Why Drinking Root Beer is Halal in Islam
C.J Ahmed-15.06.2023
Root beer is a non-alcoholic beverage made using root bark. It is not haram o drink root beer s it is a non intoxicating beverage.
Drinking any kind of alcoholic beverage is not haram in Islam aslong as you do not lose sense and get drunk. 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 is should be understood that alcohol that causes intoxication is what is haram and alcohol that does not qualify to the level of intoxication is not haram. 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.
Muslim brothers and sisters should not worry too much in eating food that contains alcohol because the above evidence that were discussed is more than enough to understand why eating food containing alcohol is not haram in Islam.
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. Muslim brothers and sisters should not worry too much in taking drinks that contains alcohol because the above evidence that were discussed is more than enough to understand why eating food containing alcohol is not haram in Islam.
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.
Root beer is a non-alcoholic beverage made using root bark. It is not haram o drink root beer s it is a non intoxicating beverage.
Drinking any kind of alcoholic beverage is not haram in Islam aslong as you do not lose sense and get drunk. 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 is should be understood that alcohol that causes intoxication is what is haram and alcohol that does not qualify to the level of intoxication is not haram. 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.
Muslim brothers and sisters should not worry too much in eating food that contains alcohol because the above evidence that were discussed is more than enough to understand why eating food containing alcohol is not haram in Islam.
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. Muslim brothers and sisters should not worry too much in taking drinks that contains alcohol because the above evidence that were discussed is more than enough to understand why eating food containing alcohol is not haram in Islam.
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.