This is a very popular discussion, and the famous opinion is that it is ḥarām to eat or drink on a mā’idah or a sufrah – which is essentially anything upon which you place food for consumption – while there is alcohol being consumed on...
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his book is a collection of speeches that Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi delivered in the month of Ramadan. There are five main chapters in this book: Birth of the new moon. The charity...
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The evidence is adding up that no amount of drinking is safe,” says study co-author Emmanuela Gakidou, a professor of global health and health metrics sciences at the University of Washington. “I don’t think we’re going out on a...
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The only religion that has strongly banned alcoholism in the world is Islam, and it is thanks to this principle that the toxic effects of this poisonous drink are not manifest among the followers of Islam, said Allama Tabatabaei in his note to the congress on fighting alcoholic beverages at the request of the...
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Iraq's parliament has voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol arguing that the....
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Read More »UK Petrol Stations Remove Alcohol from Sale
one of Britain’s most successful Muslim families has removed alcohol from its shelves, deemed haram in Islam.
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There are many food items that contain small amounts of alcohol, including Tim Tams which was confirmed via email (To add to the confusion, reliable sources have informed me that they called and Arnotts has denied alcohol being used in the process, if there is doubt in this case he …
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