Intoxicants are not lawful for them, namely the Jews, and they have made them lawful on their own authority; how can we approve of that if we deal with them?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, now, intoxicants are not lawful for them, but they, meaning, they left the law of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and acted according to their intellects, to the point that they do not even believe that it is lawful, but they make it lawful for themselves following their desires, and they do not have independent legal reasoning?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. I do not know from 'Umar! Nor do I know from the scholars who came before you...
The questioner : Yes, I am not saying...
The Shaykh : Where they said that it is not permissible for us to apply the fixed Qur'anic punishment for drinking intoxicants because they believe it is lawful, as for the fact that intoxicants were prohibited in their laws, that requires evidence, because intoxicants in the beginning of the Islamic law were?
The student: Lawful.
The Shaykh : It was lawful, yes.
The questioner : ... Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) made it clear that He prohibited it for the Children of Israel due to their wrongdoing, meaning the prohibition of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) upon this community...
The Shaykh : No, because it is carrion. These fats are carrion. The Messenger prohibited the sale of carrion, and among that are the fats, and it will come, if Allah wills, in the discussion of carrion, because now we are in the discussion of intoxicants.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. I do not know from 'Umar! Nor do I know from the scholars who came before you...
The questioner : Yes, I am not saying...
The Shaykh : Where they said that it is not permissible for us to apply the fixed Qur'anic punishment for drinking intoxicants because they believe it is lawful, as for the fact that intoxicants were prohibited in their laws, that requires evidence, because intoxicants in the beginning of the Islamic law were?
The student: Lawful.
The Shaykh : It was lawful, yes.
The questioner : ... Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) made it clear that He prohibited it for the Children of Israel due to their wrongdoing, meaning the prohibition of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) upon this community...
The Shaykh : No, because it is carrion. These fats are carrion. The Messenger prohibited the sale of carrion, and among that are the fats, and it will come, if Allah wills, in the discussion of carrion, because now we are in the discussion of intoxicants.