What is the ruling on a beverage mixed with a small proportion of khamr?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, if khamr is mixed with something in a small quantity.
The Shaykh : This is an error.
The questioner : From steeped juice.
The Shaykh : No, that is another question. If khamr is mixed with something else, where did the khamr come from?
The questioner : The khamr is from another nabidh.
The Shaykh : I mean, is its production permissible?
The questioner : No, its production is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : It exists, and alcohol also exists, O Shaykh, but this is mixed with perfume and this is mixed with something else.
The Shaykh : Do not rush, may Allah bless you. Khamr is found with whom? In a Muslim’s house, he does not buy it.
The questioner : Yes, he does not buy it.
The Shaykh : So then, you are saying: Khamr exists. How do you imagine its existence?!
Either it is pressed or it is bought, so neither this is permissible nor that is permissible.
The questioner : If a beverage is found, O Shaykh, mixed with khamr, a small amount of khamr alone is not enough to cause intoxication.
The Shaykh : Your question returns and my answer returns.
The questioner : Khamr.
The Shaykh : No, you are saying a beverage, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : If a beverage is found mixed with khamr, O Shaykh, it came to us from the West, as comes to us from.
The Shaykh : Well, every question has an answer. A beverage came to you, what is in it?
The questioner : Khamr.
The Shaykh : Khamr. Does the large amount of this beverage cause intoxication?
The questioner : The large amount, yes, it may cause intoxication, and so does alcohol, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, do not rush. You said it may cause intoxication.
The questioner : We need, O Shaykh, to know the proportion.
The Shaykh : Yes, but I am saying it may not cause intoxication.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Why are you hesitating?! Why do you not say as you said that?
The questioner : Because this hesitation, O Shaykh, is not resolved except by experience.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Amen.
The Shaykh : What prevents you from hesitating is to say: If it is such, then the ruling is such, and if it is such, then the ruling is such.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And I have answered this question, so now you are imagining a beverage that came to us from the West containing khamr. What is the ruling on this beverage?
The answer: If the large amount causes intoxication, then the small amount is haram, and if the large amount does not cause intoxication, then it is halal. Is that correct or not?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So there is no need for hesitation, and if the answer to this is known, then the previous answer is also known.
The questioner : You have done well, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you likewise.
The Shaykh : This is an error.
The questioner : From steeped juice.
The Shaykh : No, that is another question. If khamr is mixed with something else, where did the khamr come from?
The questioner : The khamr is from another nabidh.
The Shaykh : I mean, is its production permissible?
The questioner : No, its production is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner : It exists, and alcohol also exists, O Shaykh, but this is mixed with perfume and this is mixed with something else.
The Shaykh : Do not rush, may Allah bless you. Khamr is found with whom? In a Muslim’s house, he does not buy it.
The questioner : Yes, he does not buy it.
The Shaykh : So then, you are saying: Khamr exists. How do you imagine its existence?!
Either it is pressed or it is bought, so neither this is permissible nor that is permissible.
The questioner : If a beverage is found, O Shaykh, mixed with khamr, a small amount of khamr alone is not enough to cause intoxication.
The Shaykh : Your question returns and my answer returns.
The questioner : Khamr.
The Shaykh : No, you are saying a beverage, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : If a beverage is found mixed with khamr, O Shaykh, it came to us from the West, as comes to us from.
The Shaykh : Well, every question has an answer. A beverage came to you, what is in it?
The questioner : Khamr.
The Shaykh : Khamr. Does the large amount of this beverage cause intoxication?
The questioner : The large amount, yes, it may cause intoxication, and so does alcohol, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you, do not rush. You said it may cause intoxication.
The questioner : We need, O Shaykh, to know the proportion.
The Shaykh : Yes, but I am saying it may not cause intoxication.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Why are you hesitating?! Why do you not say as you said that?
The questioner : Because this hesitation, O Shaykh, is not resolved except by experience.
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Amen.
The Shaykh : What prevents you from hesitating is to say: If it is such, then the ruling is such, and if it is such, then the ruling is such.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : And I have answered this question, so now you are imagining a beverage that came to us from the West containing khamr. What is the ruling on this beverage?
The answer: If the large amount causes intoxication, then the small amount is haram, and if the large amount does not cause intoxication, then it is halal. Is that correct or not?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So there is no need for hesitation, and if the answer to this is known, then the previous answer is also known.
The questioner : You have done well, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you likewise.