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Is anesthesia considered an intoxicant, and is anesthetic material impure because it intoxicates?

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The majority of jurists consider it unlawful to consume an intoxicating amount of cannabis (bange), but they permit its use for medicinal purposes and for inducing unconsciousness to amputate a gangrenous limb. However, the Hanafi school differs in its opinion regarding its consumption for non-medicinal purposes and the necessity of imposing a hadd punishment on someone intoxicated by it. Most jurists believe that no hadd punishment should be imposed on someone intoxicated by cannabis and similar solid intoxicants, but they should receive a discretionary (ta'zīr) punishment. They all agree on the purity of cannabis, as they stipulate that an intoxicant must be liquid to be considered impure.

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