Is vinegar haram?

Question

it is made from alcohol..

Answer 1

What do you mean...please give more details and explain why? I have never heard it being haram, unless you mean for certain purposes????????

re-edit your question or give more details

Answer 2

Vinegar is halal and there is nothing wrong with it. As for vinegar that it is not hundred percent pure and there is wine mixed with it, it is also considered halal because even if it is made from wine it has undergone fundamental process of transformation through certain chemical changes that is called “Istihalah” in Islamic law. So, the ruling of wine does not apply to it anymore and we are still allowed to use it.

The juristic rule of istihlak states that any substance that is so INSIGNIFICANT because of its quantity as mixed with an overriding halal substance(s), then it is forgiven. If we apply this rule to your question, we would say what experts have concluded in this regard, that any quantity of alcohol that does not exceed the amount of 0.5% is not intoxicating, and therefore it would not render juice or bread haram when mixed with them. The same applies to ketchup, mustard, etc.

People who misunderstand this rule are often confused with the interpretation of the hadith “whatever intoxicates in big quantity, a small amount of it is haram.” However, the hadith is only talking about the “intoxicating substance” that is not mixed with others. For example, a Muslim is not allowed to take little drops of wine and drinks them under the pretext that he won’t get drunk. But when the alcohol is mixed with other substance to the effect that it has become irrelevant (up to 0.5%) then it has become another substance that falls under the rules of either istihlak or istihalah (transformation).

Answer 3

Actually I would not say vinegar is per say made from alcohol. Look at apple cider vinegar it is made from apples that then go through a process and become alcohol and then turn acidic. You can not get drunk off of drinking vinegar. Anything which intoxicates the mind even in small amounts is haraam.

Answer 4

Vinegar is a liquid produced from the fermentation of ethanol in a process that yields its key ingredient, acetic acid. The acetic acid concentration ranges typically from 4 to 8 percent by volume for table vinegar (typically 5%) and higher concentrations for pickling (up to 18%) although in some countries the minimum strength may be less. Natural vinegars also contain smaller amounts of tartaric acid, citric acid, and other acids. It has been used since ancient times, and is an important element in Western and European, Asian, and other traditional cuisines of the world.

so from above defination it is not haram.

Answer 5

It is permissible to use vinegar as it is among the things that Allaah has permitted. The Prophet(p.b.u.h.)said: "The best of meals is vinegar."
it is not permissible to use vinegar made from wine, if it was initially intended, according to the view point of the Shaafi'ee and Hanbali schools.

if wine becomes vinegar automatically and without the interference of a human being, then it is lawful, pure and permissible to use. It is also not permissible to use vinegar if it is mixed with something forbidden, like alcohol, for example. Some vinegars made from apples which are produced in Western countries, usually bear a note that they contain a given percentage of alcohol.

To conclude, it is permissible to use that vinegar whose product was not initially intended from wine or is mixed with alcohol.

Rest Allah knows the best~!

Answer 6

I never heard that it's haram, but anything made of alcohol is considered haram.


EDIT:

Vinegar is produced by two successive microbial processes. The first being an alcoholic fermentation (which is haram) and the second an oxidation of alcohol by aceto bacter, when its molecular structure is changed and it ceases to be an intoxicant. In vinegar, the intoxicating factor is destroyed by the microbial process of oxidation hence it becomes permissible. Islam permits any variety of vinegar to be used as a condiment or preservative.

Answer 7

No it is not haram and it is not made of alcohol, there are differnt fermentation process for alcohol and vinegar

Answer 8

no it is not. yes vinegar is made from alcohol, but in the formation of vinegar, the chemical structure of the molecules changes. its doesnt have the properties of an alcohol anymore.
A single atom makes a big difference in a substances properties. For example, add an oxygen atom to water and you have hydrogen peroxide!

Answer 9

If you are living in a non-Islamic country, you should be very cautious when buying vinegar .. You should read the label, cause most of the time they put alcohol in and you never know what you are buying.

Please read:
http://www.islamawareness.net/Alcohol/fatwa_vinegar001.html

Answer 10

Not all vinegar is made from alcohol, but those that are here it the rulling

Praise be to Allaah.

Vinegar is a well known basic foodstuff, made from wine of which the composition has changed so that it is no longer sweet but is acidic or sour.

Jaabir (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “What a good food is vinegar.” (Reported by Muslim, 3/1623)

When wine turns to vinegar by itself, without any deliberate treatment needed for it to be changed, it is permissible to eat, drink and handle it, according to the consensus of the scholars, because of the hadeeth quoted above.

But if the wine has become vinegar because of deliberate treatment, by adding vinegar, onions, salt etc., or by any other process, in this case the scholars (may Allaah have mercy on them) differ as to whether it is permissible.

The Shafi’is, Hanbalis and some of the Maalikis say that it is not permissible to deliberately change wine to vinegar because then it is not pure. The evidence (daleel) for this is the hadeeth of Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked whether wine could be changed to be used as vinegar. He said, ‘No.’” (Reported by Muslim).

Abu Talhah (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked about some orphans who had inherited some wine. He said, “Pour it away.” He was asked, “Could they not make it into vinegar?” He said, “No.” (Reported by Muslim).

The reason for this is:

Allaah, may He be glorified and exalted, has commanded us to avoid wine. Keeping it and treating it until it turns into vinegar means handling it and being involved with it by storing it and benefitting from it, and this is not permitted.

It is permitted for a Muslim to buy vinegar from someone who is selling it, unless he realizes or comes to know that it was produced by means of a deliberate process. ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “… There is nothing wrong with a man buying vinegar from the people of the Book, if they sell it, so long as he knows that they did not deliberately process it from wine.” (Al-Mughni, 8/330)

And Allaah knows best.

(Bidaayat al-Mujtahid li Ibn Rushd, 1/461; Kashshaaf al-Qinaa’ li’l-Bahwati, 1/187; Fath al-Qadeer li Ibn al-Hammaam, 8/166; al-Majmoo’ li’l-Nawawi, 1/225; al-Mughni li Ibn Qudaamah, 8/319).





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Answer 11

No, vinegar is not haram coz it does not make you drunk. I imbibe vinegar all the time