Re: Is only alcohol haraam or gettin intoxicated also??
Peace gandhi786
The word 'khamr' in Arabic only means 'wine' in it's informal noun form. There are many meanings to this word which are taken from various Arabic sentences. The short answer is that khamr is not a word which is restricted to the meaning of alcohol.
So therefore any such thing which fits the behaviour of what khmar does are haram in the general sense:
Also, note that khimar which is literally "veiler" or veil also shares a meaning with the word khamr.
Ikhmarah, Takhaamiruh, Khamira, Mukhaamiruh, khamar, khameer, khammara, khmr, khumaar
All fit the following meanings:
He concealed/conceived in his mind, Suspicion, Evil opinion, covers the intellect, intoxicates, empoisons, he became concealed, signifies a change of state, to put an additive to change the state, fermented, i have not found, he suffered or was affected with, the remains of intoxication.
You see how in urdu khameer, the agent that raises bread takes it's meaning from 'additive that changes the state'. khimaar is a cover, khamr is wine.
Khamar in the general sense is that which changes a state or hides the previous state and when applied to the mind it is meant in the negative sense in the poisonous sense.
Any mind altering drug is haram as per Qur'an ... do not follow the single word translation it is not enough to get the full meaning.