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would not hesitate to say that they were absolutely unlawful, and would in no way think of allowing
carrion to be eaten in time of desperation, nor ever think of permitting the drinking of wine
when a
person starts to choke over a mouthful of food and finds nothing with which to swallow it besides
wine.
In the second place a thing may be pronounced unlawful for some other reason, such as underselling
your Muslim brother during the period of option, trading during the call to prayer, or eating earth
which
is pronounced unlawful because of its harmful effect. Such things are divided into those which are
harmful both in small and large quantities, and are therefore pronounced unlawful. For example,
poison
which is fatal whether in small or large quantity; and those which are harmful only when taken in
excess
like, for example, honey, which can be harmful to a feverish patient. The same is true of eating
earth.
Therefore, in pronouncing wine absolutely unlawful, only the most general cases were taken into
would not hesitate to say that they were absolutely unlawful, and would in no way think of allowing
carrion to be eaten in time of desperation, nor ever think of permitting the drinking of wine
when a
person starts to choke over a mouthful of food and finds nothing with which to swallow it besides
wine.
In the second place a thing may be pronounced unlawful for some other reason, such as underselling
your Muslim brother during the period of option, trading during the call to prayer, or eating earth
which
is pronounced unlawful because of its harmful effect. Such things are divided into those which are
harmful both in small and large quantities, and are therefore pronounced unlawful. For example,
poison
which is fatal whether in small or large quantity; and those which are harmful only when taken in
excess
like, for example, honey, which can be harmful to a feverish patient. The same is true of eating
earth.
Therefore, in pronouncing wine absolutely unlawful, only the most general cases were taken into