Is the impurity of intoxicants a physical impurity or a spiritual impurity?
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The questioner : The mention of intoxicants has come up for us now, so we ask about the ruling on its impurity: is it a spiritual impurity or a physical impurity?
The Shaykh : No, its impurity is not a physical impurity. It is explained in the noble verse: Yes, it is the work of Satan[Al-Ma'idah 5:90]. This is the meaning... a material aspect. In addition to that, it is established in some authentic hadiths from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he forbade intoxicants, so the skins of wine were torn up in the streets of Madinah. Would a sane person say that the streets are impure? Women used to pass through these streets with their garments trailing behind them. It is not reasonable to say that. Add to that a very great hadith for this occasion: meaning, why are you tearing it up and crushing it? He answered them here, and the point is: whereas if intoxicants were impure, how could one benefit from them? He said: - or as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said -; therefore, intoxicants are not impure, but forbidden like many other forbidden things.
The Shaykh : No, its impurity is not a physical impurity. It is explained in the noble verse: Yes, it is the work of Satan
indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan
إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنْصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِWhen the prohibition of intoxicants was revealed, there was a wine skin in the street, apparently placed there for sale, so he ordered that it be brought to him... He took it and struck it in the street. They said: O Messenger of Allah, there is indeed benefit in it.
لما نزل تحريم الخمر وهناك زقاق الظاهر موضوعة في مكان لبيعها فأمر بأن يؤتى له ... فأخذ بها ضربًا في الزقاق قالوا : يا رسول الله ، إنَّ فيها لَمنفعةYes
أجلYes, I am only doing this as retribution for the sanctities of Allah.
أجل ، وإنما أفعل ذلك انتقامًا لحرمات الله
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