Is that which is cooked from juice or nabidh before boiling until it ceases to be intoxicating permissible?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Beverages (Intoxicants)
Primary text
That which is cooked from juice (like date molasses or carob syrup) or nabidh (fermented drink) before it reaches the boiling point (*ghalyan*) and consequently loses its intoxicating property is permissible. The prohibition is established only for that which intoxicates. In cases where the substance is not intoxicating, it remains upon the foundational principle of permissibility. Furthermore, that which a large amount of intoxicates, even a small amount of it is forbidden (*haram*). This prohibition applies whether two-thirds have evaporated or less or more.
Supporting text
Regarding *Tila'* (a boiled drink), Imam Ahmad permitted drinking it when two-thirds had evaporated and one-third remained, asserting it does not intoxicate, evidenced by the fact that Caliph Umar would not have permitted it had it been intoxicating.