FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Halal and Haram
TAGGED WITH:: alcohol, halal income, IT, web development
/by YusufUstadh Salman Younas is asked about being tasked, as a web-developer, to build websites for companies engaged in the sale of alcohol. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I have just started a new job as an IT technician/web developer. Only today did the manager ask me to work on one of their […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Shafi'i Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: alcohol, intoxicant, rulings on intoxication, symptoms of intoxication
/by YusufShaykh Jamir Meah clarifies the rulings regarding intoxicants and the moral responsibility of someone who is intoxicated. Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. Shafi‘i jurists determined that liquid intoxicants are impure. What is the precise definition of an intoxicant and what are the symptoms of intoxication? Do symptoms like blurred vision, dizziness, vertigo, […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Shafi'i Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: alcohol
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum I’ve been told that when talking about alcohol in the islamic context (khamr) we chemically only refer to “ethanol”. Can we limit all rulings pertaining to khamr, like impurity, to ethanol (and substances with a similiar effect) only, according to the Shāfi’ī school? Does it matter how […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel
TAGGED WITH:: alcohol
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum My brother and I live together along with a roommate in an apartment. We are all Muslim. My brother drinks alcohol and hides the alcohol in the house. I have asked him to remove it but he refuses to listen. What am I to do in such […]
FILED UNDER: ANS General Counsel, ANS Marriage and Divorce
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum My fiancé drunk alcohol for the first time in his life due to some major problems. Next day he messages me telling me about this mistake and promised me that he will never do this again. Should I beleive him and still marry him? Answer: Assalam alaykum. […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Marriage and Divorce (shafii-fiqh), ANS Shafi'i Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: alcohol, daughter, sinful father
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum I expressed my interest to marry a girl but my father was concerned about the fact that she is the daughter of an alcohol trader. Is it impermissible to marry her or even to think about marrying her? Answer: Assalam alaykum. I pray this finds you in […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Halal and Haram, ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Shafi'i Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: alcohol, homeopathy
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalam alaykum I have heard some scholars say that homeopathy is permissible and some say that it isn’t. Since there is alcohol in the mother tincture, how is it considered permissible? Answer: Wa alaykum assalam. Jazakum Allah khayr for your question, which I have heard many Shafi‘i’s ask. It […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Purity
TAGGED WITH:: alcohol, leather, pig, wine
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum 1. Is wearing pig leather haram in the hanafi school? 2. Could you expand on the four conditions of the permissibility of using alcohol derived from sources other than Raisins, grapes or dates? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, Pig Leather 1. Yes, it is impermissible to wear […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Purity (shafii-fiqh), ANS Shafi'i Fiqh
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Abdurragmaan Khan Question: Assalam alaykum, Are substances mixed with alcohol excused according to the Shafi’i School? An example would be a cream mixed with alcohol. Answer:Wa alaykum salam May Allah increase you. Scholars adopted one of three approaches in dealing with widespread usage of denatured alcohol in the current era. 1. Maintaining […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: alcohol, vanilla
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaykum Is vanilla essence impermissible when it contains alcohol? Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullah, No, vanilla essence is permitted to use in food and the like, even if there is some incidental remnant of the carrier alcohol. But it would be religiously superior, where reasonably possible, to […]
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