A Dialogue Between A Scholar And An Alcoholic
A Dialogue Between A Scholar And An Alcoholic
Alcoholic: “Do you think I am doing wrong by eating a date?”
Scholar: “No.”
Alcoholic: “And if I ate with it some Grass?”
Scholar: “There is nothing wrong with that.”
Alcoholic: “And if I was to wash them down with water?”
Scholar: “Drink and enjoy.”
Alcoholic: “Since all of that is permissible, then why do you forbid us from alcohol, which consists of the above mentioned ingredients?”
Scholar: “If I poured water on topof you, would that hurt you?”
Alcoholic: “No it would not.”
Scholar: “And if I was to sprinkle some dirt in that, would you be hurt?”
Alcoholic: “That would not harm me.”
Scholar: “But if I were to mix water and dirt together and through a process make a large brick from those two elements, and then were I to throw that large brick at you, would you be hurt?”
Alcoholic: “That would kill me!”
Scholar: “The same goes for alcohol.”
[Taken from "Gems And Jewels"
Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with Him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
"In Paradise there is a street to which they would come every Friday. The north wind will blow and would scatter fragrance on their faces and on their clothes and would add to their beauty and loveliness, and then they would go back to their family after having an added lustre to their beauty and loveliness, and their family would say to them: By Allah, you have been increased in beauty and loveliness after leaving us, and they would say: By Allah, you have also increased in beauty and loveliness after us.
(Saheeh Al Muslim, Book #40 ('The Book Pertaining to Paradise, Its Description, Its Bounties and Its Intimates), Hadith # 6792).
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