What Is Sharab?

Question

Question: (1) What is the definition of sharab (wine, intoxicating drink)? (2) Is the spirit that is used on wounds sharab, and is its use on wounds impermissible?

Answer

(1) In the Arabic language, every flowing thing that is drunk is called sharab, and in the terminology of fiqh every intoxicant is called sharab; four kinds of sharab are haram: khamr, (tila’), sakar, naqi‘, zabib. (2) For the details of the rulings on sharab and spirit, see (“Tibbi Jawhar” (“The Medical Jewel”)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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