Firstly i would like to know why is alchohol prohibited. What is the reason behind it?
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Hi
there,
Firstly
i would like to know why is alchohol prohibited. What is the reason behind it??
i have heard that we shouldnt have alchohol becoz it doesnt keep a person in
his control he commits sins like fighting,slang language and much more. But if
a person has alchohol with ones spouse just for enjoyment purpose just within
their room and within themselves then what is the harm. Becoz husband and wife
are a part of eachother and just for enjoying themselves and just to be a bit
unconscious if they both have alchohol then is there any harm.
Please
do let me know as i think that there are certain reasons for which alchohol is
prohibited but between husband and wife just for enjoyment purpose is it a
harm.
Regards
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Answer:
Why alcohol forbidden
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question:
Firstly i would like to know why is alchohol prohibited. What is the reason
behind it??
Amongst the reasons the All-Knowing All-Wise Lord declares
for the absolute and categorical prohibition of intoxicants for the believers
is that it is the prime source used by the Shaytaan to sow enmity and hatred
amongst one another, and it prevents one from the Remembrance of Allah Subhanah
and from prayers. Such is the sharpness
of this weapon and the evil effects of the consumption of intoxicants, that the
Messenger of Allah (saws) termed ‘khamr’ (intoxicants) as the
‘umm-al-khabaayith’ or ‘the mother (or source) of all evil!’
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.”
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.
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.”
Your Question: But
if a person has alchohol with ones spouse just for enjoyment purpose just
within their room and within themselves then what is the harm.
Taking the very example which you have inquired about, one
cannot even imagine the irreparable harm the consumption of intoxicants can
cause in the relationship between a husband and a wife in the sacred institution
of marriage!
If (Allah forbid) one or both of them were to consume
intoxicants and get intoxicated, in addition to the sin of consuming something
which is specifically and categorically declared ‘haraam’ by Allah and His
Messenger (saws), just imagine the enormity and gravity of the sins they could likely
commit in their state of intoxication…..
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2189 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘There are three
things which, whether undertaken seriously or in jest, are treated as serious:
Marriage, divorce and taking back a wife (after a divorce which
is not final).’
One cannot even imagine the harm and irreparable damage
one can cause to oneself and one’s loved ones when one’s mind is defogged
through the consumption of intoxicants!
Not only have Allah and His Messenger (saws) declared the
consumption of intoxicants unlawful and prohibited for the believers who
sincerely fear Allah and the Last Day, but the All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord has
Commanded the believers not to even approach it, and to ‘stay far far away from it’!
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, the
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?
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
