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alcohol is common and openly consumed in these times. Even in Islamic countries some people add alcohol in the menu of important social and business events just to maintain their so-called status or for the purpose of boasting. This tendency has created a huge number of addicts among youngsters and even women are indulging in this evil act. It is Ḥarām for one to arrange alcohol openly for others to drink even though he doesn’t consume it himself. He who is aware that the event or party includes alcohol in the menu should remind himself that the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has forbidden from sitting at a dining mat that includes drinking of alcohol. (Sunan Abī Dāwūd, vol. 3, pp. 489, Ḥadīš 3774, Multaqaṭan) Another Ḥadīš reported by Sayyidunā Jābir رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ mentions that the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Whoever believes in Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and the Day of Judgement, should not sit at a dining-mat where alcohol is served out.’ (Sunan-ut-Tirmiżī, vol. 4, pp. 366, Ḥadīš 2810, Multaqaṭan)
Hence, if it is known that a party, gathering
or any social event includes alcohol, one
should never attend such gathering, otherwise he will deserve hellfire as the Beloved Rasūl
صَلَّى اللهُ
تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘Those who make gathering with some drunkard,
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will group
them together in the hellfire so they will come near each other blaming. Each
one will say to the other: May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ not bestow you with good return as it is
you who has made me come to this place. Then the other one will also reply in
the same way.’ (Kitāb-ul-Kabāir
liz-Żaĥabī, pp. 95)
If someone makes an excuse that the alcoholic beverages in a party are for the non-Muslims, he should ponder over the saying of Maulānā Muhammad Amjad Alī A’ẓamī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی, ‘It is Ḥarām to serve alcohol to a Kāfir (unbeliever) or a child even as a means of cure, and there is sin upon the person who serves
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