Issue: Is grape juice forbidden?
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The Shaykh : Here is an issue that the author did not mention, but people need to know: Is juice forbidden or not? Grape juice, orange juice, and the like— is it forbidden or lawful?
The questioner : The default ruling is that it is lawful.
The Shaykh : It is lawful, without doubt, unless it boils, meaning its value rises?
The questioner : It boils.
The Shaykh : That is, if it boils, if it starts to boil, it ferments. So if it boils, it becomes khamr (intoxicants) and is forbidden. If it starts to foam, and there is foam in it, it becomes forbidden. Or, according to the well-known view in the school of jurisprudence, if three days have passed over it, even if it has not boiled, it becomes forbidden. Why? They said that the juice usually boils within three days. Since the boiling may be hidden, they tied the ruling to the usual case because it is apparent, which is three days. The correct view is the opposite: it does not become forbidden if three days have passed, especially in cold countries. As for hot countries, after three days, one should look into it, and the precaution is to avoid it and give it to animals or the like, because one fears that it may have fermented and you do not know about it.
The questioner : The default ruling is that it is lawful.
The Shaykh : It is lawful, without doubt, unless it boils, meaning its value rises?
The questioner : It boils.
The Shaykh : That is, if it boils, if it starts to boil, it ferments. So if it boils, it becomes khamr (intoxicants) and is forbidden. If it starts to foam, and there is foam in it, it becomes forbidden. Or, according to the well-known view in the school of jurisprudence, if three days have passed over it, even if it has not boiled, it becomes forbidden. Why? They said that the juice usually boils within three days. Since the boiling may be hidden, they tied the ruling to the usual case because it is apparent, which is three days. The correct view is the opposite: it does not become forbidden if three days have passed, especially in cold countries. As for hot countries, after three days, one should look into it, and the precaution is to avoid it and give it to animals or the like, because one fears that it may have fermented and you do not know about it.