Tinjauan Fatwa MUI Terhadap Penggunaan Hasil Produksi Alkohol di Sentra Industri Alkohol Bekonang

Abstract

The advanced of technology and the era of global trade, affecting the number of  circulation  local  and  imported  products  around  us.  The  most  dangerous  and widely  circulating hazardous  material  as  a  mixture  of  industrial  products  is alcohol.  Alcohol  or  ethanol  production  is  carried  out  at  the  Bekonang  alcohol industry center by fermentation and distillation that used for medical purposes, but some of the entrepreneurs tend to produce 25% alcohol or commonly called ciu which is categorized as liquor. This research was aimed to find out the practice of alcohol production in Bekonang  Village,  Mojolaban  District,  Sukoharjo  Regency  and the Fatwa MUI review of alcohol production practices. This study uses field research methods using a qualitative approach. The results of this study indicate that  the  practice of alcohol production in Sentul Village, Bekonang Village, Mojolaban District, Sukoharjo Regency processed by fermentation until distillation produces 90% alcohol or ethanol used for health. In the review  of  the  Fatwa MUI the  product  of  the alcohol  or  ethanol  production process in Bekonang Village is not from Khamr, so that its use is still allowed as long as it does not cause kemudaratan. So the center of the alcohol industry in Sentul Village Bekonang Village is not the khamr industry but the pure alcohol or ethanol industry, where the production is not for drinking but for health.