Description acceptable. Massirah is controversially used to perform this action in Sudan. Surah al-Nisā’ warns that this practice, which is likened to belomancy and polytheism in Surah (-5[1])al-Mā’idah, can invalidate daily prayer. Along with apostasy, this action can require ḥadd punishment based on sunnah rather than on the text of the Qur’an. Khalid ibn Walid is credited with increasing punishment (-5[1])for this practice (10[1])from 40 to 80 lashes. Although an al-Tirmidhī (-5[1])hadith equates this action with the consumption of khamr (“KHAH-mur”), some jurists (10[1])of the Ḥanafī school (10[1])only prohibit (10[1])performing (10[1])this action with date or (-5[1])grape products. (10[30]-5[7])For (10[2]-5[2])10 (10[1])points, (10[7]-5[5])identify (10[3]-5[3])this practice (10[7]-5[1])of (10[1]-5[2])intoxication (10[19])which (10[2])is (10[2])forbidden (10[6])in Islam. (10[7])■END■ (10[19])