I -asws do not (even) like looking at it, so how can I -asws cure by it.

I -asws do not (even) like looking at it, so how can I -asws cure by it. It is as the status of the fat of the swine or flesh of the swine, and the people are curing themselves with it\u2019.

[8] \n With these Ahadith, we look into more detail, at the sources and characteristics of alcohol in order to better understand the differences and similarities of ones which are intoxicants (wine) and those which are \u2018 pharmaceutical grade\u2019, synthetic alcohol and ethanol made undrinkable (Denat) through additives .

[9] \n Ethanol alcohol [10] has found its way into many fields, when in the alcoholic beverages, it is heavily taxed but for its non-intoxication uses (i.e., in perfumes, sanitisers) a chemical agent(s) [11] is added to the ethanol which makes it unfit to drink and hence is not taxed, giving it a name \u2013 the denatured alcohol (often abbreviated as \u201calcohol denat.\u201d or \u201cSD Alcohol\u201d in ingredients).

[12] Perfumes usually contain up to 90% of denatured ethanol, see Appendix II. \n In addition, some C14-22 Alcohols – which are synthetic fatty alcohols – are used in skin-care products as emulsifiers (surfactants) to help mix oil and water-based ingredients, which are very different in composition and properties than that of ethanol alcohol. [13] Therefore, it can be found in the composition of deodorants, body lotions, and body and face creams.

[14] \n In fact, the denatured alcohol, as a scented oil carrier, may come from the same source (i.e., sugar cane) from which wine is made. \u00a0Since denatured alcohol is not drinkable, the possibility of the effect of it as an intoxicant may be eliminated. Can it be treated in a similar way as conversion of wine to the vinegar which loses it \u2018intoxicant effect\u2019?

When wine is left open in a warm atmosphere over a time period of 3-4 weeks it oxidises in a natural way so loses its taste and turns into vinegar which is basically a further fermentation step during which alcohol is converted to acetic acid. [15] [16] On conversion of wine to vinegar, which (vinegar) is permissible and has been consumed as sauce by the Prophets -as , see some Ahadith on vinegar in the Appendix III.

\n In addition, use of alcohol as a medicine is also forbidden as per several Ahadith (see, Appendix IV). Therefore, its use as antiseptic (i.e., sanitisers) also needs to be reviewed.