Is Root Beer Allowed?

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The wife of a dear friend of mine is a very islamic-minded lady, who prays regularly and wears hijab and all that. The other day, I was quite surprised to see her drinking A&W Root Beer. I asked, if it isn’t alcoholic. She said no.

It smelled funny, like Iodex. I didn’t taste it, cz I feel it is haraam (dunno where I get the idea). The ingredients printed on the can, do not say alcohol.

Can anyone knoweldeable on this issue, share some insight? Is Root Beer allowed in Islam? If there are different types of beers, alcoholic and non-aloholic? Whats the measurement of khumr in this?

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If you take out Uric acid from Urine and can drink it so you can drink Beer too...

It's obviously not halaal...

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[This message has been edited by Shaheen (edited January 15, 2001).]

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/question137.htm

root beer is made from root extracts (kind of like tea, actually), but is mixed with sugar and yeast to ferment and make CO2. If homemade, this will contain a small amount of alcohol
http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=question137.htm&url=http://www.epicurious.com/run/fooddictionary/browse?entry_id=9952

commercially sold root beer is nonalcoholic, and is much like drinking coke. (but coca-cola is a different story altogether to some Muslims, so let’s just say it’s like drinking, umm, snapple).

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ha ha ha ha! Sorry this was just too funny.

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whats funny about it

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It's funny because something as mundane and inconsequential as the validity of root beer takes enough of your time to actually type out and post onto a web forum.

With so much more important things to take care of in one's life, and the fact that clearly root beer is not intoxicating to any degree similar to regular "beer", this topic just seems comical.

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yeah well, it may seem comical to u but pristine’s question has to do with halaal/harram. Its important for Muslims to be aware of such things. You didnt have to take out your precious time to comment on this post since it has nothing to do with u

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ok pristine, here’s something that might help…it doesnt relate to ur question directly but root beer is mentioned here.

*Question:
if a muslim drinks beer and is still in his senses and then does ablution and prays..is his namaaz right or accepted?

Answer:
Dear Br. A. As-salaamu alaykum. Yes, his prayer is still considered valid. However, as Allah states in the Qur’an in Surah al-Ankabut (29) verse 45, the prayer should lead a person to stop doing all wicked and evil acts. Thank you for asking and God knows best.
Source:
IslamiCity *

*Question:
Alsalam Alyckom My qustion is the non-alkohol beer halal or haram, I think it’s allowed in sudia arabia but this beer contain 0.05% Alkohol. Is it still halal or not. Thank you.

Answer:
Dear Br. K. As-salaamu alaykum. You are totally right. Non-alcoholic beer is haram, because although it is claimed that it is alcohol free, it does have some alcohol in it. We had checked with beer manufacturer and confirmed that non-alcoholic beer do have a minimum amount of alcohol in them because during the manufacturing process, small amount of alcohol is unavoidable. Also, we checked the matter on the legal matter and found that the U.S. law for example, (and probably European law too), allows beer manufacturers to claim that it is alcohol free if it contains less than one percent alcohol. We wish all Muslims were aware of this fact and if they are not then we should make this known through the proper educational and media channels. Thank you for asking and God knows best
Source:
IslamiCity *

here’s an excerpt from another answer from the same source:
*Please note that any amount of alcohol in foods or drinks is prohibited, because the Hadith of prophet Muhammad (pbuh) clearly stated: ‘whatever is Haram in big quantities, then (consuming it) in small quantities is also Haram.’ Therefore, all non-alcoholic beers are haram. This is different from pure barley juice which is o.k. because it doesn’t go through the fermentation process. *
hope that helps

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[This message has been edited by hk (edited January 15, 2001).]

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Originally posted by hk:
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You didnt have to take out your precious time to comment on this post since it has nothing to do with u **
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and why is that? because I'm not Muslim? Let me guess, you don't want me to understand anything about Islam, do you?

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Originally posted by astrosfan:
** and why is that? because I'm not Muslim? Let me guess, you don't want me to understand anything about Islam, do you?

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Now! Now! looky here, do you want me to post what you have understood bout Islam so far? So more can learn what you guys are actually interested in? Come on now, stop playing your self :)

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and why is that? because I'm not Muslim? Let me guess, you don't want me to understand anything about Islam, do you?<<

No... this is because you found it "something ... mundane and inconsequential" and to you "this topic just seems comical". So, you might as well stay away.

You don't HAVE TO post in "mundane and inconsequential" threads, now do you?.

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in my opinion there is nothing wrong with drinking root beer. If there was alcohol in it then u will not find in restaurant n vending machines without checking IDs.

its just a different version of MR Pib. which is i think a coke product while root beer is a pepsi one

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Pristine,
I remember having the same feeling when I found some of my friends drinking root beer.I was totally shocked until I found out that the drink has nothing in common with normal beer or alcohol.It’s just a normal cold drink like pepsi or coca cola.
It’s obviously just the name ‘Root beer’ which gives rise to the misconception to people like us who come across it for the first time.

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But actually it’s just a normal cold drink.
So the answer to your question would be,Yes it is allowed.

[This message has been edited by Ahmed (edited January 16, 2001).]

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I am very surprised at this display of behaviour. I never expected such comments to emanate from such highly esteemed members of this forum.

I would kindly suggest you all back off and think about what you have just said.

They shoot partypoopers, don’t they?

[This message has been edited by Mr Partypooper (edited January 16, 2001).]

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Astro I have read your posts with great Intrest and feel that you really do want to know about Islam.

Pardon those arrogant muslims as they think of you as worthless as trash in the garbage

and do not know that if a hindu(or any other Kafir) asks or posts about Islam and they push him/her off they will be goin to hellfire and will be asked "why did you not provide him with the Info?" and guess what they will say................

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Shah Jahan, I agree with your reply wholeheartedly. Just a little minor point I would like to adjust.

Kafir does not mean non-muslim. It means “infidel” or “one who rejects the truth”. This does not apply to our friend astrosfan as you have so rightfully pointed out.

In fact, I don’t think we have the authority to call any existing non-Muslim kafir.

Sorry for being such a puritan…

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They shoot partypoopers, don’t they?

[This message has been edited by Mr Partypooper (edited January 16, 2001).]

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Well, let me summarily apologize for what, in retrospect, seems like a harsh reply to "analyze it".

But as for why Waqas thought this was funny, I think my reply does explain it. It's just that it seems like the smallest things are what the focus of these "halaal/haraam" arguments, as opposed to things that, IMHO, could make a difference in a person's life.

Is music haraam? This forum has argued that it is.
Are taking pictures of my children haraam? This forum has argued that it is.

How literal does one have to be in order to throw out all aspects of modern culture?

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Being a rebel… I would disagree with people who supported both of those arguments.

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They shoot partypoopers, don’t they?

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thats just great…astro, “modern culture” might be important to u and Islam’s ruling on some of these issues might seem comical to u but the fact of the matter is, ur opinion or anyone else’s is not relevant and does not change Islamic teachings…wether u like it or not. Same goes for the “rebels”

Any of u who want to convince urself beer is not haraam by using whatever logic that comes to ur mind, are simply trying to legitimize what is wrong. My post above is from a legitimate Islamic source..if any of u had bothered to read it. The fact that some of u are trying to down play the importance of this, makes me believe that ur not willing to accept what Islam has to say about this issue…after all, wordly pleasures are important huh?

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Al-Imran-3:160 *~~“If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, Let believers put their trust.”~~ ***

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[quote]
Originally posted by astrosfan:
**It's funny because something as mundane and inconsequential as the validity of root beer takes enough of your time to actually type out and post onto a web forum.

With so much more important things to take care of in one's life, and the fact that clearly root beer is not intoxicating to any degree similar to regular "beer", this topic just seems comical.**
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and u call this trying to learn about Islam huh? why does a legitimate question seem that comical to u? let me make one thing clear, if u want to "learn" about Islam, keep in mind that Islam encourages Muslims to question things....especially those things that are important to our religious beliefs. Pristine obviously feels beer is haraam and thats a matter of importance for him......just like any Muslim who wants to make sure he/she is not eating or drinking anything thats haraam or has the slightest amount of haraam ingredient in it.

Al-Imran-3:160 **~~"If Allah helps you, none can overcome you: If He forsakes you, who is there, after that, that can help you? in Allah, then, Let believers put their trust."~~ **