What are the benefits of intoxicants mentioned in the verse: “... and benefits for people”?
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The questioner :[Al-Baqarah 2:219] What are the benefits for people?
The Shaykh : Regarding the benefits for people, the scholars have stated that there are benefits for the body, such as alleviating worries to some extent, as well as financial benefits through trading in them, and financial benefits through marketing them, and the like; that is, financial benefits.
They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people
يسألونك عن الخمر والميسر قل فيهما إثم كبير ومنافع للناسThe Shaykh : Regarding the benefits for people, the scholars have stated that there are benefits for the body, such as alleviating worries to some extent, as well as financial benefits through trading in them, and financial benefits through marketing them, and the like; that is, financial benefits.