Question 65: Is it permissible to use ethanol, which has been proven to be intoxicating, and other forbidden beverages for the treatment of diseases? What if it is part of a pharmaceutical composition?
✅Answer: Please consider the following narrations:
عَنْ أَبِی عَلِیٍّ الْأَشْعَرِیِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْکَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِیِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ دَوَاءٍ عُجِنَ بِالْخَمْرِ فَقَالَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَنْظُرَ إِلَیْهِ فَکَیْفَ أَتَدَاوَی بِهِ إِنَّهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ شَحْمِ الْخِنْزِیرِ أَوْ لَحْمِ الْخِنْزِیرِ و إنَ أُنَاساً یَتَدَاوَوْنَ بِهِ
📚Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 414
Translation: Halabi said: I asked Imam Sadiq (AS) about a medicine that is mixed with wine and prepared; he said: No, by God, I do not even like to look at it, let alone use it for healing. Indeed, it is like pig fat or pig meat, and some people use it for healing.
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَیْنَةَ قَالَ کَتَبْتُ إِلَی أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ یُنْعَتُ لَهُ الدَّوَاءُ مِنْ رِیحِ الْبَوَاسِیرِ فَیَشْرَبُهُ بِقَدْرِ أُسْکُرُّجَةٍ مِنْ نَبِیذٍ لَیْسَ یُرِیدُ بِهِ اللَّذَّةَ إِنَّمَا یُرِیدُ بِهِ الدَّوَاءَ فَقَالَ لَا وَ لَا جُرْعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمْ یَجْعَلْ فِی شَیْ ءٍ مِمَّا حَرَّمَ دَوَاءً وَ لَا شِفَاءً
📚Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 413
Translation: Umar ibn Udhaynah said: I wrote a letter to Imam Sadiq (AS) regarding a man who was prescribed a medicine for hemorrhoids and drank a small amount of Nabidh (fermented drink) without the intention of pleasure, only for treatment. I asked him about this. Imam replied: No, not even a single sip, and he said: Indeed, Allah (SWT) has not placed healing in anything that He has made forbidden.
عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَیْدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَرَّجَانِیِّ عَنْ مَالِکٍ الْمِسْمَعِیِّ عَنْ قَائِدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ النَّبِیذِ یُجْعَلُ فِی الدَّوَاءِ قَالَ لَا یَنْبَغِی لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ یَسْتَشْفِیَ بِالْحَرَامِ
📚Kafi, Vol. 6, p. 414
Translation: Qaid ibn Talhah asked Imam Sadiq (AS) about Nabidh being used in medicine. Imam said: No, it is not right for anyone to seek healing from what is forbidden.
Other narrations also state that it is not permissible to treat with forbidden drinks or foods, and if ethanol (which is intoxicating) or any other forbidden beverage is part of a pharmaceutical composition or consumed alone, it is strongly condemned in these narrations.
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