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Why drinking is prohibited in Islam?
A long answer is available at Islam Q&A, article 40882. In this case, the Qur'an itself provides an explanation:
They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some]...
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Is it okay to drink without getting intoxicated?
The relevant hadith is:
Jabir (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "If a large quantity of any beverage intoxicates, then a small amount of it is prohibited." Related by ...
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According to the Quran, is alcohol allowed to be drunk in small quantities?
The Quran was not revealed in one go, rather it was revealed over a period of 23 years. Wine was forbidden gradually to make it easy for the people to transition. At first it was discouraged (2:219) ...
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Are grapes and grape juice haram?
It's going to be what you expect: these things are halal.
The only context I can think of where grapes (or grape juice) might be haram is if they're being (mis) used for making alcohol, as per the ...
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Haraam or Halal? - Coke and Pepsi contain 0.001% Alcohol
The impracticality of totally eliminating alcohol consumption
Alcohol occurs naturally in the food we eat and the drinks we drink:
Ethanol production has also been observed under natural ...
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Was alcohol permitted long ago, before Mohammad was born?
Let's take it chronologically:
Yes, at the beginning of Islam alcohol was not prohibited, but it was well known that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) never ever even came close to it!
So the ...
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Was alcohol permitted long ago, before Mohammad was born?
There are several perspectives concerning the time when Mashroobat-al-alkoli (Alcohol drinks) got haram (forbidden), among:
In Mecca and at the beginning of Be’thah . / . (ديدگاه علامه ...
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At what alcohol percentage is a volume of alcoholic seasoning/condiment considered haram?
TL;DR: The Qur'an and Sunnah didn't come with percentages, so rulings are based around the hadith:
It was narrated from 'Amir bin Sa'd, from his father, that:
The Prophet [SAW] forbade a small ...
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Can I use perfume that contain alcohol and will it affect my prayer?
AFAIK, there are nothing against us using perfume that contains alcohol other than for the sake of being careful.
"That which intoxicates in large quantities is prohibited in small
quantities." (...
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Can non-alcoholic beer or wine not be haram?
If we can distill all the alcohol out, is it still haram?
First, this is not permissible, as per the hadith (as cited in an Islam Q&A fatwa):
Abu Talhah asked the prophet (ﷺ) about the orphans ...
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Why drinking is prohibited in Islam?
Prohibited as proven in Quran:
Say, “My Lord has only forbidden immoralities – what is apparent of
them and what is concealed – and sin, and oppression without right,
and that you associate ...
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Is this hadith authentic? "Alcohol itself is prohibited and intoxication in every other beverage."
The most authentic hadith including parts of your quote is this from sahih Muslim which is quoted in "al-Hidayah fi takhriji ahadith al-Bidyah الهداية في تخريج أحاديث البداية" by the hafidh Muhammad ...
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Is it permissible for a Muslim to rent a venue for a wedding, where the venue has a liquor license?
As far as as I understood your Question. I can't see where the problem is. If the Muslims who want to organize or get married just, let the owner -I suppose he is non-Muslim and you are in a non-...
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Surat Al-Mutaffifin [83:22-25] says the righteous will be given to drink wine, what does it mean?
One reason alcoholic drinks are prohibited in this world is that the bad things in it are more than the good in it.
"They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and
[yet, ...
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Is it halal to eat food that contain alcohol as one of its ingredients?
You're familiar with the hadith
It was narrated from 'Amir bin Sa'd, from his father, that:
The Prophet [SAW] forbade a small amount of whatever intoxicates in large amounts. Sunan an-Nasa'i 5609 ...
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As a foreign student whose visa does not allow work, can I deliver food with pork ingredients for work via the DoorDash app?
Under any circumstances, the answer is the same. The forbiddance of both alcohol and swine is well established in Islam and is not contextual; hence, no specific fatwa is required. Any act that one ...
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Source and reliability of "...swallowing up of some people..." when "...female singers and musical instruments appear and wine is held to be lawful"?
Some sources
The author of this khutba mixed a few things there are indeed many narrations starting with a wording like (I will only list my findings on sunnah.com):
This Community will experience ...
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Is it haram to eat food in which alcohol has been added?
The alcohol is still retained even after cooking, albeit in smaller amounts:
A study by a team of researchers at the University of Idaho, Washington State University, and the US Department of ...
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Is it haram to eat food in which alcohol has been added?
Prohibition of Wine is not dependent on it being intoxicating, rather wine is ritually unclean in itself:
الخمر والميسر والأنصاب والأزلام رجس من عمل الشيطان فاجتنبوه لعلكم تفلحون
Wine, gambling, ...
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Is it Haram to work in the factory that produces alcoholic drinks.?
Hadith:
Wine is cursed from ten angles: The wine itself, the one who squeezes
(the grapes etc), the one for whom it is squeezed, the one who sells
it, the one who buys it, the one who carries ...
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Was alcohol prohibited to the previous nations?
Actually it is in the Christian scripture not to get drunk with alcohol, in at least two different places:
Proverbs 20:1 King James Version (KJV) 20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and ...
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What about if you work with alcohol but don't drink it?, is that samething?
Graded sahih and narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar the following Hadith states:
يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْخَمْرَ وَشَارِبَهَا وَسَاقِيَهَا وَبَائِعَهَا ...
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Does including glycerol in supplements make them haram?
You can apply this general rule to medicine and supplements that include alcohol. The Fiqh rule says "Al-Darurat tobeah Al-Mahzorat" which means necessities makes the un-lawful, temporarily ...
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Is alcohol haram or not recommended?
There's no doubt that alcohol is haram (forbidden).
Qur'an
The strongest wording of the prohibition is Qur'an 5:90-91:
O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone ...
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If wine was used in a marinara sauce recipe, is this considered haram?
All perfect praise be to Allah.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“Every body that is nourished with haraam things, the Fire is more
befitting for it.” Narrated by ...
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Is San-J soy sauce halal?
There's a difference of opinion, so it's probably better to be avoid it just in case (as per the hadith "Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt", Sunan an-...
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Is wine banned or is alcohol banned? Can we use products, such as deodorant, which contain alcohol?
Is wine banned or is alcohol banned?
All intoxicants are haram for consumption. The wines and alcohols that cause intoxication are totally forbidden.
'A'isha reported that Allaah's Messenger (...
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If a Muslim friend started drinking alcohol in front of me, how can I appropriately react?
Advise. The first step is to advise the person that drinking alcohol is not permissible. It may be, as you mentioned in your question, that they are unaware of this. In any case, we are commanded to ...
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