Permissibility Of Nutmeg/ Jaifal
Thankyou for an interesting perspective and a great point about alcohol found in bread and other fermented products( kimchi, Sauerkraut etc). I wonder if the same example can be applied to alcohol utilised as a solvent in homeopathic medications and food (vanilla extract and other additives), certainly their purpose is not to serve as an intoxicant. Your comment regarding the vast majority makes me consider that the social use of something as an intoxicant ( such as recreational use of alcohol, cocain, heroin and even marijuana) plays into the context of what the Quran is trying to prohibit. Medical opioids ( ex.morphine, fentanyl and even really mild ones such as tramadol) used in medicine as as painkillers are certainly the most confusing grey area as they are hard to replace as the most potent painkillers we have ( esp for surgeries, people with terminal illnesses and where NSAIDs are contraindicated ). They also definitely cause a euphoric high in atleast some people and these people have high tendencies to become addicts which is why they are highly regulated in first world countries and opiate epidemics are still a thing. Even though their medical use tries to strictly dose and regulate them appropriately to prevent such effects ( but addiction can still occur in people with chronic pain who are desperate for medications)… socially people do abuse them ( heroin is non medical opiate) which makes them very dangerous. I do not know where they come on the haram halal spectrum but they definitely should used under the strict supervision and prescription of a physician.
i will request @Irfan76 sb for his scholarly opinion too.