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Fatwa ID: | 87094 |
Title: | chocolate with alcohol |
Category: | Food |
Scholar: | Dr. Hatem al-Haj |
Date: | 07/11/2012 |
Question
Assalamu aliykum i bought 20 boxes of chocolate from the airport and when i got home i looked at the ingredients and alcohol was among the ingredients. I know i cant eat the chocolate but am i allowed to give it to a non muslim? jazakum Allah khair
Answer
All praise be to Allah, and may His blessings and prayers be on His last messenger, Muhammad,
If this is chocolate liquor, it is not alcohol. If it is truly alcohol, and it is in trivial amount that will not intoxicate anyone, you may give it to them. If it is more than that, with the possibility of cauing intoxication if consumed in large amounts, then you should not give it to anyone. Alcohol is an intoxicant. Intoxicants are not an appropriate gift for anyone.
Allah knows best.