What is the ruling on a person who lives on the financial support of his brother who drinks khamr (beer), claiming that it is a medicine and not an intoxicant?

Eid Abbasi : Here is an interesting question from one of the brothers, who appears to be a university student. He says: I am a regular university student living in a separate room with a brother of mine. This brother is responsible for me and provides me with everything I need, because my father is elderly. I have other brothers, but they are less attentive and caring in... This brother does not pray, and he drinks khamr in secret and in public. So when I clarify to him and explain about khamr, its prohibition, and its harms, he says: I do not drink araq (distilled spirits), but I drink beer, which is not intoxicating. Have you ever seen me drunk and babbling? And this beer is a medicine, not a disease, and it is nourishment for the body; as evidence, it is made by the Eastern Food Company [everyone laughs!], and so on with his justifications.
The brother asks: What is my ruling in this situation? And what is the solution? He notes: His claim that it is a medicine for the body is evidenced by the fact that he has become fatter and healthier, knowing that he does not stop taking his medication.
The reality of the matter is that there are things in this that call for a lesson. First, the questioner himself reports that this brother does not stop taking his medication; so how does he need to argue with him or consult, when he sees his condition which calls for pity and lamentation? This continuation of medication is clear evidence that it is due to the effect of the incoming effect of khamr. And true is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who does not speak from desire, when he said: or as he said (peace be upon him).
As for the doubt that this brother of his used as an excuse, that this— or several doubts— that this beer is not intoxicating; the answer is that the noble hadith clarified the ruling and the general rule in the prohibition of drinks; which is that if the quality of intoxication is found in it, it is forbidden; where he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . So if a person investigates this drink with objectivity and fairness, whether it is beer for example, and looks at a person who drank from it, a normal person, of course, because the normal person is the one to whom the ruling applies, whereas an abnormal person may not... quickly, or one accustomed to addiction and heavy drinks, so any normal person who drinks a large quantity of this drink, the known and... the questioner says it is certain that it intoxicates from this drink; because the ruling that this drink takes is that a person drinks a large quantity from it. It is not valid for him to argue with us and say: I drink a cup and then I do not get drunk, so it is lawful; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and in another narration: .
So it is necessary to drink a large quantity that a person can usually bear. So if this drinker were to examine himself and be asked this question, if he were sincere, he would admit that he gets intoxicated with this quantity. And as I said: regarding the normal person, the ruling will be that drinking even a simple drop of it is forbidden, as long as a large amount of this drink is forbidden. And I think this one who says this is among the stubborn and defiant; where he seeks his desire in this...
And there is his other doubt, where he says: This beer is made by the Eastern Food Company; this means the most trivial of arguments; where what is the trustworthiness of the men of this company? And the trustworthiness of its management? And the trustworthiness of the men in it, where he takes the ruling from them or does not take the ruling from them; meaning they did not say in their explanation that it is not intoxicating and that it is beneficial, but only they are the ones who produced it. So even if they were trustworthy, their statement would not be believed because they did not explicitly state it. It is not in their speech an explicit statement that it is nourishing and that it is beneficial; so how is it when they are not known for religion, or character, or trustworthiness, or honesty? And how is this when their statement or the meaning of their statement which he used as evidence contradicts the report of the Infallible (peace and blessings be upon him), which is from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and we have relied upon and known that from the methodology of the righteous Salaf that it is not permissible for anyone to say a statement against the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is not permissible.

The Shaykh : ... .

Eid Abbasi: Yes.
To treat the speech of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as one of us treats the speech of another, and to give examples and doubts for it. This is a rejected statement and is not to be heeded. As for the last aspect of his question, which is worthy of clarification, and has some validity; he says: What is my ruling in this situation? Meaning my situation is that he supports me, and I live with him?
So the answer: What appears to me— and Allah knows best— is that if he can be self-sufficient for himself, he should work, even a simple job, to be independent from the support of such a brother, even if it is just enough to get by. And we have heard news of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), the people of the Suffah, who were not forced into this harsh and difficult life except by their fleeing with their religion from the fitnah. They left Makkah, and they had wealth, and they had families, and they had furniture. They left all that for the sake of Allah.
So if this brother can be self-sufficient, and he is young, and it is the nature of a young man that he can work, and there are many models we know of, a person relies on himself, and works some hours, buying and selling, any work. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will make him successful if he is sincere to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and strives to get rid of what is in it of haram or doubt; then he is worthy of being made successful by His permission, as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: . So if he cannot and is in dire necessity, we say to him: Deny what you can, as in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): . And after that, there is no blame on you, if Allah wills, and Allah the Exalted knows best.
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