The Evidence for the Impurity of Intoxicants
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I seek Allah's forgiveness. Is the impurity of intoxicants in their substance? And what is the evidence for that?
Answer:
Yes, it is in the substance of the intoxicants, physically, because Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:90] His saying "an abomination" means an impure thing. Then He said after that: [Al-Ma'idah 5:90] And "avoiding" it means staying away from it. Staying away from intoxicants, whether by drinking, using them for medical treatment, or using them in any other way, implies that they are impure and that they must be avoided, not touched, and not used. This is the evidence for the impurity of intoxicants according to the opinion of the scholars who hold that they are impure.
Honorable Shaykh, I seek Allah's forgiveness. Is the impurity of intoxicants in their substance? And what is the evidence for that?
Answer:
Yes, it is in the substance of the intoxicants, physically, because Allah the Exalted 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
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِso avoid it that you may be successful.
فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الآنية - 2 — islamhouse.com (38:38)
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