What does Al-ashrba mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-ashrba (أشربة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-ashrba

Al-ashrba according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

Plural of sharab: every thin liquid that is drunk and cannot be chewed, forbidden or lawful.

Al-ashrba according to Al-Kulliyat (Al-Kafawi)

Plural of sharab: what is drunk of the liquids.

Al-ashrba according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

Plural of sharab: every thin liquid that is drunk and cannot be chewed, unlawful or lawful.

Al-ashrba according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

Plural of sharab; al-sharab: the name of what is drunk, of any kind, water or other, in any state; everything not chewed falls under shurb; it is not a verbal noun, for the verbal noun is al-shurb (shin tripled). In terminology: al-ashrba is applied to what is inebriating of drinks, whether taken from fruits such as the grape, fresh dates and figs, or from grains such as wheat or barley, or from sweets such as honey; whether cooked or raw; and whether known by an old name like khamr or a new one like araq and champagne, etc., after the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): 'People of my community will drink wine calling it by other names' (related by al-Bukhari: Ashriba, 6). It is the plural of sharab, every thin liquid that is drunk and cannot be chewed, forbidden or lawful, and it is extracted only from the grape.

Al-ashrba according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Plural of sharab: a thin liquid that is drunk and cannot be chewed, lawful or unlawful (al-Ta'rifat, p. 27).

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