Purity: Rulings on the Purity and Identification of Intoxicating Alcohol

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Purity: Rulings on the Purity and Identification of Intoxicating Alcohol

English:

Question #306:

i. Is ethyl alcohol najis or not? (Apparently it is this type of alcohol that is present in all intoxicants and the cause of intoxication.)
ii. What is the criterion for the najāsah of alcohol?
iii. What is the method of ascertaining whether a drink is an intoxicant?

Answer #306:

i. All the various kinds of alcohol that are intoxicating and originally in liquid form are najis by obligatory caution.
ii. The criterion is its being intoxicating and originally a liquid.
iii. If the mukallaf is not sure, then the information provided by reliable specialists will be sufficient.

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