Question 1481: I have had some grape juice in a container for a while to make grape vinegar, but it has not turned into vinegar yet. Can I sell it due to financial need?
Answer
✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:
1 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ بَزِیعٍ عَنْ حَنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِی کَهْمَسٍ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْعَصِیرِ فَقَالَ لِی کَرْمٌ وَ أَنَا أَعْصِرُهُ کُلَّ سَنَةٍ وَ أَجْعَلُهُ فِی الدِّنَانِ وَ أَبِیعُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ یَغْلِیَ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ فَإِنْ غَلَی فَلَا یَحِلُّ بَیْعُهُ...
📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 5, p. 232
Abi Kahmas said: A man asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about grape juice and said: I have a grape tree, and every year I get grape juice and pour it into large jars, and I sell it before it ferments. The Imam said: There is no problem, but if it ferments, its sale is not lawful!
2 عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَوْلَى حُرِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي أَصْنَعُ الْأَشْرِبَةَ مِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَ غَيْرِهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُكَلِّفُونَنِي صَنْعَتَهَا فَأَصْنَعُهَا لَهُمْ فَقَالَ اصْنَعْهَا وَ ادْفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِمْ وَ هِيَ حَلَالٌ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَصِيرَ مُسْكِراً
📚 Tahdhib Vol. 9, p. 127
Mawla Hurr ibn Yazid said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) and said: I make drinks from honey and other things, and people commission me to make them for them, and I do so. The Imam said: Make it and hand it over to them while it is lawful, before it becomes an intoxicant!
3 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِیهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْخَمْرِ یَکُونُ أَوَّلُهُ خَمْراً ثُمَّ یَصِیرُ خَلًّا یُؤکَلُ قَالَ إِذَا ذَهَبَ سُکْرُهُ فَلَا بَأْسَ.
📚 Qurb al-Isnad p. 116.
Ali ibn Ja'far said: I asked Musa ibn Ja'far (peace be upon him) about wine that is first wine and then turns into edible vinegar; the Imam said: There is no problem as long as its intoxicating effect is gone!
4 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ ذَکَرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ الْعَصِیرَ إِذَا طُبِخَ حَتَّی یَذْهَبَ ثُلُثَاهُ وَ یَبْقَی ثُلُثُهُ فَهُوَ حَلَالٌ.
📚 Al-Kafi Vol. 6, p. 420
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Grape juice, if it is cooked until two-thirds of it are gone and one-third of it remains, then it is lawful!
✅ Based on the above narrations and others, the sale of grape juice is lawful before it ferments due to heating or keeping, but when it ferments due to heating or keeping, its sale becomes unlawful.
✅ The way for grape juice that has been heated and has fermented to become lawful for sale is to heat it until two-thirds of it evaporate and one-third remains.
And the way for grape juice that has fermented due to being kept to become lawful for sale is to keep it until it turns into vinegar, and the time required for this varies depending on the warmth and coldness of the weather, the amount of grape juice in the container, and other conditions.
✅ Therefore, the sale and drinking of grape juice that has fermented due to being kept but has not yet turned into vinegar is not lawful until it turns into vinegar, and its sale and consumption become lawful.
(Nashish: It is the bubbling of wine, where small bubbles from the bottom and inside the container of the juice begin to rise and form a foam on it)
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
🌿 The importance of storing a year's worth of food
عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّه قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الزَّكَاةِ مَا يَأْخُذُ مِنْهَا الرَّجُلُ.. إلی أن قال إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِنَّمَا يُعْطَوْنَ مِنَ السَّنَةِ إِلَى السَّنَةِ فَلِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مَا يَكْفِيهِ وَ يَكْفِي عِيَالَهُ مِنَ السَّنَةِ إِلَى السَّنَة
📚 Ma'ani al-Akhbar p. 152, no. 1
A person asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about Zakat, how much of it a (poor) person should take? To the point that he said: Indeed, people are given (an amount for) year to year, so a (needy) person can take enough for himself and his family and dependents to suffice them from this year until the next year!
Storing a year's worth of food
Manufactured famine
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
🌿 The importance of storing a year's worth of food
الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضَا يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ إِذَا أَدْخَلَ طَعَامَ سَنَةٍ خَفَّ ظَهْرُهُ وَ اسْتَرَاحَ وَ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّه لَا يَشْتَرِيَانِ عُقْدَةً حَتَّى يُدْخِلَا [یحرزا] طَعَامَ سَنَةٍ
📚 Kafi Vol. 5, p. 89
Hasan ibn Jahm said: I heard Imam Reza (peace be upon him) say: Indeed, when a person brings in a year's worth of food, his back becomes light and he finds peace, and Imam Baqir and Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them) would not buy any property until they had prepared and stored a year's worth of food!
Storing a year's worth of food
Manufactured famine
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🔥 The status of cunning and deception
عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ مُوسَی الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَنْ کَانَ مُسْلِماً فَلَا یَمْکُرُ وَ لَا یَخْدَعُ فَإِنِّی سَمِعْتُ جَبْرَئِیلَ یَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَکْرَ وَ الْخَدِیعَةَ فِی النَّارِ
📚 Amali al-Saduq p. 223
Imam Reza (peace be upon him) narrated from his father, from his forefathers, from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) that he said: Whoever is a Muslim should not be cunning and should not deceive, for I heard Gabriel (peace be upon him) say: Indeed, cunning and deception are in the fire!
Morality
اللَّهُمَّ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ
وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر