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(F 111) What is your opinion, O our sheikh, on the saying: “Whatever intoxicates in small amounts, then its abundance is prohibited”?


In our school of law, we distinguish between two types of prohibited drinks:
• Wine: it is prohibited whether consumed in large or small quantities, even a single drop.
• Intoxicants: They are drinks that lead to the loss of reason and consciousness.
Wine is absolutely prohibited. As for the second type, the criteria for its prohibition is mentioned in the hadith that states that if a drink leads to intoxication and loss of reason, then even small quantities are also prohibited. However, if consuming a larger quantity of the drink does not lead to intoxication, then there is no prohibition. Therefore, this hadith serves as the criterion for the prohibition of intoxicants.
And Allah knows best.
Fatwa by Dr. Khālid Naṣr