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Is it permissible to purchase intoxicating alcohol for use as fuel or in industry, and is it permissible to sell it to those who desire it for this use?

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Selling alcohol or any intoxicant is forbidden (haram). Whoever possesses it is obligated to destroy it and not sell it, due to the generality of Allah’s saying: (And do not cooperate in sin and aggression).

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