The Ruling on Drinking Beer and the Like
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Question: What is the ruling on drinking beer? And likewise, what about similar beverages?
Answer: If the beer is free from anything that causes intoxication, there is no harm in it. However, if it contains any of the substance of intoxication, it is not permissible to drink it. Likewise, regarding the rest of intoxicants—whether they are drunk or eaten—one must be cautious of them, and it is not permissible to drink or eat any of them. This is based on the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) : [Al-Ma'idah: 90-91].
And based on his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:Sahih Muslim 2003b, which Imam Muslim recorded in his Sahih. It is also established from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that: Sunan al-Bayhaqi 16:11, as it is authentic from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Sahih al-Bukhari 242, and it is also authentic from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he Sunan Abi Dawud 3686Da'if (Al-Albani).
Therefore, it is obligatory for all Muslims to be cautious of all intoxicants and to warn against them. And whoever does any of that must abandon it and hasten to repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) from it. As He (Mighty and Majestic) said: [An-Nur: 31], and He (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: [At-Tahrim: 8].
Answer: If the beer is free from anything that causes intoxication, there is no harm in it. However, if it contains any of the substance of intoxication, it is not permissible to drink it. Likewise, regarding the rest of intoxicants—whether they are drunk or eaten—one must be cautious of them, and it is not permissible to drink or eat any of them. This is based on the saying of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) :
O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالأَنصَابُ وَالأَزْلاَمُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ And based on his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:
Every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is forbidden.
كل مسكر خمر، وكل مسكر حرامHe cursed the khamr (intoxicants), its drinker, its server, its presser, its one who presses it, its carrier, the one to whom it is carried, its seller, its buyer, and the one who eats its price.
لعن الخمر وشاربها، وساقيها، وعاصرها، ومعتصرها، وحاملها، والمحمولة إليه، وبائعها، ومشتريها، وآكل ثمنهاAll drinks that produce intoxication are Haram (forbidden to drink).
كل شراب أسكر فهو حرامforbade every intoxicant and everything which produces languidness
نهى عن كل مسكر ومفترTherefore, it is obligatory for all Muslims to be cautious of all intoxicants and to warn against them. And whoever does any of that must abandon it and hasten to repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) from it. As He (Mighty and Majestic) said:
And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
وَتُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أَيُّهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَO you who have believed, repent to Allah with sincere repentance.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا تُوبُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً نَّصُوحًا
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