Purity: Ruling on Boiling Unripe Grapes Mixed with Ripe Ones

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Ruling on Boiling Unripe Grapes Mixed with Ripe Ones

English:

Question #302:

It is said that when a quantity of unripe grapes are boiled to extract their juice, the substance derived after boiling is ḥarām if they included a few or even a single ripe grape. Is this opinion correct?

Answer #302:

If the quantity of the juice derived from a few ripe grapes is so insignificant that it disappears in the juice of the raw grapes so that it cannot be called the juice of ripe grapes, it is ḥalāl. But, if only the ripe grapes are boiled on the fire, then it is ḥarām to drink the juice.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Ruling of Intoxicants