Drinks which contain traces of alcohol

Q: Minute alcohol is present in some drinks like 0.52% or something, something that will not intoxicate, no matter how much is drunk. Then if it doesn't intoxicate then what is the issue with it? I ask inquisitively, thank you. Of course I don't support alcohol being used at all, but the end product is not our doing.

A: Taqwa and the higher levels of righteousness requires that one also refrains from this.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)