What is the ruling on taking medication that contains a proportion of narcotics?
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The questioner : ... or something from opium, is it permissible?
The Shaykh : If it is like intoxicants, such that it does not make the drink or the grain—for example—the one containing that substance, does not make the user of this substance become intoxicated.
The questioner : ... intoxicating, they give it for the purpose of intoxication.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: No... You are saying: No, I... No, did you understand what I said?
The questioner: No, no.
The Shaykh : No, you did not understand; if you had understood, you would not say: No.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Amen.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: if the trace of the intoxicating substance in this medicine that is given to the patient does not affect the mind of its user, and does not intoxicate him, in accordance with his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1865Hasan (Darussalam) then there is no harm in that; because intoxication is not the same as drunkenness. So, if the proportion of the intoxicating substance is small and does not affect the user, and does not make him physically affected by it such that he becomes like a smoker of tobacco, such that his inner state says: Is there more?! Then there is no harm in this medicine in that case.
The questioner : The Shaykh :
The Shaykh : If it is like intoxicants, such that it does not make the drink or the grain—for example—the one containing that substance, does not make the user of this substance become intoxicated.
The questioner : ... intoxicating, they give it for the purpose of intoxication.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: No... You are saying: No, I... No, did you understand what I said?
The questioner: No, no.
The Shaykh : No, you did not understand; if you had understood, you would not say: No.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner: Amen.
The Shaykh : I am telling you: if the trace of the intoxicating substance in this medicine that is given to the patient does not affect the mind of its user, and does not intoxicate him, in accordance with his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whatever a lot of it intoxicates, a little of it is unlawful.
ما أسكَرَ كثيره فقليله حرامThe questioner : The Shaykh :
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