What is the ruling on consuming a drink mixed with alcohol to treat an eye condition?
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Question:
My mother is ill in her eye, so one of the doctors advised her to drink a plant mixed with alcohol. He said that if she does not drink it, she will undergo surgery. His question is: Is it permissible for her to drink this substance, which is mixed with alcohol?
Answer:
Alcohol is sorcery, and it is not permissible to seek treatment through sorcery. There are medicines; Allah did not send down a disease without sending down a cure for it, and He made those who know it know it and those who do not know it not know it. Consult the people of knowledge and insight, along with supplication, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will heal her. Yes.
My mother is ill in her eye, so one of the doctors advised her to drink a plant mixed with alcohol. He said that if she does not drink it, she will undergo surgery. His question is: Is it permissible for her to drink this substance, which is mixed with alcohol?
Answer:
Alcohol is sorcery, and it is not permissible to seek treatment through sorcery. There are medicines; Allah did not send down a disease without sending down a cure for it, and He made those who know it know it and those who do not know it not know it. Consult the people of knowledge and insight, along with supplication, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, will heal her. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تناول مشروب مخلوط بالكحول لعلاج العين؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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