Are glue and similar volatile substances considered intoxicants, and does consuming intoxicants through means other than drinking, such as inhalation or injection, necessitate the prescribed punishment (hadd)?
"Every intoxicant is unlawful (), and whatever intoxicates in large quantities, a small quantity of it is also unlawful. Therefore, anything that removes the intellect is, by consensus, unlawful. If it is intoxicating, then the punishment for intoxicants applies to it; if it is not intoxicating, then discretionary punishment (ta'zir) applies. The principle of is that whatever forbidden thing the soul desires, such as intoxicants and fornication, carries a prescribed punishment (hadd). As for things that the soul does not desire, such as carrion, they carry a discretionary punishment. Hashish is among the things desired by those who consume it, and it takes the ruling of intoxicants in terms of prohibition and the obligation of the prescribed punishment, because matters are judged by their outcomes. Thus, the prescribed punishment is obligatory for consuming intoxicants when one desires them, whether that is through sniffing, drinking, or injection."
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