Citation locator: Episode 18: The Forbidden, Prohibitions, Food, and the Limits of Legislative Authority, at 16:52–16:56. Audible excerpt: “through legislation in, in, in regulating, in regulating civil penalties and regulating what is lawful, and I mean, what…”
Punishment for the Intoxicated Is Regulation, Not a New Prohibition
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Formulation of the claim
Shahrur considers the punishment imposed on an intoxicated person in society to belong to civil law and regulation, rather than constituting a divine prohibition additional to the text.
Explanation
He distinguishes between the abomination of intoxication or its effects and the worldly penalties determined by authority. He compares this with laws around the world prohibiting driving under the influence of alcohol. Prohibition is one thing; regulating its social effects is another.
Its place in the episode’s argument
This atom illustrates the application, within the episode, of the distinction between eternal prohibition and legal administration to a non-food example.
Limits of the claim
It does not say that intoxication is without sin, nor does it present a detailed jurisprudential doctrine on prescribed punishments and penalties.
Brief quotation
The Messenger set a punishment for the intoxicated person.
Related concepts
- wine
- intoxication
- punishment
- civil law