The Ruling on Hashish, Sedatives, and Canned Juice
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The questioner:
Hashish is forbidden. It is upon its user.
The Shaykh:
Yes, without a doubt. The Shaykh mentioned that it is restricted, saying that nothing is more vile than khamr (intoxicants) in the known sense. He (may Allah have mercy on him) expanded on the discussion and lengthened it. He also said that it causes effeminacy, or that it makes a man effeminate.
Another questioner:
Because it combines with khamr in its effect of settling in the body.
The Shaykh:
It goes beyond the forms of khamr but adds another evil in making a man act foolishly. Yes. Like the medications used for mental illnesses, and that medicinal substances are taken. If it is so that it does not harm, meaning it only calms the illnesses, but does not cause intoxication, and does not cause a state of delirium in people, nor in him, but rather for performing an operation, or because he is agitated and something is needed to hold him back from agitation, it appears there is no delirium, because its benefit is greater. Yes. Yes. The environment in which it is sold to youth. We have not heard anything about it. We asked about it in the past, and there is nothing in it. It is said that some doctors say it contains one and a half or one percent of narcotics. We asked about it in the past, is it present in the Kingdom? It is said that it is pure. If it is established that it contains something that intoxicates, it is forbidden.
The questioner:
Badr, clarify.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes, the default is permissibility, yes.
The questioner:
One, I mean for you, a professor of the Permanent Committee in the Saudi Arabian Organization for Standardization, proved that it contains two in the thousand.
The Shaykh:
You did not mention it, perhaps it escaped our memory. Yes. It is upon you.
The questioner:
Yes. This canned grape juice sits for more than a year.
The Shaykh:
This is not wine, this is independent, yes.
Another questioner:
The measure of it all is that the hadd (fixed punishment) is applied to its user.
The Shaykh:
If it intoxicates, but if it does not, no, it is ta'zir (discretionary punishment). If it does not intoxicate, then it is ta'zir.
The questioner:
The sun is its minister.
The Shaykh:
Regarding what you heard, if it is established that it intoxicates, it must be prohibited and the hadd is applied to it, otherwise the default is to keep it away. Every intoxicant is khabar (news/report). Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Hashish is forbidden. It is upon its user.
The Shaykh:
Yes, without a doubt. The Shaykh mentioned that it is restricted, saying that nothing is more vile than khamr (intoxicants) in the known sense. He (may Allah have mercy on him) expanded on the discussion and lengthened it. He also said that it causes effeminacy, or that it makes a man effeminate.
Another questioner:
Because it combines with khamr in its effect of settling in the body.
The Shaykh:
It goes beyond the forms of khamr but adds another evil in making a man act foolishly. Yes. Like the medications used for mental illnesses, and that medicinal substances are taken. If it is so that it does not harm, meaning it only calms the illnesses, but does not cause intoxication, and does not cause a state of delirium in people, nor in him, but rather for performing an operation, or because he is agitated and something is needed to hold him back from agitation, it appears there is no delirium, because its benefit is greater. Yes. Yes. The environment in which it is sold to youth. We have not heard anything about it. We asked about it in the past, and there is nothing in it. It is said that some doctors say it contains one and a half or one percent of narcotics. We asked about it in the past, is it present in the Kingdom? It is said that it is pure. If it is established that it contains something that intoxicates, it is forbidden.
The questioner:
Badr, clarify.
The Shaykh:
Yes, yes, the default is permissibility, yes.
The questioner:
One, I mean for you, a professor of the Permanent Committee in the Saudi Arabian Organization for Standardization, proved that it contains two in the thousand.
The Shaykh:
You did not mention it, perhaps it escaped our memory. Yes. It is upon you.
The questioner:
Yes. This canned grape juice sits for more than a year.
The Shaykh:
This is not wine, this is independent, yes.
Another questioner:
The measure of it all is that the hadd (fixed punishment) is applied to its user.
The Shaykh:
If it intoxicates, but if it does not, no, it is ta'zir (discretionary punishment). If it does not intoxicate, then it is ta'zir.
The questioner:
The sun is its minister.
The Shaykh:
Regarding what you heard, if it is established that it intoxicates, it must be prohibited and the hadd is applied to it, otherwise the default is to keep it away. Every intoxicant is khabar (news/report). Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Source
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