The Ruling on Intoxication and the Prohibition of Praying in the Places Where Camels Gather

The questioner:
This does not intoxicate. This is a matter for research and consideration. Avoiding it is undoubtedly the safer course and the more distant from harm. Even if it does not intoxicate, it is said that it causes a state of stupor.

The Shaykh:
Yes. Yes. Hm? Is it pure or lawful? Yes.

The questioner:
How is it with us?

The Shaykh:
It is not for the sake of impurity. The prohibition of praying in the places where camels gather is not for the sake of impurity, but for a cause that no one knows except Allah. No one has been able to analyze the cause.

The questioner:
Or that the command... I mean... this...

The Shaykh:
You see, legislation is finished. Legislation is finished. There is no legislation now; there is only application. The application can be gradual with the ignorant person, step by step. Yes, I mean, if someone thinks he is a Muslim, you tell him to leave all the matters that... No, that is not possible. That might cause him to apostatize from Islam. But step by step...