The Ruling on the Purity of Intoxicants
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that intoxicants are pure but harmful.
The Shaykh:
I said that they are pure? Glory be to Allah, I said that intoxicants are pure? That is not the case. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
I say that they are impure because Allah said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:90] And the abomination is the impure. This is the position of the majority of the scholars of knowledge: they are impure. What has become of it?
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, you mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that intoxicants are pure but harmful.
The Shaykh:
I said that they are pure? Glory be to Allah, I said that intoxicants are pure? That is not the case. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
I say that they are impure because Allah said:
defilement from the work of Satan
رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ
Source
نجاسة الخمر — alfawzan.live
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