Talk:Islam and alcohol

The Holy Qur'an states: “ They ask Thee concerning Wine and Gambling, Say: In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit. „

—Qur'an 2:219

Perhaps the article should say the drinking of alcohol is discouraged, not prohibited.

Contradiction?
I think this article contradicts itself:

In Islam, Alcohol is forbidden to drink, but is allowed to be used for medical and other purposes. Several Qur'anic verses prohibit the use of alcohol.

The first line says that it can be used for medical and other purposes (which other purposes? cooking?). The second line says it is prohibited. If it is prohibited - it can't be allowed for medical or other purposes.

Ozzykhan 18:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up. --Striver 19:13, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Is there really a point to this article?Bless sins 17:47, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

To my knowledge, in Islam, alcohol can be used as medicine only when you apply it on your wounds on legs, hands etc. You're just not allowed to drink it - not even a single drop of it. Furthermore, I heard that Muslims are not allowed to pray for forty days even if they even a little bit of alcohol. All that is need here are credible sources from the Qur'an and Hadith to justify and analyse what has been written on the article to prove such statements as correct or incorrect. --Fantastic4boy 23:55, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

A quick Google search reveals that alcohol is mostly permitted for medical purposes, but there are some groups that forbid it under all circumstances. Somebody who is more competent should sort this out. --84.189.80.106 13:08, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Let's put an end to this, drinking pure alcohol or alcoholic drinks whatever the concentration of alcohol is prohibited. One can drink alcohol, only if it's going to save him/her from death. Also for medical purposes alcohol can be used, if there's absolutely NO other material to use for that purpose. For example there are excellent iodine containing compounds readily available for antisepsis thus using them must be preferred to alchohol for muslims. I'll change the article soon too.--Suleyman Habeeb 14:30, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Non NPOV
The lines 'Everything in the Quran has a healthy and practical purpose...' don't have a Neutral Point of View and should be deleted, or at least significantly modified. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.52.71.173 (talk) 05:49, 8 March 2007 (UTC).