Rules with
refpecfc to the
dregs of
Kham r.
An injeSlion
ofiK h am r is
unlawful, but
I t is abominable to drink the dregs of Khamr, or to ufe it in combine
the hair, as fome women do; for the dregs are not entirely void
o f the particles of Khamr, and it is unlawful to apply any unlawful
thing to ufe ;— whence the illegality of ufing it in healing a wound,
or applying it to a fore on the back of a quadruped.— It is alfo unlawful
to adminifter it to an infidel or an infant; and whofoever
does fs is chargeable with the crime of it. In the fame manner,
it is unlawful to give it to a quadruped to drink. — Concerning
this point, however, feveral have faid that although it be unlawful
■ to carry Khamr to a quadruped, yet i f the animal, being brought
to it, Ihould drink of it, there is no impropriety;— ip the fame
■ manner as in the cafe of a dog and carrion; that is to fay, carrion
mull; not be thrown to a dog; but i f a dog be carried to
where carrion is, he may, without any impropriety, be fuffered to
cat it.
I t is allowable to mix the dregs of Khamr with vinegar. In
this cafe, however, it is required, that the vinegar be carried to
the place where the dregs are, and be there mixed, for otherwife it is
unlawful.
A p e r s o n who drinks the dregs of Khamr without being intoxicated
is not liable to punilhment. Shafei is of a different opinion;
for in this cafe feveral of the particles of Khamr mull neceflarily be
drank likewife. Our doftors, on the contrary, argue that as the dregs
o f Khamr are difagreeable to the palate, a little o f it does not, by con-
fequence, beget -an inclination'for more; and thus, being like other
ftrong drinks, the drinking of a little, unlefs it be attended with intoxication,
is not punilhable.
A n injection of Khamr into the anus or penis is unlawful, as
being a benefit derived from an unlawful article. It is not, however,
ever, punishable, as punilhment is inflicted only in the cafe of drinking
it.
If a perfon throw Khamr into foup, it is not then lawful for him
to eat the foup, becaufe of its being rendered impure. Neverthelefs,
i f he eat it he is not liable to punilhment, for in this cafe tht Khamr is
as it were boiled.
I f a perfon knead flour with Khamr, in that cafe it is unlawful to
eat the bread or pafte fo made, as many of the particles of the Khamr
Hill remain in it.
S E C T I O N ,
O f boiling the Juice o f Grapes.
In boiling the juice o f grapes there are three principles.— The
firft principle is, that whatever quantity may run over the pot from
the agitation in boiling, or from the foaming o f the juice, is not taken
into account, but is confidered as not having.belonged to it; and the
refidue is to-be boiled until two thirds of it evaporate, in order that the
remaining third may be rendered lawful. T o illuftrate t h i s f u p -
pofe a perfon inclined to boil ten cups of juice; in that cafe, if one
cup be loll from its boiling over the pot, he mull boil the remainder
until fix cups have evaporated and three remain in the pot, when it
becomes lawful. ■
not pUHtJb-
a b le ;
and To like-
wife a mixture
of it in
viands.
There are
three general
principles to
be obfervsd.
upon this .
fubjedt. .
3» T he