What is the ruling on "spiritus" used in medicine?
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The questioner : You mentioned spiritus. What is the ruling on using "spiritus" as a medicine?
The Shaykh : I thought you understood the ruling.
The questioner : No, not before.
The Shaykh : No, not after.
The questioner : Later, it became clearer to me.
The Shaykh : It is khamr (intoxicants). Do you know that it is khamr?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : Do we not use it at all?
The Shaykh : I mean, you say spiritus is khamr, and you are telling the truth, even in what? In medicine.
The questioner : A fortiori.
The Shaykh : Does it cease to be khamr?
The questioner : No, it is khamr.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden. Do not be negligent, everyone. Spiritus is one of the things that
is carried and bought
The questioner : from the pharmacy.
The Shaykh : You buy it.
The questioner : Yes
The questioner : There are two types of spiritus: white and blue.
The Shaykh : Yes, if their claim is true that the blue one is poisonous and not intoxicating. I do not know if this is actually true or not.
The questioner : If it is intoxicating, it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Yes, without a doubt.
The questioner : Nutmeg, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Nutmeg. What I know about it is that it is a narcotic; much of it is a narcotic, not an intoxicant. If it is proven to be an intoxicant through the well-known chemical analysis, its ruling is the ruling of spiritus.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : According to the opinion of a man from your country, and only that...
The questioner : Is a narcotic forbidden?
The Shaykh : The harmful narcotic is forbidden.
The questioner : Spiritus is necessary.
The Shaykh : Halimah has returned to her old ways.
The questioner : Regarding the same spiritus, before we leave it, medical spiritus is necessary...
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : May Allah will that it is for sterilizing the site of the needle puncture?
The Shaykh : There is a sterilizer other than spiritus.
The Shaykh : I thought you understood the ruling.
The questioner : No, not before.
The Shaykh : No, not after.
The questioner : Later, it became clearer to me.
The Shaykh : It is khamr (intoxicants). Do you know that it is khamr?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : Do we not use it at all?
The Shaykh : I mean, you say spiritus is khamr, and you are telling the truth, even in what? In medicine.
The questioner : A fortiori.
The Shaykh : Does it cease to be khamr?
The questioner : No, it is khamr.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden. Do not be negligent, everyone.
Allah has cursed ten people regarding intoxicants.
لعن الله في الخمر عشرةis carried and bought
The questioner : from the pharmacy.
The Shaykh : You buy it.
The questioner : Yes
The questioner : There are two types of spiritus: white and blue.
The Shaykh : Yes, if their claim is true that the blue one is poisonous and not intoxicating. I do not know if this is actually true or not.
The questioner : If it is intoxicating, it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : Yes, without a doubt.
The questioner : Nutmeg, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Nutmeg. What I know about it is that it is a narcotic; much of it is a narcotic, not an intoxicant. If it is proven to be an intoxicant through the well-known chemical analysis, its ruling is the ruling of spiritus.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : According to the opinion of a man from your country, and only that...
The questioner : Is a narcotic forbidden?
The Shaykh : The harmful narcotic is forbidden.
The questioner : Spiritus is necessary.
The Shaykh : Halimah has returned to her old ways.
The questioner : Regarding the same spiritus, before we leave it, medical spiritus is necessary...
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : May Allah will that it is for sterilizing the site of the needle puncture?
The Shaykh : There is a sterilizer other than spiritus.