Setting
1- Allah sent down the verse wherein He prohibited alcohol at a time when there was no other (intoxicant) drink in Madīnah except that prepared from dates
2- Every intoxicant is alcohol, and every intoxicant is prohibited. He who drinks alcohol in this world and dies while he is addicted to it, not having repented, will not drink it in the Hereafter
3- It is not a medicine, but an ailment
4- May Allah destroy the Jews; the fat of animals was forbidden for them, but they melted it and sold it.
5- The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about making vinegar out of an alcoholic drink. He said: No
