|
SHURB AL-KHAMR (ALCOHOLIC DRINK) PART 2
“They ask you about
intoxicants and the games of chance. Say: In both of them there is a
great sin (Ithm) and means of profit for men, and their sin is greater
than their profit”.
(2:219)
Ayatullah Abdul Hussein Dasti Ghayb (r.a) writes in “Gunahaane
Kabeerah” thus:
It is explained in “Tafseer al-Meezaan” that (the two arabic words in
Quran) ‘Dhamb’ and ‘Ithm’ are synonyms that denote a condition a
condition wherein the person involved is deprived of reason. He has no
inclination for deeds of virtue nor can he maintain an amiable
disposition. ‘Ithm’ is a type of sin, the evil effects of which become
apparent in the person and he is absolutely doomed.
WHY ALCOHOL IS FORBIDDEN?
The evils of Alcohol consumption are known to all. However, we outline
some of the most important reasons below why Alcohol is forbidden in
Islam.
Alcohol adversely effects health & life.
Research has shown that the health of an Alcoholic is affected in
various ways. Alcohol effects the digestion, blood circulation,
intestines, liver, respiratory organs and above all, the central nervous
system. Ayatullah Dasti Ghayb has explained each of the above with
references in “Gunahaane
Kabeerah”.
Seyyid Mujtaba Musawwi Lari in his book “Western Civilization Through
Muslim Eyes” states:
Doctors attending the 24th
International Congress for the Combating of Alcoholism in France issued
the following statement concerning the effects of Alcohol on mind &
spirit: 20% of women and 60% of men entering hospital are alcohol
addicts. 70% of mental patients and 40% of veneral patients were so
afflicted as a consequence of misuse of Alcohol.
In England, experts affirm
95% of mental cases are due to mental disease induced by Alcoholic
drinks. (Health Magazine). And the same magazine (No.12,p.5)states:
French newspapers headline as ‘Shaking’ the report of the French
Minister of Health on the number of deaths due to Alcohol, for it said
in one year 20,000 deaths in France ere due to excessive Alcohol
consumption, and cited the Secretary-General of the Committee for
Combating Alcoholism as authority for the statistic that 25% of
Industrial accidents and 57% of automobile accidents in France were due
to Alcohol.
HAROON-THE ABBASIDE
CALIPH
Haroon ar-Rasheed once came to visit a mental hospital in Baghdad.
Whilst going round looking at the mentally retarded patients, he saw a
young man walking around with much firmness of character and in
dignified manner. The Caliph was informed that this young man was, for
no sound reason, admitted in the hospital.
At
that moment, to entertain the Caliph, wine was brought and placed before
him. He drank a glass of it and calling that young man who was wrongly
admitted as a mad patient, he offered him to drink a glass of wine.
The young man refused to drink. When the Caliph insisted, he said:
‘O Haroon –the Caliph ! by drinking wine,
you turn mad like patients here. How will I become if I were to drink
it?’
Hearing this taunting logic, Haroon laughed and issued an order to
release the young man from the hospital.
To be
continued…………………….
Mulla Mujaheedali
Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk |