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یَسۡـَٔلُوۡنَکَ عَنِ الۡخَمۡـرِ وَ الۡمَیۡسِرِؕ قُلۡ فِیۡہِمَاۤ اِثۡمٌ کَبِیۡرٌ وَّ مَنَافِـعُ لِلنَّاسِ ۫ وَ اِثۡمُہُمَاۤ اَکۡبَرُ مِنۡ نَّفۡعِہِمَا ؕ
‘They ask you the decree regarding wine and gambling; say (O Beloved Prophet Muhammad), “In both lies great sin, and also some worldly benefit for people - and their sin is greater than their benefit.’
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 2, Sūraĥ Al-Baqaraĥ, Verse 219)
The Most Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Undoubtedly, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is drawing our attention towards prohibition of alcohol, therefore if anyone possesses alcohol, he must sell it out.’ (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, pp. 851, Ḥadīš 1578 Multaqaṭan)
Some people abandoned alcohol because of the part ‘اِثۡمٌ کَبِیۡرٌ’ (it is major sin), and few continued because of the description of the Quran ‘مَنَافِـعُ لِلنَّاسِ’ (there are some worldly benefits in it). Once Sayyidunā ‘Abdur Raḥmān bin ‘Awf رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ prepared meal and invited a few companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم; alcohol was also served. Guests got intoxicated and lost their senses. When the time of Maghrib arrived, one of the companions stepped forward and led the Maghrib prayer. He committed a mistake in reciting these verses of the Holy Quran:
قُلۡ یٰۤاَ یُّہَا الۡکٰفِرُوۡنَ ۙ﴿۱﴾ لَاۤ اَعۡبُدُ مَا تَعۡبُدُوۡنَ ۙ﴿۲﴾ [1]
[1] You say: Neither do I worship what you worship.
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 30, Sūraĥ Al-Kāfirūn, Verse 1-2)
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