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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الأشربة
The Book of Drinks
باب تَحْرِيمِ التَّدَاوِي بِالْخَمْرِ وَبَيَانِ أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بدوَاءٍ
Chapter: The prohibition of using Khamr as a remedy; It is not a remedy
Sahih Muslim 1984 — The prohibition of using Khamr as a remedy; It
This hadith is listed as number 5141 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ ، أَنَّ طَارِقَ بْنَ سُوَيْدٍ الْجُعْفِيَّ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ فَنَهَاهُ أَوْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَصْنَعَهَا ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّمَا أَصْنَعُهَا لِلدَّوَاءِ ، فَقَالَ : " إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِدَوَاءٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ دَاءٌ " .
Wa'il al-Hadrami reported that Tariq bin Suwaid a-Ju'fi asked Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) about liquor. He forbade (its use) and he expressed hatred that it should be prepared. He (Tariq) said: I prepare it as a medicine, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: It is no medicine, but an ailment.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Benefits and Issues:
This hadith also establishes that
it is not permissible to make vinegar from wine, and using it for medical treatment is forbidden,
because it is not a remedy,
rather it is a disease, and this is the position of most jurists.
This is also the opinion of Imam Abu Hanifah, that it is not permissible to use unlawful things for treatment, and according to Saeedi Sahib, the early Hanafi jurists considered it permissible to use wine for treatment,
(Sharh Sahih Muslim,
vol. 6,
p. 235.)
One meaning is that the best vinegar is that which is made from wine; other vinegar is not correct.
Benefits and Issues:
This hadith also establishes that
it is not permissible to make vinegar from wine, and using it for medical treatment is forbidden,
because it is not a remedy,
rather it is a disease, and this is the position of most jurists.
This is also the opinion of Imam Abu Hanifah, that it is not permissible to use unlawful things for treatment, and according to Saeedi Sahib, the early Hanafi jurists considered it permissible to use wine for treatment,
(Sharh Sahih Muslim,
vol. 6,
p. 235.)
One meaning is that the best vinegar is that which is made from wine; other vinegar is not correct.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 5141
