What is the status of Homeopathic Medicines in Islam.
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What
is the status of Homeopathic Medicines in Islam.Alcohal is used as
apreservative of medicine in it.some liquid medicenes have 40 to 60 %
alchohal?Muslims used these medicines all over the world so what`s the correct
view regarding the use of these medicines?
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Answer:
Alcohol in medicine
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 4.6
The majority of scholars are of the opinion
that the use of intoxicants and other prohibited things as medicine, is
unlawful. They base their arguments on the following guidance:
Wa'il ibn Hujr al-Hadrami reported that,
"Tariq ibn Suwaid asked the Prophet (saws) if he could use alcohol as
medicine. The Prophet (saws) replied: 'It is not a cure, but a disease'.'' (Related
by Muslim, Abu Daw'ud, and Tirmidhi.)
Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet (saws) reports
that he (saws) once said: "Allah has not placed a cure for your diseases
in things that He has forbidden for you.'' (Related by Baihaqi and Ibn Hibban. Bukhari
has also related the same hadith on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud.)
Abu ad-Darda reported that the Prophet (saws)
said: "Allah has sent down both the malady and its remedy. For every
disease He has created a cure. So seek medical treatment, but never with
something the use of which Allah has prohibited.'' (Related by Abu Daw'ud.)
In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of the
Messenger of Allah (saws), it would not be permissible for a believer who
sincerely fears Allah and the Last Day to consume any type of ‘khamr’ or
intoxicant, even under the guise or excuse of medicine.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3672 Narrated by Abdullah Ibn Abbas
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “Every
intoxicant is khamr (alcohol, wine,
etc.), and every intoxicant is haraam.”
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3679 Narrated by Aisha
I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws)
say: “Every intoxicant is haraam; if a quantity of anything causes
intoxication, a handful of it is (also)
haraam.”
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan