['Aalim Network QR] Cooking with Alcohol

[abbas@dircon.co.uk (Abbas Jaffer)]

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Salamun Alaykum,

The following question was kindly answered by Mulla Asghar

Regards

Abbas Jaffer
Acting Moderator - 'Aalim Network.

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Question:

Is it considered haram to use a non-alcoholic drink for cooking? (Wouldn't
it all evaporate?)

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Answer:

I think you may mean alcoholic drink instead of non-alcoholic drink. In the
case of non-alcoholic drink, well, there is no harm if it is not inherently
poisonous or narcotic.

However, if you mean that one can use alcohol because it burns away; even if
that may be the case, which is by no means certain, it is still haram. The
reason is that, in the moment of contact with the alcohol, the food would
become Najis and therefore haram to eat. This is the same if any Najasat, eg
a drop of blood from a cut, enters the food.

Wasalaam

Asgharali M M Jaffer