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10. Sweat of an excrement-eating animal →
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9. Wine
Ruling 108. Wine is impure. Apart from wine, other things that intoxicate a human being are not impure.
Ruling 109.* Alcohol, whether industrial or medicinal, in all its types, is pure unless it is known and ascertained that the alcohol has been obtained from the vaporisation and distillation of grape wine, in which case it is impure.
Ruling 110. If grape juice bubbles by itself [through fermentation] or by cooking, it is pure; however, it is unlawful to drink. Similarly, based on obligatory precaution, boiled grapes are unlawful to consume but they are not impure.
Ruling 111.* Dates, currants, raisins, and their juice, even if they bubble, are pure and it is lawful to consume them. However, if date juice, currant juice, or raisin juice bubbles and it is known that it will intoxicate, then it is unlawful to consume but it is not impure.
Ruling 112.* Beer (fuqqāʿ), which is made from barley and causes a low level of intoxication, is unlawful to consume; and based on obligatory precaution, it is impure. However, barley water derived from barley for medicinal purposes and does not cause any intoxication whatsoever is pure and lawful to consume.
10. Sweat of an excrement-eating animal →
← 8. Disbeliever (kāfir)
Ruling 109.* Alcohol, whether industrial or medicinal, in all its types, is pure unless it is known and ascertained that the alcohol has been obtained from the vaporisation and distillation of grape wine, in which case it is impure.
Ruling 110. If grape juice bubbles by itself [through fermentation] or by cooking, it is pure; however, it is unlawful to drink. Similarly, based on obligatory precaution, boiled grapes are unlawful to consume but they are not impure.
Ruling 111.* Dates, currants, raisins, and their juice, even if they bubble, are pure and it is lawful to consume them. However, if date juice, currant juice, or raisin juice bubbles and it is known that it will intoxicate, then it is unlawful to consume but it is not impure.
Ruling 112.* Beer (fuqqāʿ), which is made from barley and causes a low level of intoxication, is unlawful to consume; and based on obligatory precaution, it is impure. However, barley water derived from barley for medicinal purposes and does not cause any intoxication whatsoever is pure and lawful to consume.