It is forbidden to eat and drink impure things ( najis )...

It is forbidden to eat and drink impure things ( najis ), such as dead bodies, blood, the meat of a dog or swine, wine, and all other intoxicating liquids. It is forbidden to eat and drink pure and clean foods and drinks that are unpurified due to contact with impure things. It is forbidden to use things that are normally intoxicating, even if they do not intoxicate on exception.

The prohibition of using such things include eating, drinking, injecting, smoking, rubbing on the body, sniffing, or even wearing, since there are certain clothes that cause intoxication. It is forbidden to take part in a gathering in which alcoholic and intoxicating liquids are served. It is forbidden to drink beer, even if it does not cause intoxication. It is forbidden to drink the grape juice that has boiled on fire and two thirds of its quantity have not evaporated.

This is also true in case that it has boiled under sunlight or on its own. It is forbidden to eat and drink anything that causes notable harm to the body and to use any thing that causes notable harm, whether it causes death, paralysis of limbs, impairment of constitution, or disablement of any of the bodily abilities, like the ability to reproduce and give birth. It is forbidden to cut off any of the body parts unless there is justifiable reason.

It is also forbidden to use any substance that brings about obvious harm to the mind and spirit. It is forbidden to eat any kind of dust or mud, whether small or large in amount. It is forbidden to abstain forever from eating the good things God had deemed legal. These good things include allowed actions, allowed pure food and clothing, and all the natural gifts and bounties that Islam has not forbidden.

To abstain forever from doing something is to claim that this thing is forbidden in the law of Islam. Previous…