Dear my fellow muslims and non-muslims,

surah Al-Maidah, 90:

"O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah ], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful."

the word, 'intoxicants', or 'memabukkan' is not only refer to 'alcohol'. But anything, that will cause intoxicants and cause you to lose your sense and soberness is fall into 'haram'. in this barbican case, does it intoxicating? if it is, yes indeed it is haram. but if it is not, it wont fall into haram. but according to Prophet Muhammad PBUH,

Dari Abi Abdillah An-Nu'man bin Al-Basyir ra berkata, "Aku mendengar Rasulullah SAW bersabda, "Sesungguhnya yang halal itu jelas dan yang haram itu jelas. Di antara keduanya adalah masalah yang mutasyabihat. Kebanyakan manusia tidak mengetahuinya. Siapa yang takut (berhati-hati) dari masalah yang syubuhat baginya, maka dia telah terbebas demi agama dan kehormatannya. Sedangkan orang yang jatuh dalam masalah syubuhat, dia jatuh ke dalam perkara yang haram... (HR Bukhari dan Muslim)

or in short: 'if you feel unsure about something either it is halal or haram, it is safe if you just leave it'.

the problem in Malaysia is, majlis fatwa kebangsaan doesnt have strong research facility to conduct study regarding on what content/condition of certain chemical (e.g:alcohol) will intoxicate you. So it is really bad for us, we dont have any basis to decide and ensure if this alcohol content in barbican enough to intoxicate someone or not when you drink it.

it is ridiculous to define all alcohol is haram. because as someone here said, alcohol has been used in other food as well, but not for intoxicating. and it is used in small amount so it wont effect our soberness. also it has been used in other purpose, like sterilize medical tools, preservation, perfume, etc . even tapai, if one day you eat tapai, then suddenly u can see stars and planet around you, that tapai is haram. same like gun, if you use it for hunting to fill your tummy, so gun is a very convenient tool. but if you use it to kill innocent people, than it is a bad tool.

another thing regarding mazhab. shafie, hanafi, maliki and hambali. all imams in respective mazhabs did not give their opinions on their own sense. But they were following sunnah and alquran. it is not like muslim is devided into 4 groups. you can follow any of these mazhabs because all of them are following alquran and sunnah. if anyone said 'no, you couldnt', let me remind you, that all of these imams did put a reminder in their books that if any of their teaching is against alquran and sunnah, we should leave their particular teaching and follow to alquran and sunnah instead. but in malaysia, we were taught to follow only one mazhab, shafie. and in shafie's mazhab, we focus on disciplines, and details. so in his teaching, if we feel unsure about something, it is better to leave it..it is not a sin if you follow other mazhab, as long it is following alquran and sunnah. because above all, alquran and sunnah is the core.

islam is easy and convenient, the people that make it look hard..

This post has been edited by dravenkill: May 31 2011, 06:29 AM