Why is there no explicit text in the Qur’an prohibiting alcohol, such as "Alcohol is forbidden to you," despite the verse (O you who have believed, indeed intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone altars [to other than Allah ], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may succeed)?

Enemies of Islam try to instill doubt in Muslims about their religion by distorting Islam, raising suspicions, and making definitively established matters subject to debate. The prohibition of alcohol is a matter known by necessity in the religion; whoever denies it commits an act of disbelief (kufr) and exits the fold of Islam.

Evidence for the prohibition of alcohol from the Quran, Sunnah, and scholarly consensus (Ijma'): From the Quran: Allah Almighty says: (O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing to] stone altars, and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful. Satan only wants to cause animosity and hatred between you through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you not desist?) [Al-Ma'idah: 90-91]. These two verses show the prohibition of alcohol from several angles: 1. Its coupling with idols (ansab) and divining arrows (azlam): About which Allah Almighty said: (That is a transgression). The Companions understood that it was equated with polytheism (shirk), and it is reported that an alcoholic, if he dies, will meet Allah as an idol worshiper. 2. Its description as "defilement" (rijs): This term has not been used in the Quran except for idols and pork, indicating extreme repulsion. 3. The command to avoid it: (so avoid it that you may be successful), a term used to deter from idols, Taghut, and major sins. 4. The consequence of success being tied to avoiding it: (that you may be successful), and achieving the means of success is obligatory. 5. Its being a cause of animosity and hatred: (Satan only wants to cause animosity and hatred between you through intoxicants and gambling). 6. Its being a cause of averting from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer: (and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer). 7. The conclusion with: (So will you not desist?): This is an interrogative statement that conveys obligation. Upon hearing it, the Companions said: "We have desisted, O Lord."

From the Sunnah: 1. "Every intoxicant is khamr, and every intoxicant is unlawful." (Narrated by Muslim). 2. "No one drinks alcohol while he is a believer at the time he drinks it." (Agreed upon). 3. "Jibreel came to me and said: 'O Muhammad, indeed Allah has cursed alcohol, its presser, its extractor, its drinker, the one to whom it is carried, its seller, its buyer, its pourer, and the one for whom it is poured.'" (Musnad Ahmad).

Moreover, the harm of alcohol to the individual, society, and family is sufficient to necessitate its prohibition.