Drinking of Alcohol intoxicant

Drinking of alcohol intoxicant
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Dear Burhan,
i really appreciate what you are doing, i
wanted to ask if there is any clear ruling in
The Quran and The Sunnah that one cannot
offer his prayers for 40 days if he drinks
alcohol? and if this not true than what Quran
and Sunnah has to say about having alcohol?
and what if one tries only to just try it and
doesnt drink on regular bases? i tried finding
the answer for my question in the previoulsy
asked question but couldnt succeed so please
answer in detail as i am really preturbed at
heart because of this issue.
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Answer:
Drinking of alcohol intoxicant
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He
allows to fall astray, none can guide them
aright. We bear witness that there is no one
(no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no
imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but
Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the
seal of His Messengers.
Q-1: what Quran and Sunnah has to say about
having alcohol?
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verses 90-91: O you who have believed!
Khamr (all types of intoxicants), games of
chance, idols, and divining arrows are all
abominable works of Shaitaan; therefore, stay
(far) away from these so that you may attain
success. Indeed, Shaitaan seeks to sow enmity
and hatred among you by means of khamr
(intoxicants) and gambling, and to prevent you
from the Remembrance of Allah and from
Salaah. Will you not, then, abstain from these
things?
Allah Subhanah in the above aayah clearly
declares that khamr or all types of intoxicants
are the abominable works of Shaitaan, and
commands the believers to stay far away from
them! The term used by Allah in the Quran to
guide the believers to stay away is fajj-
tanebu, commanding the believers that this
khamr is so hated by Allah for the believers,
that they not only should abstain from
consuming it, they should stay far away from
it! Some scholars have opined that the term
fajj-tanebu is stronger than the term haraam,
and a believer who sincerely fears Allah and
the Last Day, must not even put himself in a
position that he sits with those who consume
intoxicants!
Allah and His Messenger (saws) have declared
several things haraam (like the flesh of swine,
dead animals, gold and silk for the male
believers, etc.), but nowhere has it been
mentioned that we cannot go near them! But
for intoxicants, gambling, idols, and divining
arrows Allah has commanded the believers to
stay far away from it!!!
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3672 Narrated by
Abdullah Ibn Abbas
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: Every
intoxicant is khamr (alcohol, wine, etc.), and
every intoxicant is haraam.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 4962 Narrated by Jabir ibn
Abdullah
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: Every intoxicant
is haraam! Verily Allah, the Exalted and
Majestic, made a covenant to those who drank
intoxicants to make them drink Tinat al-
Khabal. The companions asked: Allah's
Messenger, what is Tinat al-Khabal? He (saws)
said: It is the sweat of the denizens of Hell,
or the discharge of the denizens of Hell.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 4933 Narrated by Abdullah
ibn Amr
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "He who casts
up the favours he has done, he who is
disobedient to parents, and he who is addicted
to wine will not enter Paradise."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 580 Narrated by Abud Darda'
My friend (the Prophet(saws)) instructed me:
Don't associate anything with Allah even
though you are cut into pieces and burnt, and
don't abandon the obligatory prayer
intentionally, for he who abandon the
obligatory prayer intentionally protection
(guaranteed to him) because of his being a
Muslim will be withdrawn (from him), and don't
drink wine for it is the key to every evil.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2776 Narrated by Anas ibn
Malik
Allah's Messenger (saws) invoked the curse of
Allah on ten people in connection with wine:
the wine-presser, the one who has it pressed,
the one who drinks it, the one who conveys
it, the one to whom it is conveyed, the one
who serves it, the one who sells it, the one
who benefits from the price paid for it, the
one who buys it, and the one for whom it is
bought.
Q-2: i wanted to ask if there is any clear ruling in
The Quran and The Sunnah that one cannot offer
his prayers for 40 days if he drinks alcohol?
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3672 Narrated by
Abdullah Ibn Abbas
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: Every
intoxicant is khamr (wine) and every intoxicant
is forbidden. If anyone drinks wine, Allah will
not accept prayer from him for forty days , but if
he repents, Allah will accept his repentance. If
he repeats it a fourth time, it is binding on
Allah that He will give him tinat al-khabal to
drink. He was asked: What is tinat al-khabal,
O Messenger of Allah (saws)? He (saws)
replied: Discharge of wounds, flowing from the
inhabitants of Hell. If anyone serves it to a
minor who does not distinguish between the
lawful and the unlawful, it is binding on Allah
that He will give him to drink the discharge of
wounds, flowing from the inhabitants of Hell.
In light of the above authentic hadith of the
Messenger of Allah (saws), it is not as if the
person cannot offer prayers for forty days;
but rather that the sin of consuming
intoxicants is so grave in the sight of the
Lord All-Mighty, that He will not accept the
prayers of the person for forty days unless
the person repents.
Q-3: what if one tries only to just try it and
doesnt drink on regular bases?
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3679 Narrated by
Aisha
I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say:
Every intoxicant is haraam; if a quantity of
anything causes intoxication, a handful of it
is (also) haraam.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) has explicitly
declared the consuming of all types of
intoxicants as haraam for the believers; and
clearly stated that if the consumption of a
considerable quantity of something intoxicates,
even a small quantity of that thing will be
considered haraam!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and
whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows
Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan