يكون العسل من الخمس التي يصنع منها الخمر وهو شفاء للناس؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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