Impermissibility Of Intoxicants, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)
- Among Allāh’s blessings is the protection Islām gives to the intellect, by forbidding what harms it
- An intoxicant is whatever changes a person’s normal perception; ḥadīth: “Every intoxicant is khamr and every khamr is forbidden”, and what intoxicates in large amounts is forbidden in small amounts
- This covers drink, food and smoking, including street drugs, and it is not permissible to buy, sell, make, serve, transport or consume them
- The principle of no harm to oneself or others, and Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:195, “do not throw yourselves into destruction”
- The three stages of the prohibition: first that there is great sin and harm in it, then not praying while intoxicated, and finally the complete command to avoid it (Sūrat al-Māʾidah 5:90)
- The harm of intoxicants to the mind, body and manners, leading to wrongdoing, and the wisdom behind the prohibition
Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent on 8/3/19
