3 strong arguments why cooking with wine is halal
C.J Ahmed-05.03.2023
Cooking food using wine is completely halal in Islam because the wine evaporates due to the heat and once the wine has evaporated, there is nothing wrong in eating the food. Below are three strong arguments from authentic hadith supporting this fact.
1.The hadith of vinegar
Vinegar is made using a fermentation process. V i negar can b e made using wine as well and one of the simplest ways of making v in egr is to keep wine or beer in a warm place for a few weeks and it will turn into vinegar The prophet (sal) even ate vinegar.
Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported:
“Allah's Messenger (sal) took hold of my hand one day (and led me) to his residence. There was presented to him some pieces of bread, whereupon he said: Is there no condiment? They (the members of his household) said: No, except some vinegar. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Vinegar is a good condiment. Jabir said: I have always loved vinegar since I heard it from Allah's Apostle (sal). Talha said: I have always loved vinegar since I heard about it from Jabir.”
(Sahih Muslim)
Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (sal) asked his family for condiments. They (the members of his household) said: “We have nothing with us but vinegar. He asked for it, he began to eat it, and then said "Vinegar is a good condiment, vinegar is a good condiment.”
(Sahih Muslim)
The process of wine evaporating due to cooking is similar to the intoxicant in wine and beer disappearing due to the fermentation process in making of vinegar. If eating food made from wine is haram, then the prophet (sal) would not have eaten vinegar
2. Fruits too Contain Alcohol
It should be understood that even fruits contain alcohol. There is a level of alcohol which is non- intoxicant and that level of alcohol is not haram. Banana for an example contains 0.2 g of alcohol per 100 g but this level of alcohol is harmless and only will turn into an intoxicant if it is fermented and turned into wine or some other intoxicant. The other example is eating grapes. Islam never forbade grapes but only forbade intoxicants. Let me quote one hadith,
Narrated As-Samma' sister of Abdullah ibn Busr (rali):
“The Prophet (sal) said: Do not fast on Saturday except what has been made obligatory on you; and if one of you can get nothing but a grape skin or a piece of wood from a tree, he should chew it.”
(Abu Dawud-graded Sahih by Albani)
In this hadith the prophet(sal) clearly told to eat grapes because grapes is not haram even though grape fruit contains little alcohol and it is the fermentation that causes the alcohol level to shoot up to the level of intoxication.
3. Huge Difference between Alcohol and Intoxicants
The biggest confusion among Muslims on alcohol is due to not understanding the difference between alcohol and intoxicants. The below hadith will explain this difference.
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
"I heard `Umar while he was on the pulpit of the Prophet (sal) saying, "Now then O people! The revelation about the prohibition of alcoholic drinks was revealed; and alcoholic drinks are extracted from five things: Grapes, dates, honey, wheat and barley. And the alcoholic drink is that which confuses and stupefies the mind." (Sahih al Bukhari)
From the above hadith it is very clear that alcohol is not haram, it is alcohol that comes to the level of intoxication is what is haram.
Based on these proofs, it is clear without doubt that cooking with wine is halal i n Islam.
Cooking food using wine is completely halal in Islam because the wine evaporates due to the heat and once the wine has evaporated, there is nothing wrong in eating the food. Below are three strong arguments from authentic hadith supporting this fact.
1.The hadith of vinegar
Vinegar is made using a fermentation process. V i negar can b e made using wine as well and one of the simplest ways of making v in egr is to keep wine or beer in a warm place for a few weeks and it will turn into vinegar The prophet (sal) even ate vinegar.
Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported:
“Allah's Messenger (sal) took hold of my hand one day (and led me) to his residence. There was presented to him some pieces of bread, whereupon he said: Is there no condiment? They (the members of his household) said: No, except some vinegar. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Vinegar is a good condiment. Jabir said: I have always loved vinegar since I heard it from Allah's Apostle (sal). Talha said: I have always loved vinegar since I heard about it from Jabir.”
(Sahih Muslim)
Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (sal) asked his family for condiments. They (the members of his household) said: “We have nothing with us but vinegar. He asked for it, he began to eat it, and then said "Vinegar is a good condiment, vinegar is a good condiment.”
(Sahih Muslim)
The process of wine evaporating due to cooking is similar to the intoxicant in wine and beer disappearing due to the fermentation process in making of vinegar. If eating food made from wine is haram, then the prophet (sal) would not have eaten vinegar
2. Fruits too Contain Alcohol
It should be understood that even fruits contain alcohol. There is a level of alcohol which is non- intoxicant and that level of alcohol is not haram. Banana for an example contains 0.2 g of alcohol per 100 g but this level of alcohol is harmless and only will turn into an intoxicant if it is fermented and turned into wine or some other intoxicant. The other example is eating grapes. Islam never forbade grapes but only forbade intoxicants. Let me quote one hadith,
Narrated As-Samma' sister of Abdullah ibn Busr (rali):
“The Prophet (sal) said: Do not fast on Saturday except what has been made obligatory on you; and if one of you can get nothing but a grape skin or a piece of wood from a tree, he should chew it.”
(Abu Dawud-graded Sahih by Albani)
In this hadith the prophet(sal) clearly told to eat grapes because grapes is not haram even though grape fruit contains little alcohol and it is the fermentation that causes the alcohol level to shoot up to the level of intoxication.
3. Huge Difference between Alcohol and Intoxicants
The biggest confusion among Muslims on alcohol is due to not understanding the difference between alcohol and intoxicants. The below hadith will explain this difference.
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
"I heard `Umar while he was on the pulpit of the Prophet (sal) saying, "Now then O people! The revelation about the prohibition of alcoholic drinks was revealed; and alcoholic drinks are extracted from five things: Grapes, dates, honey, wheat and barley. And the alcoholic drink is that which confuses and stupefies the mind." (Sahih al Bukhari)
From the above hadith it is very clear that alcohol is not haram, it is alcohol that comes to the level of intoxication is what is haram.
Based on these proofs, it is clear without doubt that cooking with wine is halal i n Islam.