The Ruling on Drinking Beer and the Like

Question :

What is the ruling on drinking beer and other similar drinks?

Answer:

If the beer is free of intoxicant, then there is no objection to it. But if it includes some substance which causes intoxication, then it is not permissible to drink it. The same with all other intoxicants, whether they be drinks or foods. It is necessary to avoid them, and it is not permissible to eat or drink any of them, according to the Words of Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful:
"O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), and gambling, and Al-Ansab, and Al-Azlam (arrows for seeking luck or decision) are abominations of Shaitan's (Satan's) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abominations) in order that you may be successful. Shaitan (Satan) wants only to excite enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants (alcoholic drinks) and gambling, and hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from As-Salat (the prayer). So, will you not then abstain?

And, according to the saying of the Prophet ﷺ:
"Every intoxicant is Khamr and every intoxicant is forbidden. Narrated by Imam Muslim in his Sahih,"

It has been confirmed from him that he cursed Khamr and the one who drinks it, the one who pours it, the one who presses it, the one for whom it is pressed, the one who transports it, the one to whom it is transported, the one who sells it, the one who buys it and the one who consumes its price. And it has been confirmed from him that he ﷺ said:
"Every drink which intoxicates is forbidden."

It has also been confirmed from him ﷺ that he prohibited every intoxicant. So it is incumbent upon all of the Muslims to beware of all intoxicants, and to warn against them. It is also incumbent upon anyone who has indulged in such a thing to abandon it and hasten to turn in repentance to Allah, Most Glorified of that, as Allah, the Almighty, the All-Powerful says:
"And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful."

He, Most Glorified also says:
"O you who believe! Turn to Allah with sincere repentance!