Drinking alcohol breaks my wudu(ablution)?
Question: An Islamic religion teacher is saying that “drinking alcohol does not effect to a person`s ablution, because there is no information about the relations of alcoholic beverages with ablution.” Would you clarify this issue?
Situations which break the ablution of people, are located in the following verse:
يَاۤ اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوۤا اِذَا قُمْتُمْ اِلَى الصَّلٰوةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَاَيْدِيَكُمْ اِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُؤُۧسِكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ اِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُوا وَاِنْ كُنْتُمْ مَرْضٰىۤ اَوْ عَلٰى سَفَرٍ اَوْ جَاۤءَ اَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَاۤئِطِ اَوْ لٰمَسْتُمُ النِّسَاۤءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاۤءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَع۪يدًا طَيِّبًا فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَاَيْد۪يكُمْ مِنْهُ مَا يُر۪يدُ اللّٰهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَلٰكِنْ يُر۪يدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
if you are ill or on a journey, or one of you come from the privy, or you have contacted women, and you cannot find water, seek clean earth and wipe your faces and your hands with it (Surat Al-Mā’idah 5/6)
Part of the verse, is giving enough information about the things which are considered to break ablution. Privy word indicates everything that get out of our system (such as urinating, breaking wind, etc) It is possible that during sleeping hours elbows soften in the body so that with unknowingly a person can break wind; and that can invalidate his/her ablution.
Drinking alcohol is not considered as a breaker for your ablution; but as a muslim you must stay away from the alcohol. All alcaholic beverages are counted as forbidden(haraam)
Allah The Almighty commands:
يَاۤ اَيُّهَا الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوۤا اِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْاَنْصَابُ وَالْاَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ اِنَّمَا يُر۪يدُ الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاۤءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللّٰهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلٰوةِ فَهَلْ اَنْتُمْ مُنْتَهُونَ وَاَط۪يعُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَط۪يعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَاحْذَرُوا فَاِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَاعْلَمُوۤا اَنَّمَا عَلٰى رَسُولِنَا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُب۪ينُ
O Believers, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, stone set-ups, and divining arrows are filths of the Satan’s work, so avoid it that you may be the prosperous. The Satan only desires to cause enmity and hatred to spring in your midst by means of intoxicants and gambling, and to keep you off from the remembrance of Allah(Qur’an) and from salah. Are you going to desist from now on? Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and beware. And if you turn away – then know that upon Our Messenger is only responsible for clear notification. (Surat Al-Mā’idah 5/90-92)
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