Reason says:
camphor(kafur) is:
(C10H16O), white, crystalline solid with a pungent odor and taste. It can be
obtained from the camphor tree or synthesized from oil of turpentine.
Camphor is used to make celluloid and lacquers. In medicine it is used as a
stimulant, a diaphoretic, and an inhalant; camphor ice, a mixture chiefly of
camphor and wax, is applied externally. The alcoholic solution is known as
spirits of camphor.
and the most reasonable of all says:
[ad-Dahr 76:5.12] As to the Righteous, they shall drink of a Cup (of Wine)
mixed with Kafur,-
Inna el-abra yashrabuna min kassin kana mizadjuha kafouran.
Reason says wine is:
alcoholic beverage made by fermentation of the juice of the grape. Wines are
distinguished by color, flavor, bouquet (aroma), and alcoholic content. They
may be red (when the whole crushed grape is used), white (using the juice
only), or rosé (when skins are removed after fermentation has begun). Wines
are also classified as dry (when grape sugar ferments completely) or sweet
(when some sugar remains). There are three main types of wine: natural
(still), fortified, and sparkling. The alcoholic content of natural wine
comes from fermentation. Fortified wine (e.g., sherry, port, Madeira) has
brandy or other spirits added to it. Sparkling wine (champagne is the best
known) is fermented a second time after bottling. Wine is differentiated by
the variety of grape, climate, location and soil of the vineyard, and
treatment of the grapes before and during wine making. Fermentation starts
when wine yeasts on the skins of ripe grapes come in contact with the grape
juice (called must). Run off into casks, the new wine then undergoes a
series of chemical processes, including oxidation, precipitation of
proteins, and fermentation of chemical compounds, that create characteristic
bouquet. After periodic clarification and aging in casks, the wine is ready
to be bottled. The world's leading wine producer is France, with outstanding
products from Bordeaux and Burgundy, the Loire and Rhone valleys, and
Alsace. Other major producers are Italy, Spain, Germany, Chile, Argentina,
South Africa, Australia, and the U.S. In the U.S., California is the leading
wine-producing region, making European-type wines from grapes of the Old
World species. The term wine is also applied to beverages made from other
plants, e.g., dandelion and elderberry
and the most reasonable of all says:
[ad-Dahr 76:17.13] And they will be given to drink there of a Cup (of Wine)
mixed with Zanjabil,-
[at-Tatfif 83:25.8] Their thirst will be slaked with Pure Wine sealed:
ad-Dahr 76:21.33] Upon them will be green Garments of fine silk and heavy
brocade, and they will be adorned with Bracelets of silver; and their Lord
will give to them to drink of a Wine Pure and Holy.
[Muhammad 47:15.31] (Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous
are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of
which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and
rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of
fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to
such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling
water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?
Yusuf 12:49.23] "Then will come after that (period) a year in which the
people will have abundant water, and in which they will press (wine and
oil)."
Yusuf 12:41.18] "O my two companions of the prison! As to one of you, he
will pour out the wine for his lord to drink: as for the other, he will hang
from the cross, and the birds will eat from off his head. (so) hath been
decreed that matter whereof ye twain do enquire"...
[Yusuf 12:36.23] Now with him there came into the prison two young men. Said
one of them: "I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine." said the other: "I
see myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, and birds are eating,
thereof." "Tell us" (they said) "The truth and meaning thereof: for we see
thou art one that doth good (to all)."
al-Baqarah 2:219.5] They ask thee concerning wine and gambling. Say: "In
them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the
profit." They ask thee how much they are to spend; Say: "What is beyond your
needs." Thus doth God Make clear to you His Signs: In order that ye may
consider-
So what do you say if they ask you about WINE?
Answer: Never say it is HARAM, just say "in them there is great sin and
PROFIT for men."
fihima ithmun kabirun wa MANAFII li nass!..
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