Intoxication/Elation
(انْتِشاءٌ)
من موسوعة المصطلحات الإسلامية
المعنى الاصطلاحي
The state of elation a person experiences when drinking alcohol.
الشرح المختصر
Scholars of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) differentiate between an intoxicant and a narcotic by explaining that an intoxicant produces a state of elation while a narcotic does not produce such a state.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Intishaa’'': refers to the first stage of drunkenness as well as the state of drunkenness itself. "Nashwān" (drunk).