The Ruling on Eating Vinegar Made from Intoxicants
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The questioner: [The text is garbled] regarding eating with the hands, even though it is manufactured in our country by an insurance factory, and they write this phrase on the bottle that is distributed to the back:
The Shaykh: If there is nothing else available, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. This is the more correct statement: if it is not possible to make vinegar in the lawful manner, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. I mean, to clarify: every person there must, on the day of the grapes, eat the grapes, and there must remain with him leftovers and residues from these grapes. So it is easy for him to collect them in a container, and he turns them over. There is no necessity for him at that time to eat this vinegar that was transformed from intoxicants. Is that clear? Good.
The Shaykh: If there is nothing else available, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. This is the more correct statement: if it is not possible to make vinegar in the lawful manner, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not. I mean, to clarify: every person there must, on the day of the grapes, eat the grapes, and there must remain with him leftovers and residues from these grapes. So it is easy for him to collect them in a container, and he turns them over. There is no necessity for him at that time to eat this vinegar that was transformed from intoxicants. Is that clear? Good.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، رقم 1327 في قناة «عسجد المعاني للإمام الألباني» — youtube.com (12:42)
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