What is the ruling on drinking medicine that contains alcohol?

The foreigner, and it is not permissible for us to manufacture it. Recently, many of the pharmacies here used to compound medications, right? But now that imports have become abundant and organized, it has made them independent of local manufacturing. So, if a medication is not found and a pharmacist wants to manufacture a drug that contains alcohol, it is not permissible. If you were asked, would you know the answer? I say, why is it not permissible to manufacture this medicine, even though it is permissible to buy it as long as it comes to us from abroad? Why is it not permissible to manufacture it locally or nationally?

The questioner : Because there is a hadith...

The Shaykh : ... The evidence, may Allah give you peace of mind. The best speech is what is brief and to the point. Tell me, why is it not permissible? Then, if I need the evidence, I will ask for it.

The questioner : ... Because it is not permissible for a Muslim to have the forbidden thing in his possession.

The Shaykh : Do you see this answer? The best speech is what is brief and to the point. Instead of bringing me a hadith that might turn out to be not authentic, what do we need that for? This is the point: this pharmacist who wants to compound a medication from his own stock means he has wine, or the mother of wine, which is alcohol. Where did he get it? Either he manufactured it or he bought it, and both are not permissible in Islam. I have clarified this to you. This is a point that many people do not notice. They assume that because we say it is permissible to drink medicine containing alcohol as long as it does not intoxicate, that it is also permissible to manufacture it. No, the distinction must be made. The distinction must be made between the two matters. Yes.