Gatorade is HARAAM!

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Re: Gatorade is HARAAM!

@funguy

So I can eat beer-battered fried Cod fillets and french onion soup containing some red wine. None of the two will intoxicate me.

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@deedawar

Well, its not the quantity to intoxicate. Quran did say Alcohol has benefit but more harm. Small amount over time is harmful. (cirrhosis, memory impairment, lack of balance)

There are research studies showing moderate consumption of alcohol beneficial for heart only. These were funded mostly by alcohol companies to promote alcohol…!!!

In that case, you had better stop drinking orange juice. Since fresh orange juice has 380mg of naturally occuring alcohol (the same alcohol as found in wine) in every litre, this means that orange juice is clearly haraam by your logic.

http://www.sweetpoison.com/articles/dr-woodrow-monte10.html “Fresh orange juices can have very little methanol (0.8 mg/liter), and have a concomitant ethyl alcohol content of 380 mg/liter”

The scholar who’s opinion I follow on the matter stated, based on hadith, that if a large amount of a substance intoxicates, then a small amount is also haraam.

For funguy’s example, a large amount of beer or wine is known to intoxicate, so even a small amount is haraam. Hence the beer-battered cod and soup would not be permitted.

On the other hand, a large amount of orange juice or Gatorade has never been shown to intoxicate anyone, so small amounts are also allowed. Despite containing alcohol, orange juice cannot be considered to be an intoxicating substance and is therefore halal. Ditto with Gatorade and other fruit juices such as Lucozade in the UK.