Re: Alcohol in Food
U just said alcohol is haram because it makes u intoxicated therefore any bit of alcohol is haram whether u drink it or it is hidden in foods!
well..if i may, the porcine-bovine insulin used to treat type I diabetes, and the gelatin in meds..etc..since pork is haram...what about its components used for medicinal purposes?
Its fine for medicinal purposes.
I need some clarification on this subject matter.
Many Western Cuisine use Alcohol either Wine or Beer in preparing food.
For example, many pubs serve Beer Battered Fish and Chips or if you go to Italian Restaurants many of their sauces, they add wine to it.
Is it Haraam to eat those food putting aside the Halaal aspect.
For example, Beer Battered Fish and Chips. Is it Haraam to eat that?
I consider it Haram and I dont eat it before asking chef about the ingredient/marinade .
On sub note, there are so many options available these days for Muslims that unavailability of halal food argument almost does not hold (unless you are in the middle of dessert in tore cloths and only have alcohol available as a drink).
alcohol, along with hookah tobacco etc, is haram because
a) it is physically poisonous (it is physically harmful to our bodies) b) it is mentally poisonous (it increases the distance between oneself and allah)
neither of these apply to foods which use alcohol as a flavoring or in cooking as far as i am aware. any food which can be reasonably expected to include a large level of pure alcohol should be avoided, but this does not apply to beer batter in which the alcohol is effectively cooked off. i cant post links but search google for "beer battered fish chips drunk" and there is a yahoo page at the top.
wine sauce i cant seem to find anything cohesive about it, so may be best to avoid if in doubt.
If i may say... U are completely wrong here...
Alcohol is haram, not because of the above postulates u stated, but because God said so.
Pretty obvious isn't it. And on more than one occasion, even Allah haven't given the reasons... on some He did. Common sense.